2027 for the Pig
In the year of the Fire Goat, which begins on 6 February 2027, the Pig shares the Goat’s trine, one of the Four Trines (San He, 三合), a best match in the traditional grid. In the restraining cycle Water dampens Fire, so practitioners read a Fire year as one the Pig’s Water can steady: its calm is useful, and its effort is spent cooling what runs hot.
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The Pig in a Goat year
The grid places the Pig in the Goat’s own trine, with the Rabbit, among the best matches, and practitioners read the year as a warm and congenial one for the Pig: generosity is returned and good company is easy to find. The counsel is to enjoy it without overspending the goodwill or the purse.
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Love and work for the Pig in 2027
In love the Pig shares the Goat’s trine, and practitioners read the year as warm and sociable for it: good company is easy to find, and generosity is returned.
At work the Pig’s sincerity wins allies in a Goat year, and the counsel is to enjoy the goodwill while keeping a simple eye on costs and commitments.
The five kinds of Pig in a Fire year
Each Pig year also carries an element of its own, from the year’s heavenly stem, so there are five kinds of Pig, and practitioners read each one against 2027’s Fire by its birth element.
A Wood Pig, born in 1935 or 1995, carries the element that feeds Fire, and practitioners read the Fire year as one that draws on it: a good season for kindling other people’s plans, and a reason to guard its own reserves.
A Fire Pig, born in 1947 or 2007, shares the year’s own element, which practitioners read as strong momentum: easy to begin things, harder to rest, with a temper to watch.
An Earth Pig, born in 1959 or 2019, is fed by the year, since Fire produces Earth, and practitioners read support and steadiness for it, with the caution not to take on too much simply because it comes easily.
A Metal Pig, born in 1971, meets the element that melts Metal, which practitioners read as a refining year: pressure that shapes, best met with patience.
A Water Pig, born in 1983, carries the element that dampens Fire, and practitioners read the year as one it can steady for others, at some cost to its own warmth.
The Pig in the tradition
Folk tradition gives the Pig generosity, sincerity and a warm enjoyment of life, the last animal of the twelve and among the kindest. Its branch is 亥.
In the traditional tables the Pig is yin, belongs to the 4th trine and has Water as its fixed element. Its best matches in the grid are the Rabbit and Goat (its trine) and the Tiger (its harmony); its offending opposite is the Snake, and its harming pair the Monkey.
Water meets Fire
Fire is the element of 2027’s stem 丁, yin fire, and Water is the Pig’s own, so for the Pig the year is read as Water meeting Fire.
The cycles are the ones Wikipedia’s article on the five elements gives: Wood feeds Fire, Fire produces Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal collects Water and Water nourishes Wood, while Water dampens Fire and Fire melts Metal.
Were you born in a Pig year?
| Years | Element | Stem and branch |
|---|---|---|
| 4 February 1935 to 23 January 1936 | Wood Pig | 乙亥 |
| 22 January 1947 to 9 February 1948 | Fire Pig | 丁亥 |
| 8 February 1959 to 27 January 1960 | Earth Pig | 己亥 |
| 27 January 1971 to 14 February 1972 | Metal Pig | 辛亥 |
| 13 February 1983 to 1 February 1984 | Water Pig | 癸亥 |
| 31 January 1995 to 18 February 1996 | Wood Pig | 乙亥 |
| 18 February 2007 to 6 February 2008 | Fire Pig | 丁亥 |
| 5 February 2019 to 24 January 2020 | Earth Pig | 己亥 |
| 23 January 2031 to 10 February 2032 | Metal Pig | 辛亥 |
| 10 February 2043 to 29 January 2044 | Water Pig | 癸亥 |
The animal changes at the Chinese New Year, so a January or early February birthday may belong to the year before. The dates are those of the sexagenary table in Wikipedia’s article on the Chinese zodiac.
For the Pig in 2027
- Host the gathering you keep postponing.
- Give generously and keep a simple budget beside it.
- Accept a kindness without repaying it at once.
- What does abundance ask of me?
- Whom would I gather around my table?
- Where does generosity need a limit?
Common questions
Is 2027 a good year for the Pig?
The tradition promises the Pig neither a good year nor a bad one. By the compatibility grid the Pig shares the Goat’s trine, one of the Four Trines (San He, 三合), a best match in the traditional grid, and by the elements the Pig’s Water meets the year’s Fire; practitioners read the Pig’s year through both, as a season to reflect on rather than a verdict.
What are the Pig years?
In the table from 1924 to 2043: 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031 and 2043. Each Pig year begins at that year’s Chinese New Year, not on 1 January.
When does the Pig’s next year come?
On 23 January 2031, a Metal Pig year.
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