Snake in Love

The folk reading gives the snake depth and intensity in relationships, and pairs it with the ox, rooster and monkey. 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 snake depth and intensity in relationships, and pairs it with the ox, rooster and monkey. 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 tradition states the group as a whole — snake, ox and rooster — rather than as separate pairings.

The rooster pairing comes from the three-fold affinity group containing the snake, ox and rooster. It is grouped under Fire (火) in the five-element system.