Metal · Yin
Rooster
Brings. Notices detail others miss and says so. Prepares more thoroughly than required.
Struggles with. Critical out loud, and mistakes bluntness for honesty.
Traditional ally
Rooster and Dragon
Traditional ally
88%
No traditional aspect between these signs — neither reinforced nor opposed. What happens depends on the people rather than the pattern.
Earth · Yang
Dragon
Brings. Attracts attention and opportunity without effort. Sets a high bar and clears it.
Struggles with. Impatient with limits and with people who need them explained.
Distance on the wheel5 of 12
RelationTraditional ally
Same fixed elementNo
How Chinese compatibility works
The rule is positional. Animals four apart form an affinity triangle and are read as natural allies — they share instincts and pace. Animals six apart sit directly opposite and are the traditional clash: each values what the other neglects.
This differs from Western astrology, which uses angles on a 360-degree circle. Here the wheel has twelve positions and the relationships are counted in steps, not degrees.
Traditional pairings sometimes override the geometry — a few combinations are named explicitly as friends or enemies in the old texts, and those take precedence.
Computed from 110 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
Chinese years run 354 or 384 days, so each animal collects a different number of days across the century — the shares below are not 8.33% each.
Positions apart on the cycle
5
Pairings at this distance
12 of 78
Days assigned to Rooster
3,305 · 8.3%
Days assigned to Dragon
3,308 · 8.31%
Share of all pairings
1.379%
5 positions apart · 12 of 78 pairings share that distance · 1.379% of all pairings. Neither trine nor clash, where most pairings sit.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
Because the animals sit at fixed positions, two people with these signs can only differ in age by certain numbers of years. Not approximately — exactly these:
5
years apart
7
years apart
17
years apart
19
years apart
29
years apart
31
years apart
41
years apart
43
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
Earth Rooster 2029 & Wood Dragon 2024
5 years apart
Fire Rooster 2017 & Water Dragon 2012
5 years apart
Fire Rooster 2017 & Wood Dragon 2024
7 years apart
Wood Rooster 2005 & Metal Dragon 2000
5 years apart
Wood Rooster 2005 & Water Dragon 2012
7 years apart
Water Rooster 1993 & Earth Dragon 1988
5 years apart
Water Rooster 1993 & Metal Dragon 2000
7 years apart
Metal Rooster 1981 & Fire Dragon 1976
5 years apart
The five versions of each animal
The animal repeats every 12 years but the element every 60, so each partner comes in five variants — and the combination you actually have is one of 25.
Water Rooster
1993
Wood Rooster
2005
Fire Rooster
2017
Earth Rooster
2029
Metal Rooster
1981
Earth Dragon
1988
Metal Dragon
2000
Water Dragon
2012
Wood Dragon
2024
Fire Dragon
1976
Birth years for this pairing
⚠️ Each year starts at the lunar new year, not 1 January — if either of you was born in January or early February, check the exact date before trusting the animal.
Rooster
1969 · 1981 · 1993 · 2005 · 2017 · 2029Dragon
1964 · 1976 · 1988 · 2000 · 2012 · 2024