| There is a belief amongst the Chinese community that | | | | set. The other incompatible sets are between Ox and |
| those who are born four years apart are more | | | | Goat, Tiger and Monkey, Rabbit and Rooster, Dragon |
| compatible than those who are born six year apart. Do | | | | and Dog and between the Snake and Pig. If you |
| you know why? | | | | check the year of birth you will notice that they are six |
| In the 12 Animals Zodiac system of astrology, our | | | | year apart! |
| character is influenced by our year of birth. For | | | | The Chinese astrology compatibility tools that you find |
| example those born in the year of the rat are intelligent | | | | on the Internet are largely based on the |
| and suspicious while those born in the year of the | | | | abovementioned principles of combination and clash. |
| horse are generous and loves freedom. Based on our | | | | Most will also include more combinations and clashes |
| year of birth we are imbued with certain | | | | that I have not mentioned above but I hope you get |
| characteristics that make us more of less compatible | | | | the idea. |
| with each other. | | | | What if you and your spouse form an incompatible |
| According to the ancient Chinese, the Monkey, Rat | | | | set? Do not panic. Did you notice that I used the word |
| and Dragon form a compatible set. They have | | | | 'supposedly' many times? In practice our character is |
| characteristics that make them more compatible with | | | | also heavily influenced by the month, day and hour of |
| each other. The other compatible sets are the Snake, | | | | birth which is not taken into consideration in the above |
| Rooster and Ox; the Pig, Rabbit and Goat and the | | | | examples. Therefore it is entirely possible for a Rat |
| Tiger, Horse and Dog. If you check the year of birth | | | | person to display characteristics of other animals |
| you notice that they are four years apart. For example | | | | (influences from the month, day and hour of birth)! |
| those born in 1964 are Rats, 1968 are Dragons and | | | | In my practice, I have seen many supposedly |
| 1972 are Monkeys! | | | | incompatible sets of husbands and wives. They are still |
| The Rat on the other hand is supposedly less | | | | together after many years of marriage and some of |
| compatible than the Horse. They form an incompatible | | | | them quite happily! Perhaps love plays a part too. |