Rat and Rabbit
Why this score
- Starting point: a neutral pair 5
- Classical relation: Punishment
- Water and Wood: one nourishes the other
- Complementary yin and yang
- Independent sources call them incompatible
- Match score 4/10
The score is ours: the classical relation weighs most, the elements and the sources nuance it, yin and yang barely touch it.
The classical relation
Punishment
UnfavourableThe two branches belong to the same punishment cycle. The classical tradition links it to trials and mutual reproach.
These relations come from the tables of the classical Chinese tradition, which link the twelve earthly branches.
The five elements
The element of the Rat feeds that of the Rabbit: one supports the other, and energy flows between them on its own.
In the cycle of the five phases, each element nourishes another (Wood feeds Fire) and restrains another (Water restrains Fire).
Yin and yang
The sign of the Rat is yang, the sign of the Rabbit is yin: they complete each other, one reaches out while the other takes in.
What the sources say
2 independent sources call them incompatible.
We only keep a view once at least two independent sources share it.
The two signs
- Rat 子 zi · Water · Yang Read the full Rat horoscope The Rat in the encyclopedia
- Rabbit 卯 mao · Wood · Yin Read the full Rabbit horoscope The Rabbit in the encyclopedia
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