Tiger and Snake
Why this score
- Starting point: a neutral pair 5
- Classical relation: Harm
- Classical relation: Punishment
- Wood and Fire: one nourishes the other
- Complementary yin and yang
- Independent sources call them incompatible
- Match score 1.5/10
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
Harm
UnfavourableOne sign disturbs the harmony the other forms elsewhere. A quiet unease, misunderstandings more than open conflict.
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 Tiger feeds that of the Snake: 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 Tiger is yang, the sign of the Snake is yin: they complete each other, one reaches out while the other takes in.
What the sources say
5 independent sources call them incompatible.
We only keep a view once at least two independent sources share it.
The two signs
- Tiger 寅 yin · Wood · Yang Read the full Tiger horoscope The Tiger in the encyclopedia
- Snake 巳 si · Fire · Yin Read the full Snake horoscope The Snake in the encyclopedia
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