Rabbit and Dog

卯 and 戌 form one of the 六合, the Six Harmonies. The Wuxing Dayi builds the pairing from the sky: in the second month the sun and moon meet in the station called 降婁, which is 戌, while the Dipper's handle points to 卯. The Sanming Tonghui counts them another way: four for 卯 and five for 戌 add up to nine, the number it calls the peak of yang. By element the pair is less tidy, since 卯 is wood and wood parts the earth of 戌.

A quiet, considerate Rabbit and a loyal, watchful Dog who come to trust each other quickly make up the portrait in popular zodiac books. A book quoted in the Sanming Tonghui rates the bond as thin when read from 戌 and rich when read from 卯. That is a grading of chart positions, and the love match of popular books is a modern reading laid on top.

Loyalty and consideration can look alike from outside. Ask each other what showing up for someone actually looks like in practice, whether that means help with a task or simply keeping a confidence. The two answers may differ more than the signs suggest.