Expert: Bill Hajdu - 4/10/2006

Question
im not sure if i asked before
april 7 1968 is my dob
and apr 9 1971 is his
our charts tell u what about us
simlar or differences
thanku

Answer
Hi Laura,

You were born during the year of the Earth Monkey, month of the Fire Dragon and day of the Fire Sheep.

He was born during the year of the Metal Pig, month of the Water Dragon and day of the Wood Rat.

From a Chinese astrology perspective this match has a 57% favorable compatibility rating, which is good but not great.

Your charts are like the Chinese astrology equivalent of Shakespeare's notion of "star-crossed" lovers. You see, your signs are ideal matches if you rearrange the year, month and day signs. For example, your Sheep day sign is the perfect match for his Pig year sign. Unfortunately it is a poor match for his Rat day sign. His Rat could preclude him providing the occasional tenderness required by your Sheep sign, even though his Pig sign is more than capable of doing it. Similar things can be said about your year and month signs.

Still, the overall result is favorable (57%).

Looking at your elements there are other problems. You have much Fire and little Metal, while he has much Metal and little Fire.

What this means is you are likely to be more active and charismatic, while he is the opposite. And, he is likely to be more competitive and aggressive, while you are the opposite.

This situation is worsened by the fact there is little Wood in either of your charts. This means neither of you is likely to happily make more than your fair share of compromises to overcome the above difficulties.

Overall this match looks like it has a 50-50 chance of success. You can do a lot better. Sadly, it can be very frustrating because many of its aspects are exceptionally favorable. When this match goes good, it's really good. Unfortunately there are probably lots of scratchy moments.

If you would like to learn more about your signs, i highly recommend Theodora Lau's The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes. Also, please visit my site, www.firepig.com. While there sign up for the free (trial) subscription service. Then you can access our relationship compatibility calculator and check out all your relationships yourself. Also, if you want more detail, you can order a detailed reading at a modest cost.

Thank u for the question.