Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu: Traits, Love, Compatibility and Void Years
Dog–Pig (戌亥, inu-i) tenchusatsu leaves the centre open: the place of footing and family inheritance. Read its traits, work, love, compatibility and every void date, and check whether it is yours.
Updated October 25, 2026
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu
Inu-I · The idealist: big-picture, intuitive and driven by meaning.
Everyone born on a day of the 甲子 week has this type: the ten stems cover ten branches and leave 戌 and 亥 without a stem.
- This year4 years to go
- This monthVoid month
- TodayNot void
- Open direction
- Centre
- Less support from
- A fixed footing, family inheritance
- Stronger
- Ideals, intuition, the inner world
- Void years
- Next: 2030–2031
- Void hours
- 19:00–23:00
- Day pillars
- 甲子・乙丑・丙寅・丁卯・戊辰・己巳・庚午・辛未・壬申・癸酉
- Year runs
- Feb 4, 2026 – Feb 3, 2027
- Start of Spring
- Feb 4, 2026 04:02
- Void this year
- Horse–Goat Tenchusatsu
Drag the knob around the ring, tap a branch, or use the arrow keys.
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu personality and traits
The idealist: big-picture, intuitive and driven by meaning.
In sanmeigaku the centre stands for your own footing: the ground under you and what the family line hands down. With it open, tradition says Dog–Pig people rarely settle into a ready-made place. They often leave home to find their own, and measure life by meaning more than by possessions.
Their energy rises to the zenith: ideals, philosophy, art and the inner world. Dog–Pig people are often intuitive, original and drawn to big questions, with a scale of vision others find inspiring. Practical bargaining and small talk interest them less, which can make them seem distant.
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu at work
Work with meaning suits them: research, education, the arts, writing, care, spiritual or philosophical fields, or any role where vision matters. They do best when they believe in what they do. Purely transactional jobs drain them.
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu at a glance
- Big-picture thinker with a rich inner world
- Intuitive; sees the core of things
- Values meaning over money and status
- Recharges in time alone
Less support from
A fixed footing, family inheritance
Stronger
Ideals, intuition, the inner world
Traditional tendencies of the type. Your full chart (Day Master, ten gods, elements) says far more about you than the type alone.
The Day Masters of this type’s ten day pillars.
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu in love and marriage
Love
Romantic and loyal, Dog–Pig people look for a meeting of minds. They need a partner who respects their time alone and shares, or at least honours, their ideals. Once committed, they are deeply faithful.
Marriage
Tradition says they build a home on shared values rather than on family expectations. A partner who gladly handles the practical side, or shares it evenly, takes weight off them. Their household often has a character all its own.
For a real answer about two people, compare both charts: day masters, spouse palaces and elements weigh far more than the two types.
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu compatibility with the six types
Type compatibility is read from where the two types sit on the six-step ring: the same type, neighbours whose void years run back to back, two steps apart, or opposite. The years shown are each type’s current or next void.
- 戌亥
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu × Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu
Same type
You lack the same direction, so values and pace feel familiar and easy. You also enter the void together, so in those two years agree who carries the plans.
Both of you: 2030–2031
- 辰巳
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu × Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu
Opposite type: complementary
Dragon–Snake (辰巳) is your counterpart: they live in action and the real world, you in ideals and the inner world. Each can show the other the half they leave open.
Void years: you 2030–2031, them 2036–2037
Read about Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu - 子丑
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu × Rat–Ox Tenchusatsu
Neighbours: void years back to back
Your void years run back to back, so for four years in a row one of you is in a void. Plan big joint steps for the eight years in between.
Void years: you 2030–2031, them 2032–2033
Read about Rat–Ox Tenchusatsu - 申酉
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu × Monkey–Rooster Tenchusatsu
Neighbours: void years back to back
Your void years run back to back, so for four years in a row one of you is in a void. Plan big joint steps for the eight years in between.
Void years: you 2030–2031, them 2028–2029
Read about Monkey–Rooster Tenchusatsu - 寅卯
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu × Tiger–Rabbit Tenchusatsu
Two steps apart
Your void years are four years apart, with no overlap. Each can steady the other’s quiet years, which suits partners and teams alike.
Void years: you 2030–2031, them 2034–2035
Read about Tiger–Rabbit Tenchusatsu - 午未
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu × Horse–Goat Tenchusatsu
Two steps apart
Your void years are four years apart, with no overlap. Each can steady the other’s quiet years, which suits partners and teams alike.
Void years: you 2030–2031, them 2026–2027
Read about Horse–Goat Tenchusatsu
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu years, months and days
Every date for Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu, worked out from the solar terms. 2026 is year 7 after the last void, with 4 years to the next.
Void years (戌亥 years)
- Earlier2006–2007Feb 4, 2006 – Feb 3, 2008
- Last time2018–2019Feb 4, 2018 – Feb 3, 2020
- Next2030–2031Feb 4, 2030 – Feb 3, 2032
- After that2042–2043Feb 4, 2042 – Feb 3, 2044
- After that2054–2055Feb 3, 2054 – Feb 3, 2056
Void months (戌亥 months)
2026 void months: Oct 8, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026
- 寅Feb 4 – Mar 4
- 卯Mar 5 – Apr 4
- 辰Apr 5 – May 4
- 巳May 5 – Jun 4
- 午Jun 5 – Jul 6
- 未Jul 7 – Aug 6
- 申Aug 7 – Sep 6
- 酉Sep 7 – Oct 7
- 戌Oct 8 – Nov 6VoidThis month
- 亥Nov 7 – Dec 6Void
- 子Dec 7 – Jan 4
- 丑Jan 5 – Feb 3
Each cell is one Chinese month, from its opening solar term to the day before the next. The year starts with the Tiger (寅) month in February.
Void days and hours
October 2026
Next void days
- Oct 27 · Oct 28
- Nov 8 · Nov 9
- Nov 20 · Nov 21
Days with the branch 戌 or 亥. They come back every twelve days, always as a pair.
Void hours each day
19:00–23:00
The double hours of 戌 and 亥. Traditional almanacs mention them; most readers only look at years and months.
Dates and times are shown in China Standard Time.
How Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu can spend the void
The Dog–Pig years and the void months of October and November are when the centre is doubly open. They suit inner work: reading, study, reflection, art. Postpone property and big financial decisions where you can, and keep daily routines steady.
Suits the void period
- Study, training and qualifications
- Finishing and tidying up what is already under way
- Health, rest and routines
- Looking after the people and commitments you have
Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu FAQ
The dates are calculated for today; the rest is the traditional reading.
Beyond the void years
Read your timing against the whole chart
A void year is one timing marker among many. Chapter 6 of your Bazi reading, “Luck cycles and the years ahead”, reads your luck pillars and coming years from the whole chart, including what the void years mean for you. Chapter 1 is free with an account.
- 1Your chart at a glanceFree
- 2Personality
- 3Career and money
- 4Love and relationships
- 5Five elements and balance
- 6Luck cycles and the years aheadTiming
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