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.
Traditional ally
Tiger and Pig
Traditional ally
88%
Three apart, in the tense square relation. Productive but rarely restful.
Water · Yin
Pig
Brings. Genuinely kind and hard to provoke. Gives without keeping a ledger.
Struggles with. Trusts too readily and indulges too easily.
Distance on the wheel3 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.