Chinese zodiac
How does Chinese zodiac compatibility work?
Chinese zodiac compatibility in Fengshui Forever starts with each person's full birth date. The app finds their zodiac animals, then compares the year branches and elements. That's one part of a reading that also includes Western signs.
A Dragon and Rooster example
Imagine Ari was born on July 1, 1988, and Noor on July 1, 1981. Under the app's Lunar New Year convention, Ari is a Dragon and Noor is a Rooster. Their year branches, 辰 and 酉, form a Six Harmony (六合) pair.
Six Harmony is one relation in their charts. It cannot predict whether Ari and Noor will fall in love or stay together, and it cannot produce a whole-person score by itself. A complete reading also uses the other available Chinese and Western details.
Questions for the two of you
If Ari and Noor are newly dating, they could ask what feels easy or surprising when they're together. If they've been partners for years, they could compare the reading with what they know from experience. They don't need to agree with it.
What else goes into the reading?
Birth dates also let the app compare Western Sun signs. If you add birth times or birthplaces later, more details may become available; the reading names what it couldn't include. The score can move either way. You can start a basic reading without asking a new partner for a private birth time.
The everyday animal changes at Lunar New Year rather than January 1. A traditional year-pillar reading using Lichun can name a different year in the gap. Fengshui Forever compares selected branch and element relations; a full practitioner reading may use other details and methods. See what a Clash label means, or read the full method and score limits.
Common questions
Are Dragon and Rooster always a good match?
No. The app recognizes their Six Harmony year-branch relation, but that single detail cannot tell you how two people treat each other or what they want.
What if we do not know birth times?
Start with dates. The reading uses what it can calculate and notes missing details; you can choose to add them later.
Example note: Ari and Noor illustrate the app's Lunar New Year and year-branch rules; no two-person report was generated for them. The Hong Kong Observatory explains why calendar-year and spring boundaries differ.