Chinese zodiac · Earthly Branches
How the twelve animals meet in the traditional tables of the Earthly Branches: six harmonies, three harmonies, clashes, punishments and harms. The tradition describes relations between symbols — it gives no scores and decides nothing about two people.
Enter two years of birth from 1924 to 2031. You will see the animal of each year and what the traditional tables say about the pair. Nothing is sent or saved.
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Ask AstroChat about itFind one animal in the rows and the other in the columns. Each mark names a relation of their branches in the traditional tables; an empty cell means none of them. The marks are explained below the table.
| Animal | 子Rat | 丑Ox | 寅Tiger | 卯Rabbit | 辰Dragon | 巳Snake | 午Horse | 未Goat | 申Monkey | 酉Rooster | 戌Dog | 亥Pig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rat 子 | Six harmonies | Punishment | Three harmonies | Clash | Harm | Three harmonies | ||||||
| Ox 丑 | Six harmonies | Three harmonies | Harm | Clash, Punishment | Three harmonies | Punishment | ||||||
| Tiger 寅 | Punishment, Harm | Three harmonies | Clash, Punishment | Three harmonies | Six harmonies | |||||||
| Rabbit 卯 | Punishment | Harm | Three harmonies | Clash | Six harmonies | Three harmonies | ||||||
| Dragon 辰 | Three harmonies | Harm | Punishment | Three harmonies | Six harmonies | Clash | ||||||
| Snake 巳 | Three harmonies | Punishment, Harm | Six harmonies, Punishment | Three harmonies | Clash | |||||||
| Horse 午 | Clash | Harm | Three harmonies | Punishment | Six harmonies | Three harmonies | ||||||
| Goat 未 | Harm | Clash, Punishment | Three harmonies | Six harmonies | Punishment | Three harmonies | ||||||
| Monkey 申 | Three harmonies | Clash, Punishment | Three harmonies | Six harmonies, Punishment | Harm | |||||||
| Rooster 酉 | Three harmonies | Clash | Six harmonies | Three harmonies | Punishment | Harm | ||||||
| Dog 戌 | Punishment | Three harmonies | Six harmonies | Clash | Three harmonies | Punishment | Harm | |||||
| Pig 亥 | Six harmonies | Three harmonies | Clash | Three harmonies | Harm | Punishment |
Six pairs of branches that the tradition reads as a natural bond, like two halves that fit together. Each animal has exactly one such partner.
In the table: Rat – Ox · Tiger – Pig · Rabbit – Dog · Dragon – Rooster · Snake – Monkey · Horse – Goat
Four trios of branches, four places apart in the circle, each forming a frame of one phase. The tradition reads two animals of the same trio as sharing aims and working well together; the third animal completes the frame.
In the table: Monkey – Rat – Dragon (Water) · Pig – Rabbit – Goat (Wood) · Tiger – Horse – Dog (Fire) · Snake – Rooster – Ox (Metal)
Six pairs of branches opposite each other in the circle, six years apart. The tradition reads a clash as tension and movement: different rhythms that pull apart and set things in motion.
In the table: Rat – Horse · Ox – Goat · Tiger – Monkey · Rabbit – Rooster · Dragon – Dog · Snake – Pig
Groups of branches that the tradition reads as strain asking for correction: two trios, one pair, and four branches that punish themselves when they meet their own kind.
In the table: Tiger – Snake – Monkey (without gratitude) · Ox – Dog – Goat (of power) · Rat – Rabbit (without courtesy) · Dragon, Horse, Rooster, Pig (self-punishment)
Six pairs in which one branch disturbs the other’s harmony partner. The tradition reads a harm as a quieter friction — misunderstandings rather than open conflict.
In the table: Rat – Goat · Ox – Horse · Tiger – Snake · Rabbit – Dragon · Monkey – Pig · Rooster – Dog
Many sites turn these tables into a compatibility score or a list of the best and worst matches. The tables themselves contain no numbers: they name relations between symbols. In BaZi the year animal is one sign of eight, and a relationship is read from both full charts — so we show the relations and leave the scores out.
BaZi and the Chinese zodiac are a traditional symbolic system. This page describes how the tradition relates the animals; it predicts nothing about a relationship and does not replace professional advice.