Pig 2012
Who is a Pig?
Years: 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007.
Month*: November
Hour: 21.00-23.00
* Caution: the start of the Chinese month can be as early as the 4th & as late as the 9th, depending on the year. I can let you know this too.
What is a Pig?
The weakness and the strength of the yin water Pig is to think they know what is good for them. Generally they do and the maddening thing is that she is actually right often enough to make advice close to impossible. By extension this means the Pig may believe they know what is right for everybody else.
Versatile and wilful, gifted at whatever they do, the Pig is the sign of the inventor. Edison was a Pig, as is Hillary Clinton and Wikileaker Julian Assange. Perfectly-balanced Pigs can literally almost do anything but they don’t always handle the truth well. They don’t much like reflective advice from others and they often hate not to know for sure. Vagueness is very uncomfortable for the Pig, this trio of the multi-gifted being no exception: Edison was of course an obsessive patenter, Hillary constant in the teeth of her husband’s unsupportable claims to fidelity and Assange, confident that he knows better than anyone else what the world needs to know. This does not make any of them mistaken but the truth can be a moveable feast.
The Pig is communicative because it is a water sign. A balanced Pig (perhaps March birth around mid-afternoon) is a great audience and typically gets the listening/talking ratio just right. An unbalanced Pig can shoot off at the mouth and give away the farm before she knows it.
More likely, this Pig will withdraw into silence. The Pig can sulk but can also withdraw simply out of disinterest and be perfectly cheerful when challenged on the withdrawal. The Pig child needs just the right mixture of carrot and stick. Too much stick and he is suppressed or resentful. Too much carrot and he can be smug. The balanced Pig is the most sensitive of the animals. The unbalanced Pig has had an empathy bypass. As the parent of a Pig, just remember you are instrumental in this process. Your Piglet does not need to be a boor.
The Pig embodies the wood of creativity so they can be as adept with the written as the spoken word as well as the yang earth that makes them able to concentrate deeply. Many Pigs prefer to study in noisy rooms and many Pigs are effortless A-students as teachers of the reception classes of 1988 and 2000 and first year undergraduates of 2001 may remember.
The Pig does not like the Snake; one way or another they tend to immobilise each other and the Snake’s intimate, the Monkey, can be a source of annoyance also.
The Pig’s most natural team is with the Rabbit and the Sheep. This is a domestic alliance. Together these three naturally make anywhere home. A perfect family might be Pig father, Rabbit mother and Sheep first-born. Once home, the Rabbit entertains while the Sheep ensures compatibility and the Pig does skilfully the tasks that are beyond her partners. The bestselling Freakonomics was for instance, a collaboration between the Rabbit Stephen J Dubner and Sheep Steven Levitt peaking in the Pig year of 2007.
Traditionally also the Pig enjoys the company of the Tiger. You might think she’d be more cautious but she knows that the Tiger is uninterested in conquering anyone he considers easy meat. Of course he’s missing something here but the Pig’s fearless approach often disarms the Tiger before he realises. A Pig’s literary ambition may burgeon in a Tiger year and flourish in a Rabbit one.
Although she may herself be more adventurous, the Pig also understands the loyal and consistent Dog. She respects the fact that every home needs its guardian. These two will tend to develop a camaraderie with its own distinctive banter. The Pig respects the Dog’s diligence and the Dog knows the Pig will compensate for his weakness.
The Pig also operates well as factotum for a group consisting of the Snake (whom she can’t otherwise stand for any length of time) the Monkey (see above) and the Tiger. For these she is interestingly, the peacemaker and setter of standards. Without the Pig this grouping whose common interest is travel and mobility can’t get off the ground.
One final note: the Pig suffers what is called the self curse. That is to say that she has limited patience with other Pigs. The Chinese character for a house is one Pig under a roof. Just the one.
The Pig: Outlook for 2012
The Pig is curious about the Dragon but they are not often drawn together. The Pig is adaptable, multi talented and dextrous. He may be gifted at Maths and Science and an adroit musician. The magic he conjures before your eyes may involve extraordinary skill but you can usually see how he did what he has done. The Dragon on the other hand, gets right answers without showing his workings.
So a confusing year for the average Pig. He may feel he is being buffeted from pillar to post. There may be no obvious reason for the changes- mostly positive- he undergoes this year.
2012 is not especially about money or blatant success, more about preparation. The Pig knows life is a marathon not a sprint. The Dragon takes him closer to his goals but not all the way to them. So expect fast tracking rather than promotion and courses rather than qualification.
The relationship between the Pig and the Dragon is that of yin Water to yang Earth. That’s a lot of Earth compared to not much Water. The Pig may experience delays and holdups this year that may even cost him money. Think of the time as pause for thought in a year of one step back but two forward. Think of the cost as investment.
In relationship the sow flourishes. Existing relationships only get deeper. The smart boar flourishes also because he understands the dynamic of relationship and doesn’t confuse himself with someone in charge. For the male Pig, this year might well be defined as one of willing, intelligent submission.
The Pig’s health could be variable but mostly microbes pass him by. Dedication may make him overtired and the worn out Pig is a proverbial grump.
Note:
Year: meet right friends
Month: quality and type of your work.
Day: relationship.
Hour: legacy (this is your time)
Pig:
This is your time. You have
The Emperor, the person of influence. Brutal Defeat
Dragon Virtue, dissolve negativity. Dark Sky
Red Matchmaker, best relationships. Death God