Cast & Chart

Tiger and Horse

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

The traditional relations

  • 三合 Three Harmonies

    Two members of a trio of branches that tradition groups together.

What tradition says

Fire's group is 寅午戌, one of the 三合 or Three Harmonies, and in it the Tiger holds the place where fire is born and the Horse the place where it is strongest. 五行大義 locates them in the east and the south. Wood feeds fire in the cycle of elements, so the fixed element of 寅 leans the same way as the group. 戌, the Dog, would finish it.

Popular compatibility guides place these two near the top, as two lively signs who like to keep moving. Those guides also tend to mention quick tempers on both sides. It is all popular tradition layered on a calendar pattern.

Fire that starts and fire at full height have no cooling stage between them, since the Dog's seat is empty here. Ask who calls a pause in this pairing and whether the pause is welcome. A plan to finish one thing before starting the next could be a topic all on its own.

Fire's group collects 寅 and 午 as branches, and a Tiger and a Horse are free to be as cool-headed as they please.

Where this text comes from

The relation tables follow 五行大義 volume 2 and 三命通會 volumes 2 and 3 on Wikisource. The popular readings are modern and come from neither.

The English here is our own plain wording, not a translation of a single source.