Expert: Bill Hajdu - 9/10/2008

Question
Hajdu, can you tell me the compatibility and strengths and weaknesses between a female tiger DOB 7/26/1974 time 11:55 a.m. and a male horse DOB 2/08/1966?

Thank you,

V

Answer
Hi Vanessa,

The female was born during the year of the Wood Tiger, month of the Metal Sheep and day of the Earth Dragon.

The male was born during the year of the Fire Horse, month of the Metal Tiger and day of the Earth Dog.

At first glance this looks like an outstanding match, Fire Horse and Wood Tiger. When the month and day signs are considered, however, the favorability drops to 53%, average to slightly above.

The great strength is the Horse-Tiger match, which is outstanding. When this is relationship is good, it is very good. Also, the female should easily be able to relate to and satisfy the male's needs as all his signs are from the Tiger-Horse-Dog compatibility group.

A second strength is there is a lot of Wood in the two charts. This means both partners are likely to be willing to make the compromises necessary to maintain a healthy relationship. And, both are likely to have good hearts.

A major weakness is both have an element imbalance, that is strength in one area with weakness in one or two others. I can't say for sure without knowing the time of birth, but there is likely a shortage of Water and, or, Metal. Water is associated with communications, which is very important to any relationship and Metal with determination, the fighting spirit needed to keep the match together in difficult times. These could be especially problematic since both have the same element shortage.

The second is the male has no signs from the female's Dragon and Sheep compatibility groups. In fact the male has a Dog sign, which is the enemy of the female's Dragon. Tiger and Sheep are also not good together. The result of this is the male is not likely to provide what the female would consider sufficient emotional support.

This is likely to be a frustrating match. One moment it can seem a match made in heaven and another a fatal attraction doomed to fail. In the end success is likely to depend on the spirit of compromise I noted above.

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Thank u for your question.