Compatibility

These are traditional rules about the twelve signs. No chart decides a relationship.

Tradition relates the twelve earthly branches in several ways, and a single pair can carry more than one. Choose a square to read about that pair.

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合: 六合 Six Harmonies. One of six pairs of branches that tradition treats as natural allies.
三: 三合 Three Harmonies. Two members of a trio of branches that tradition groups together.
沖: 六沖 Six Clashes. Two branches that sit opposite each other on the circle of twelve.
害: 六害 Six Harms. One of six pairs of branches the old tables list as harming each other. The name is a label, not a forecast.
破: 相破 Mutual Breaking. A pair of branches the old tables list as breaking each other. The name is a label, not a forecast.
刑: 三刑 Three Punishments. Two branches from a punishment group in the old tables. The name is a label, not a forecast.
自: 自刑 Self-Punishment. A branch the old tables list as punishing itself when doubled. The name is a label, not a forecast.
·: 無 No listed relation. None of the classical relations apply to this pair.