属虎 × 属蛇
The Tiger and the Snake: what the classical relationships between their year branches say. The Tiger's branch is Yin (寅), and the Snake's is Si (巳).
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.
- Harm (害): two branches that hurt each other quietly, through misunderstandings more than open conflict.
- Punishment (刑): branches that wear on each other, bringing friction and disputes.
- 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.
六害 · 害中带刑
寅 × 巳 · Harm, with a punishment
为什么 Why
寅巳相害，易生误会与暗伤，感情上多“说不清楚”的隔阂。寅巳同在寅巳申三刑之中（恃势之刑），相处中易有磨损与是非，需要明确的界线。几层关系同时存在，哪一层更重，要看两个人的完整命盘。
The Tiger and the Snake harm each other (害). This pairing is prone to misunderstandings and hidden hurts, and in love it brings a distance that is hard to put into words. The Tiger and the Snake belong to a group of three signs, the Tiger, the Snake and the Monkey, that punish one another. It is a pattern called the Bullying punishment (恃势之刑), where both sides compete over who gets their way. Life together tends to bring friction and disputes, so the two need clear boundaries. 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
寅木生巳火：属虎的一方生属蛇的一方，一方付出、一方受益，相处顺其自然。
The Tiger's branch is Wood, and the Snake's is Fire. Wood generates Fire, so the Tiger gives and the Snake gains, and the relationship runs naturally.
| 地支 Branch | 本气 Principal qi | 中气 Middle qi | 余气 Residual qi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 寅 · 属虎 Tiger, Yin | 甲木 Jia Wood | 丙火 Bing Fire | 戊土 Wu Earth |
| 巳 · 属蛇 Snake, Si | 丙火 Bing Fire | 庚金 Geng Metal | 戊土 Wu Earth |
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
Tiger × Rat虎×牛
Tiger × Ox虎×虎
Tiger × Tiger虎×兔
Tiger × Rabbit虎×龙
Tiger × Dragon虎×蛇
Tiger × Snake虎×马
Tiger × Horse虎×羊
Tiger × Goat虎×猴
Tiger × Monkey虎×鸡
Tiger × Rooster虎×狗
Tiger × Dog虎×猪
Tiger × Pig
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