Chinese Zodiac Compatibility

Two birth dates, one honest verdict — settled from the real Sun, not the calendar.

Enter two birth dates below. We place each of you in your true animal year — the Chinese year turns at Lichun in early February, not January 1st — then read the classical bond between your two animals: a San He harmony, a Liu He secret-friend shelter, a Six Clash, or open ground.

The First Person

The Second Person

This is only your year animals

A full BaZi chart holds four pillars each — year, month, day, and hour — and the day pillar (your Day Master) says far more about how two people actually fit than the year animal alone. Raise both full charts, free.

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two animals, in brief

Common Asks

How does Chinese zodiac compatibility work?

Chinese compatibility reads the relationship between two Earthly Branches — the animal signs sitting behind two birth dates. The warmest bonds are San He, the four harmony trines, where three animals spaced evenly around the wheel share a temperament and pull in the same direction. Beside those sit the Liu He secret friends, six quiet pairings that support one another without fanfare. Against them run the Six Clashes, where two animals face each other directly across the wheel. Most pairs are none of these — open ground, where nothing classical is written and the relationship is yours to author.

What are the four trines in Chinese astrology?

The twelve animals divide into four San He groups of three, each spaced four places apart on the wheel. Rat, Dragon, and Monkey form the trine of momentum — quick, ambitious, drawn to motion. Ox, Snake, and Rooster form the trine of method — patient, exacting, steady over long stretches. Tiger, Horse, and Dog form the trine of conviction — warm, direct, loyal to a cause. Rabbit, Goat, and Pig form the trine of care — gentle, artistic, attentive to comfort. Animals inside the same trine tend to understand each other without much translation.

Does a clash mean two people are incompatible?

No. A Six Clash means two animals sit opposite each other on the wheel — Rat against Horse, Ox against Goat, Tiger against Monkey, and so on — and it describes friction in temperament, not a verdict on a relationship. Classical practice treats a clash as weather: something to know about and dress for, not a sentence handed down. Plenty of lasting partnerships are clashes who learned each other, and plenty of trines drift apart from inattention. The animal pair is one line of a four-pillar chart, and by far the smallest part of what two people actually build.

the wheel keeps turning