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In China, this sign is called Wild Boar but since in America and Europe one doesn't meet up much with wild boars (except for the incident in PhD's neighborhood), this zodiac sign is usually called a Pig.

When wallowing contentedly along, Pigs are sensible, sensual and sensitive, sweetly naive, self-sacrificing, erudite, obliging and generous.

But when their elastic generosity has been stretched beyond its limit, out pops Piggy's darker side. He becomes hot-tempered, pessimistic, sardonic, snobbish, snide, authoritarian, know-it-all, and sometimes downright mad at the world.

The Chinese Year of the Pig begins this year on February 18.

It is a Fire Pig year. Other Fire Pigs include Arnold Schwarznegger, Carlos Santana and Steven Spielberg.

Source: The New Chinese Astrology, Suzanne White