辰 · Dragon pairings
Dragon Chinese Zodiac Compatibility: Best & Worst Matches
The Dragon’s best matches in the Chinese zodiac are Rooster in the Six Harmonies and Rat and Monkey in its trine; its opposing pairing is Dog, the Six Clash.
Dragon’s best and difficult matches
Rooster: Six Harmonies. Rat: shared trineMonkey: shared trine
Dog: Six Clash. The best-match group follows the harmony and trine sets; seasonal ties are listed alongside them below.
Dragon + Rat
Three Harmonies · trines · 三合
Dragon and Rat share the Water trine; Monkey completes their three-animal group.
Dragon + Ox
Dragon and Ox have no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash among these four systems.
Dragon + Tiger
Three Meetings · seasons · 三会
Dragon and Tiger belong to the spring sequence Tiger–Rabbit–Dragon, connecting neighbouring seasonal months.
Dragon + Rabbit
Three Meetings · seasons · 三会
Dragon and Rabbit belong to the spring sequence Tiger–Rabbit–Dragon, connecting neighbouring seasonal months.
Dragon + Dragon
Dragon repeats the 辰 branch and its fixed Earth element.
Dragon + Snake
Dragon and Snake have no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash among these four systems.
Dragon + Horse
Dragon and Horse have no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash among these four systems.
Dragon + Goat
Dragon and Goat have no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash among these four systems.
Dragon + Monkey
Three Harmonies · trines · 三合
Dragon and Monkey share the Water trine; Rat completes their three-animal group.
Dragon + Rooster
Six Harmonies · 六合
Dragon (辰) and Rooster (酉) form one of the six fixed harmony pairs, traditionally read as a complementary connection.
Dragon + Dog
Six Clashes · 六冲
Dragon (辰) stands six positions opposite Dog (戌), the contrast called a Six Clash in the traditional pairing.
Dragon + Pig
Dragon and Pig have no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash among these four systems.