Rooster in Love

The folk reading gives the rooster directness in relationships, and pairs it with the ox, snake and dragon. The pairings come from the branch scheme; the characterisation follows the animal's attributed temperament.

It is one factor among several in the traditional system. The folk reading gives the rooster directness in relationships, and pairs it with the ox, snake and dragon. The year animal is the coarsest of the four pillars — the month, day and hour carry equal weight, and the classical sources never read the year alone. The rooster is one of the animals with partners from both mechanisms, which is worth noting when reading a pairing table.

The ox, snake and rooster form one of the four three-fold affinity groups; the dragon pairing is a six-harmony one. It is grouped under Metal (金) in the five-element system.