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The Pig
Generosity that keeps no count
This page is about a birth-day animal, not a birth-year animal. Everyone has a day animal, from the day they were born, and it is often not the year animal they know.
You and I have both handed something over and forgotten we did it. That is the good part and the expensive part.
The Pig in Korean Saju
You give without keeping count, and you enjoy things for their own sake, not to be seen enjoying them. People relax around you, which is a real skill even if nobody calls it one. The cost is that you assume the same generosity will come back to you.
Basic facts about this animal
- Its hours of the day
- 9pm – 11pm
- Its month
- November 7 – December 7
- early winter
- Element
- Yin Water
- Yang is the outward, active form; Yin is the inward, quiet form
- Place in the order
- 12th of twelve
If this is your day animal
The Pig is the last of the twelve animals, and goes with plenty, trust and good faith.
What this animal is like in a chart
A Pig day is someone generous who helps a room relax. The Pig closes the cycle in early winter, when Water gathers and the year’s work is done. People with this day give without keeping score and enjoy things without apology. It suits hospitality, teaching, and any trade built on people lowering their guard.
The cost is assuming others are the same. Inside its Water the Pig carries Wood, the next spring already starting, so a Pig day looks further ahead than it seems. But it assumes generosity flows both ways, and keeps assuming it long after the evidence has stopped agreeing.
How it gets on with the other animals
Pulls together — The Tiger
Easy to fall into, hard to leave. The Pig and the Tiger are one of the six pairs that pull together, the closest link two animals can have.
Clashes head-on — The Snake
A pairing that does not let either person stay the same. The Snake sits directly opposite the Pig on the circle of twelve: a head-on clash. That makes it a restless match, not a bad one.
Team of three — The Rabbit & The Goat
These three get the most done together. With the Rabbit and the Goat, the Pig makes a team of three that pulls toward Wood.
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