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Chinese Zodiac Compatibility: Animal Sign Match Checker
Compare two animals or birth dates through trines, six harmonies, clashes, harms, punishment and break relations, with every overlapping relation shown.
Chinese Zodiac Compatibility: Animal Sign Match Checker: Compare two Chinese zodiac animals through six traditional kinds of relation: San He trines, Liu He harmonies, Liu Chong clashes, Liu Hai harms, Xiang Xing punishment and Xiang Po breaks. A pair can carry several relations, so every matching badge is displayed. Birth dates use Chinese New Year and show the heavenly stem's year element; two dates also show the traditional element cycle. The matrix covers all 144 animal pairs. There is no numeric love score and no claim about relationship outcomes. Runs 100% locally in your browser with zero server file uploads.
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Twelve animals, six kinds of relation. Explore the traditional patterns without a love percentage.
Chinese zodiac matching is a cultural tradition without scientific evidence. It does not predict relationships or provide marriage advice.
All 144 animal pairs
Tap a cell to see every relation for that pair. Harmony and challenge can appear together. The matrix uses animal signs only, without year elements.
Green means traditionally harmonious; rose means traditionally challenging; gold means mixed; unshaded means neutral. Every cell also names its category.
| Animal | Rat | Ox | Tiger | Rabbit | Dragon | Snake | Horse | Goat | Monkey | Rooster | Dog | Pig |
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Animals and the calendar boundary
The Hong Kong Observatory's calendar conversion tables (https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/gts/time/conversion.htm) document Chinese New Year dates and the lunisolar calendar. This page uses Chinese New Year rather than 1 January or Lichun as its boundary.
The year element comes from the heavenly stem, not from the animal alone. Birth dates are interpreted as calendar dates; no birth time or city is required for this convention.
Traditional branch relations
The Earthly Branches overview (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthly_Branches) describes the symbolic branch system. The relation lists here are historical classifications: four trines, six harmonies, six clashes, six harms, punishment groups and six breaks.
Two members of a punishment group are marked as a pair here; some schools emphasise having all three branches in a full chart. Self-punishment is shown only for identical Dragon, Horse, Rooster or Pig signs. Multiple relations remain visible and are never turned into a numeric love percentage.
How to use it
- Choose two animals, or enter birth dates to use the Chinese New Year boundary.
- Read all relation badges and, with two birth dates, the traditional generating or overcoming relation between year elements.
- Tap the matrix to explore another pair, copy an invite or save a card without birth data.
Privacy & limitations
Everything is calculated in your browser. Invites contain only an animal index and an optional first name; birth dates and years are never included. Cards show only the selected signs and traditional relations, plus first names if you opt in.
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Frequently asked questions
What do San He, Liu He, Liu Chong and Liu Hai mean?
San He means the four trines, each containing three animals. Liu He means six harmony pairs. Liu Chong means the six opposite-branch clashes. Liu Hai means six harm pairs. These are names for traditional symbolic relations, not predictions.
Why can a pair have more than one relation?
Each traditional list is checked independently. Tiger and Pig have both a six-harmony and a break relation. Snake and Monkey have six-harmony, punishment and break relations. This page shows all of them instead of reducing them to a percentage.
Why does the year start at Chinese New Year here?
Chinese New Year is the common calendar boundary for animal birth years. A January or early February birthday can therefore belong to the preceding animal year. BaZi often uses Lichun (立春), the start of spring, as an alternative boundary; the Chinese Zodiac Calculator lets you explore that convention.
Does the element matter?
Tradition assigns a year element from the heavenly stem, changing every two years through Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. With birth dates, this page shows each element and the generating, overcoming or same-element relation. An animal alone cannot establish the year element.
What are punishment and break relations?
Xiang Xing covers Tiger, Snake and Monkey; Ox, Goat and Dog; Rat and Rabbit; and self-punishment for Dragon, Horse, Rooster and Pig. This page uses pairwise membership of those groups. Xiang Po is a separate six-pair list. These historical labels describe symbolic categories.
Is Chinese zodiac compatibility scientific?
No. These animal and element relations are cultural traditions without scientific evidence that they predict compatibility. This page is for exploring the tradition and provides no marriage advice.
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