Liù Hé · fixed Earthly Branch relation
六合
Six Harmony pairs
Six Harmony assigns every branch one fixed partner. It is a one-to-one alignment on the twelve-position cycle, separate from trines, clashes and phase interaction.
- Records
- 6
- Unit
- one-to-one pairs
- Pair order
- Unordered
Every inherited record, without collapsing overlaps
The complete Six Harmony ledger
Open any linked pair for its phases, trines, branch distance, month, hour and direction. Group relations keep all members visible even when only two were selected.
- 01
Liù Hé
Rat and Ox
子 and 丑 form pair 1 of six. They sit 1 place apart and carry Water and Earth.
- 02
Liù Hé
Tiger and Pig
寅 and 亥 form pair 2 of six. They sit 3 places apart and carry Wood and Water.
- 03
Liù Hé
Rabbit and Dog
卯 and 戌 form pair 3 of six. They sit 5 places apart and carry Wood and Earth.
- 04
Liù Hé
Dragon and Rooster
辰 and 酉 form pair 4 of six. They sit 5 places apart and carry Earth and Metal.
- 05
Liù Hé
Snake and Monkey
巳 and 申 form pair 5 of six. They sit 3 places apart and carry Fire and Metal.
Canonical pair readings
Also present among these pairs: Six Break (Destruction) · Shared Punishment group.
- 06
Liù Hé
Horse and Goat
午 and 未 form pair 6 of six. They sit 1 place apart and carry Fire and Earth.
How the inherited set is built
One partner for every branch
The twelve branches divide cleanly into six pairs: Zi with Chou, Yin with Hai, Mao with Xu, Chen with You, Si with Shen, and Wu with Wei. No branch belongs to two Six Harmony pairs.
A pair page keeps Six Harmony beside any relation that overlaps it. Tiger–Pig and Snake–Monkey, for example, are also Six Break pairs; calling one relation does not erase the other.
- What it establishes
- It establishes that two branches occupy one of the six fixed 六合 pairings and gives the exact two coordinates involved.
- What it does not establish
- It does not establish a complete chart match, emotional ease, or a guaranteed relationship outcome. Stem phases and the other six branch positions across two charts remain separate evidence.
Year, month, day and hour stay distinct
Where Six Harmony enters a chart
In a Four Pillars comparison, look for the two branches wherever they occur—year, month, day or hour. Their layer tells you where the pairing appears; the Six Harmony label only names the fixed branch relation.