The Horse is the seventh of the twelve branches
The Horse is someone whose birth-year branch is 午. 午 is the seventh of the twelve earthly branches, and when the twelve characters are set in a circle it sits directly opposite 子 (the Rat).
The line that the compatibility result shows for a Horse person is: "Bright and restless. Being fenced in is the hardest thing." This line has nothing to do with the relationship scores and does not affect the scores below.
The twelve zodiac animals at a glance
Each of the other animals is set against the Horse in turn. Only the pairs this service recognises as harmonies are written as relationships; everything else is neutral.
| Other animal | Relationship | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | Clash | 45 |
| Ox (丑) | Discord | 52 |
| Tiger (寅) | Half triad | 88 |
| Rabbit (卯) | Neutral | 68 |
| Dragon (辰) | Neutral | 68 |
| Snake (巳) | Neutral | 68 |
| Horse (午) | Same branch | 72 |
| Sheep (未) | Six-Harmony | 90 |
| Monkey (申) | Neutral | 68 |
| Rooster (酉) | Neutral | 68 |
| Dog (戌) | Half triad | 88 |
| Pig (亥) | Neutral | 68 |
Sheep — the pair that attracts (Six-Harmony)
午 and 未 form a harmony with only two characters. A six-harmony is the good relationship that appears most often in compatibility, and the Horse and the Sheep score 90, the highest the Horse can get.
Tiger and Dog — a half triad that includes the royal branch
寅午戌 is one triad group (the fire group), and 午 is the royal branch at its centre. Inyeon-Link accepts only pairs that include the royal branch, so the Horse forms a half triad (88) with both the Tiger and the Dog.
The Tiger and the Dog together, on the other hand, lack the central character 午, so they are not counted as a harmony and are treated as neutral. Even within one triad group, it is the Horse that makes the half triad.
Rat — the head-on collision (Clash)
午 and 子 sit directly opposite each other on the circle. This service keeps 45 points even for a clash. In traditional myeongri a clash is a collision, not the end of a relationship, and giving a score near the floor would amount to pronouncing a verdict on two people. Even so, it is the lowest score the Horse can receive.
Ox — the quiet discord (Discord)
午 and 丑 sit right next to 子 (the Rat), the clash position, and are traditionally seen as a pair who resent each other yet cannot part. It looks calm on the surface, but the misalignment is believed to last, so it gets 52 — higher than a clash (45) and lower than neutral (68).
The other 6 animals, and the Horse with another Horse
The Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Monkey, Rooster and Pig are neither a harmony, a clash nor a discord with the Horse: they are neutral and score 68. They are the baseline, neither good nor bad.
Two Horse people score 72. It means they resemble each other, not that they attract, so it sits just above neutral.
What share of the final match rate this score takes
There are two places where two people's branches are set side by side.
- Zodiac compatibility looks at the branch of the birth year. It takes 30% of the final match rate.
- Day branch compatibility looks at the branch of the birth day. It takes 20% of the saju compatibility (70%), which is 14% of the final match rate.
For example, when a Horse person meets a Rat person, zodiac compatibility gives a clash. If everything else is equal, the final match rate comes out 6.9 points lower than with a neutral pair. With a Sheep person it is a six-harmony, and the rate comes out 6.6 points higher.
Year and day branches can differ. Two Horse people whose day branches are 午 and 子 get the same branch (72) in zodiac compatibility and a clash (45) in day branch compatibility.