Rat and Rat
Rat and Rat are a same-sign pair in the Chinese zodiac. The nominal compatibility score is 70%. Below is how it's arrived at under the traditional rules and what it means in practice.
How compatible they are
In Chinese tradition, two of the same sign are considered neither the best nor the worst combination: the understanding will be complete, but there will be no complementing each other at all. Whatever is pronounced in the sign gets doubled in such a pair.
Both bring the same things to the pair: resourcefulness, thrift and the ability to wriggle out of any situation.
An important caveat: in this horoscope the Chinese year doesn't start on January 1 but on the day of Lichun — February 3, 4 or 5. If you were born in January or early February, check your sign with the calculator, or you may be reading someone else's page.
In love
The Rat makes connections easily but truly opens up to only a few — and the partner behaves exactly the same way.
Both need the same thing: recognition for their efforts and a partner who knows how to handle money. Understanding each other will be easy; giving way will be hard.
In marriage and at home
The Rat counts the money and stocks up in advance — that's what keeps the shared budget afloat. The partner is built the same way, so household roles will have to be divided deliberately — they won't sort themselves out otherwise.
At work this pair does especially well: tradition considers signs of the same triangle good business partners, and in practice that means a matching pace.
The pair's weak spots
In a conflict, the Rat fusses and nitpicks when anxious — and gets exactly the same behavior back.
The main risk is a shared blind spot: both of them miss the same things.
Advice for the pair
- Both should stop judging each other by how they spend money.
- And remember: in a pair like this, there's nowhere to borrow a missing quality from; both will have to develop it.
- For both: don't mistake calm for indifference; this pair benefits from coming up with shared projects.