The pig is the last of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. It represents good fortune, wealth, and general prosperity. A pig year happens every 12 years. However, each animal is also assigned to one of the Chinese elements. There are Wood Pig, Metal Pig, Fire Pig, Water Pig, and Earth Pig years. This means an Earth Pig year only occurs every 60 years.
Earth Pig Years
Depending on the lunar cycles, the Chinese New Year falls sometime between late January and the first few weeks in February. Based on this lunar calendar, you're an Earth Pig if your birth date falls within the following range of dates:
- February 3, 1899 - January 31, 1900
- February 8, 1959 - January 28, 1960
- February 5, 2019 - January 25, 2020
- February 2, 2079 - January 21, 2080
Earth Pig's Element
An Earth Pig year is grounded by the Chinese element, earth. Like a tree taking root, earth serves to firmly set the overall traits of the pig by providing greater stability in emotions, intellect, and creativity.
The Year of the Earth Pig
An Earth Pig year supports everyone in taking inventory of and finding balance in their lives. This is the year to assess and organize your resources and make a plan for the future. All pig years are thought to be auspicious because the pig attracts success, joy, friendship, love, and abundance into your life. Therefore, an Earth Pig year is believed to be lucky and prosperous. However, as the last of the 12 Chinese zodiac animal signs, Pig years are stepping stones to a new beginning. This means there's also a need to save and be cautious with your resources, take each day as it comes, and calmly face any difficulties that arise.
Earth Pig's Best Traits
All Earth Pigs are industrious and diligent. However, their most important goal in life is for everyone to live in harmony, and this leads to several outstanding qualities.
Warm-Hearted and Popular
Everyone enjoys being around these down-to-earth individuals. Earth Pigs are warm-hearted, know how to enjoy a social event, and have a great sense of humor. They genuinely like other people and with their easygoing personality, they have lots of friends, rarely lose their temper, and are very forgiving of others.
Hard Workers
Earth Pigs are driven to work hard in their career but are often the most successful in later life. They are not only warm-hearted, they're are also intelligent and more suited for careers related to helping others or the literary arts than the business world.
Spirited and Healthy
Earth Pigs lead very busy lives, are high spirited, and never seem to run out of energy. They never give in to difficulties, are usually naturally healthy, and have a resilient body.
Trustworthy and Honest
An Earth Pig has integrity and polishes it into a shining beacon for everyone to emulate. They are typically beyond reproach. You can take them at their word without hesitation. An Earth Pig is probably the most trustworthy of all Chinese zodiac animals. You can leave them in charge of all that you own and know that everything will be exactly where you left it when you return.
Warm Lovers
Although Earth Pig is not particularly romantic, they are warm, nurturing, and faithful lovers. They take care of and go out of their way to make sure the one they love is happy.
Earth Pig's Problematic Characteristics
No one is perfect, and no one possesses only good traits. As easygoing and pleasant as an Earth Pig can be, they do have potential flaws. Some of these include the following.
Lack of Ambition
Indeed, the Earth Pig works hard, but they have a laid back approach to their career, often lack ambition, and need to develop a stronger work ethic.
Can Be Spendthrifts
Earth Pigs are not the best with money. They often have a craving for luxuries and spend beyond their means. Plus, due to their easy-going and trusting nature, they're gullible and can be easily scammed.
Tend to Overeat
The Earth Pig is happiest eating simple foods and foods common to their region instead of exploring new treats. Still, they love to eat, and overeating is often a problem. Although usually healthy, an unhealthy diet and overeating can lead an Earth Pig to all sorts of health problems.
Emotional
An Earth Pig wears their heart their sleeve all the time. The slightest thing said in the wrong tone will send them spiraling downward for weeks. They are typically a bit emotionally immature and don't take any kind of criticism well, even constructive criticism. They won't throw a tantrum, but they will pout.
Love Matches for a Pig
When searching for a zodiac animal to match the Pig animal sign, some worry about the clashing elements. This is a secondary and minor concern if the two animal signs are an overall good match. However, the elements could serve as cautionary markers of possible areas of conflict.
Best Matches for a Pig Zodiac Sign
The best match is a rabbit followed by the sheep. While another pig could be a possible match, the two pigs should be cautious since conflicts may arise.
Suitable and Worst Matches for a Pig
Other mates for a Pig that can be suitable companion matches include the rat, dog, tiger, dragon, and rooster. However, trying to have a relationship with a horse, ox or monkey will be stressful and perhaps too challenging to make work. The worst match for the pig is a snake.
Lucky Numbers for Earth Pigs
The lucky numbers for Earth Pigs are 2, 5, and 8. These numbers can be used for any activity or undertaking that allows you to choose the numbers. For example, when you house hunt, look for these lucky numbers in the address. Pigs can also use their lucky numbers to play lotteries or other games of chance. Additionally, pigs can choose dates for major purchases, elective surgery, and to select a special date for events, such as a wedding, using their lucky numbers.
Earth Pig's Best Colors
The best colors for Earth Pig offer a lot of choices. Ochre and dark brown are earth colors. These can be mixed with the metal colors of white, silver, and gold or the fire colors of red, pink, maroon, and orange. You can use any color value, from light to dark, of these colors.
Earth Pig Celebrities
You can often get a better idea of a Chinese zodiac personality by comparing famous people who share that animal sign. A few famous people with Earth Pig birthdays include:
- Alfred Hitchcock (August 13, 1899)
- Allison Janney (November 19, 1959)
- Bryan Adams (November 5, 1959)
- Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899)
- Emma Thompson (April 15, 1959)
- Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899)
- Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899)
- Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899)
- Marie Osmond (October 13, 1959)
- Sean Bean (April 17, 1959)
Are You an Earth Pig?
The qualities of the Earth Pig can be used to your advantage once they're understood. For example, to excel in the workplace, you will need to learn to compensate for your natural lack of ambition by mapping out a plan for advancing your career, and once you accept that you're a bit emotionally immature, you can guard against being overly sensitive to other people's words and actions. If you embrace your better angels, your life as an Earth Pig can be harmonious and filled with happy, loving, and caring individuals.
