Snake and Dog
Why this score
- Starting point: a neutral pair 5
- Fire and Earth: one nourishes the other
- Complementary yin and yang
- Match score 6.5/10
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
The tradition neither binds nor opposes them: none of the six classical relations links these two branches. Their match is read mostly in their elements and their yin and yang.
These relations come from the tables of the classical Chinese tradition, which link the twelve earthly branches.
The five elements
The element of the Snake feeds that of the Dog: 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 Dog is yang, the sign of the Snake is yin: they complete each other, one reaches out while the other takes in.
The two signs
- Snake 巳 si · Fire · Yin Read the full Snake horoscope The Snake in the encyclopedia
- Dog 戌 xu · Earth · Yang Read the full Dog horoscope The Dog in the encyclopedia
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