Rat and Ox: zodiac compatibility
Based only on the animals of your birth years. Including full dates of birth changes the score.
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1.The branch relationship
Six harmonies (shigō)
A natural pull, like two magnets. You feel safe together and understand each other without words, so this bond tends to last.
2.The element relationship
The Rat is Water and the Ox is Earth. Seen from the Rat: they restrain you (controlling cycle).
3.Love and marriage
You warm to each other quickly and friendship easily turns into romance. After marriage you build a stable partnership in which you help each other.
4.How you each love
The Rat: Attentive and thoughtful, you remember what your partner likes. Home matters to you, and you build steady, secure relationships. The Ox: You let love grow slowly over time. Faithful and sincere, you are the kind of partner people stay with for life. The pull between you is strong and you easily become a couple.
5.Work and friendship
Share a goal and your teamwork is outstanding; clear roles make you even more effective.
Working together
The Rat: You shine where quick judgment and good information pay off: finance, trading, IT, research and media. The Ox: Crafts, research, farming, medicine and public service, where expertise is built over many years. Divide the work by strengths and you make a strong team.
6.By age difference
The Rat and the Ox are 1, 11, 13, 23, 25 years apart (people in the same school year can still have different animals if one was born early in the year). The branch relationship stays the same whatever the age gap.
7.As parent and child, or boss and colleague
In terms of the elements, this pair tends toward the Ox leading and setting the direction for the Rat. A Ox parent or boss is dependable, but too much interference makes the Rat feel cramped. Make a point of handing over responsibility.
8.When arguments start
The Rat: small details can worry you more than they should, and when profit comes first you may come across as a little cool. The Ox: you can be stubborn and dislike having your pace disturbed. These sides tend to come out when you are tired and stretched. If you start arguing, don't rush to a conclusion; sleep on it and talk again. When you face each other calmly, the Rat's sociability and charm and the Ox's strong sense of responsibility help you both.
9.Tips for getting along
- A shared goal strengthens your bond even more: travel or work on something together.
- Your elements (Water and Earth) are in a controlling relationship. Bringing in Metal, the element that mediates between them (its color is white), smooths things over; this is called tsūkan, “bridging”.
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10.Their personalities
Rat: In Japanese, “rat arithmetic” (nezumi-zan) means multiplying quickly, and the Rat stands for prosperity and many descendants. Rat people think fast, gather information well, act quickly and have a real talent for saving.
Ox: Like an ox ploughing a field, you are patient, honest and hard-working, and you build results one furrow at a time.