Tiger in Love

The folk reading gives the tiger intensity in relationships, and pairs it with the horse, dog and pig. The pairings come from the branch relationships; the characterisation follows the animal's attributed temperament.

It is one factor among several in the traditional system. The folk reading gives the tiger intensity in relationships, and pairs it with the horse, dog and pig. 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 treats the clashing pair as a description of a dynamic — two strong temperaments meeting — rather than as a prohibition.

The branch affinity scheme determines the partners; the tiger's attributed directness describes how the type behaves. It is grouped under Wood (木) in the five-element system.