This is the year of the Golden Pig which only occurs once every 600 years, it is also known as the Year of the Earth Pig, starting from February 5, 2019 (Chinese New Year) and lasting to January, 224th, 2020.

The Pig is equivalent to Capricorn in the Western Zodiac. The years of the pig include 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 227, 2019 and 2031.

Pigs have an outwardly gentle and retiring attitude which belies their quick minds and stubborn determination.  They may appear easily taken in but this is not so. Pigs are honest, reasonable, hard-working, generous and sincere.  they hate trickery and dishonesty and cannot understand people who take advantage of others.

They have a real artistic flair, for music, the arts, stage, and theatre, the metaphysics and cultural displays.

2019 may be a year of hard work, but it will bring in generous rewards and people in places of authority or with specialised knowledge will be only too willing to help you in whatever way they can.  Family loyalty will strengthen and family estrangements as long ago as 30 – 40 years back will be healed and past issues will be left behind us.

Pigs are said to be compatible with Cats and Dogs.