Assuming you don't know about the Chinese Zodiac, and how it works I'll give a short explanation ( I wont go in to great detail ).
There's a 60 year cycle made up of five 12 year cycles, attached with each year is an element:
Earth Metal Water Wood Fire
The elements alternate every 12 years. For example:
RAT Years
Earth 1948 Metal 1960 Water 1972 Wood 1984 Fire 1996
Each year is named after an animal, beginning with the Rat year and ending with the Pig year:
1) RAT | 5) DRAGON | 9) MONKEY |
2) OX | 6) SNAKE | 10) ROOSTER |
3) TIGER | 7) HORSE | 11) DOG |
4) RABBIT / CAT | 8) SHEEP | 12) PIG |
As shown above, every 4 years is part of a group, for example: Tiger, Horse, and Dog.
The animals within these groups have the greatest Compatibility / Affinity with each other.
However, those animals directly across from each other in the zodiac cycle have most Incompatibility / Enmity.
For example: Rat and Horse are in opposition.
For this web page I will be covering one group:
2) OX | 6) SNAKE | 10) ROOSTER |