Water · Yin
Pig
Brings. Genuinely kind and hard to provoke. Gives without keeping a ledger.
Struggles with. Trusts too readily and indulges too easily.
Traditional ally
Pig and Goat
Traditional ally
90%
Four apart, which puts you in the same affinity triangle. This is the strongest pairing in the Chinese system: shared instincts and compatible pace.
Earth · Yin
Goat
Brings. Creates things and cares for people without expecting a return.
Struggles with. Needs reassurance regularly, and worries about outcomes it cannot influence.
Distance on the wheel4 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.