Wood · Yang
Tiger
Brings. Acts when others hesitate, and inspires people to follow without asking them to.
Struggles with. Burns hot and short. Authority provokes rather than restrains it.
Neutral
Tiger and Ox
Neutral
68%
No traditional aspect between these signs — neither reinforced nor opposed. What happens depends on the people rather than the pattern.
Earth · Yin
Ox
Brings. Finishes what it starts, without supervision and without complaint.
Struggles with. Immovable once decided, and reads flexibility as weakness.
Distance on the wheel1 of 12
RelationNeutral
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.