Your familiar birth-year animal is the Earthly Branch of the Year Pillar.
Saju contains an Earthly Branch in every pillar: Year, Month, Day, and—when birth time is known—Hour. The popular zodiac animal usually names only the Year Branch. It is a welcoming doorway into the system, but it is not the whole chart and cannot describe a whole person by itself.
Choose an animal seal
Each animal preserves the name of one Earthly Branch and its place in a repeating cycle.
Select any seal to see its branch, yin or yang quality, Five Element, season, traditional two-hour period, and relationship threads.
EARTHLY BRANCH RECORD
Rat · Ja
Yang · Water · Winter · 23:00–01:00A paired joining pattern.
Together, the three branches form the Water trine.
An opposing-axis interaction.
A traditional friction pattern.
These are branch relationships, not a promise of love or a prediction of separation.
Relationship does not mean verdict
Two branches are traditionally grouped as a close one-to-one combination. It describes an available way of joining, not guaranteed romance.
Three branches form a wider directional group. Two members can suggest the pattern, but the complete trine contains all three.
Clash can show movement, friction, difference, or change. It does not automatically mean hatred, divorce, or failure.
Harm describes a traditional branch interaction associated with strain or misunderstanding. Its importance depends on the rest of the chart.
A zodiac match is only the first layer
Comparing two year animals compares one branch from each person.
A quick cultural introduction. Useful for learning the relationship patterns, but too narrow for a full compatibility conclusion.
Considers the Day Masters, all available stems and branches, seasons, interactions, and timing without reducing either person to one animal.
Harmony is not a promise. Clash is not a sentence.
The lines show traditional relationships between branches. A careful reading still asks where they appear and what the complete charts support.