属羊 × 属狗
The Goat and the Dog: what the classical relationships between their year branches say. The Goat's branch is Wei (未), and the Dog's is Xu (戌).
What these words mean
- BaZi (八字): Chinese "four pillars" astrology. The moment you were born is written as four pillars, for the year, the month, the day and the hour.
- Pillar: a pair of symbols: a stem written on top and a branch below it. Your year pillar is the pair for your year of birth, and your day pillar the pair for your day of birth. Four pillars make eight symbols, which is what BaZi means: "eight characters".
- Branch (地支, Earthly Branch): the bottom symbol of a pillar. There are twelve, each with an animal sign. The branch of your year pillar is your zodiac animal.
- Stem (天干, Heavenly Stem): the top symbol of a pillar. There are ten. Each is one of the five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) in its yang or its yin form.
- Hidden stems (藏干): every branch holds one to three stems inside it. The strongest is called its principal qi (本气). The others are its middle qi and residual qi.
- Punishment (刑): branches that wear on each other, bringing friction and disputes.
- Break (破): two branches that damage each other on a small scale.
- Day Master (日主): the stem of your day pillar. It stands for you, and the rest of the chart is read in relation to it.
- Ten Gods (十神): the names for how any stem relates to your Day Master, such as Direct Officer or Rob Wealth. Each one stands for a part of life: work, money, people or support.
- Luck pillars and annual pillars: a full chart also has a pillar for each ten-year stretch of life (a luck pillar) and for each year (an annual pillar). They are read against your birth chart.
相刑 · 刑中带破
未 × 戌 · Punishment, with a break
为什么 Why
未戌同在丑戌未三刑之中（无恩之刑），相处中易有磨损与是非，需要明确的界线。未戌相破，主破损：计划常被小事打乱，彼此的安排互相拆台，力度比冲、刑都轻。几层关系同时存在，哪一层更重，要看两个人的完整命盘。
The Goat and the Dog belong to a group of three signs, the Ox, the Dog and the Goat, that punish one another. It is a pattern called the Ungrateful punishment (无恩之刑), where effort goes unnoticed and someone starts keeping a tally. Life together tends to bring friction and disputes, so the two need clear boundaries. The Goat and the Dog break each other (破). A break means damage on a small scale: plans are often upset by small things, and each one's arrangements undercut the other's. It is milder than a clash or a punishment. Several relationships are at work at once. Which one weighs more depends on the two full charts.
五行与藏干 Elements and hidden stems
未戌同属土：五行同类，气场相投。
The Goat's branch and the Dog's are both Earth. They share the same element, so the two of you tend to see things alike.
| 地支 Branch | 本气 Principal qi | 中气 Middle qi | 余气 Residual qi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 未 · 属羊 Goat, Wei | 己土 Ji Earth | 丁火 Ding Fire | 乙木 Yi Wood |
| 戌 · 属狗 Dog, Xu | 戊土 Wu Earth | 辛金 Xin Metal | 丁火 Ding Fire |
Each branch holds one to three hidden stems. The first and strongest is called its principal qi.
两支的藏干之间没有天干五合。
None of their hidden stems combine with each other.
五行这一层只看两支的本气，分量轻于上面的合、冲、刑、害。The element comparison looks only at the main element of each branch. It counts for less than the relationships above.
一句话提醒：生肖只是八字四柱中的一个字（年支）。真正决定两个人合不合的是完整命盘：日主强弱、十神关系、大运流年。仅凭生肖断合婚，是这一行最常见的以偏概全。
Your animal sign is only one of the eight symbols in a BaZi chart: the branch of the year pillar. Whether two people suit each other is read from both full charts: the strength of each Day Master, how their Ten Gods relate, and their luck pillars and annual pillars. Judging a match by animal signs alone is the most common oversimplification in this field. Treat this page as background, not a verdict.
其他配对 Other pairings
Goat × Rat羊×牛
Goat × Ox羊×虎
Goat × Tiger羊×兔
Goat × Rabbit羊×龙
Goat × Dragon羊×蛇
Goat × Snake羊×马
Goat × Horse羊×羊
Goat × Goat羊×猴
Goat × Monkey羊×鸡
Goat × Rooster羊×狗
Goat × Dog羊×猪
Goat × Pig
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