Is zodiac compatibility real? 5 tests to identify your star sign and predict love using astrology
ZODIAC compatibility is the belief that your astrological sign affects your romantic connections.
YouTube channels like Cosmic Fusion use this mystical view in its matchmaking games. But why are some signs more compatible with others?
The Cosmic Fusion Test
Cosmic Fusion uses a five-stage test to determine who each contestant’s best romantic partner is.
The test involves each participant writing down their astrological sign when they first meet.
They can only reveal their sign after opening up to each other about their lives.
By this time, it is believed that each person can work out whether their sign is compatible with their potential partner’s.
This method can be used on first dates and experts believe that it can help singles choose better partners.
Compatibility in the Western Zodiac
In order to be compatible with each other, zodiac signs need to have complimentary elements.
For example, fire and air signs work well together.
This is because fire uses oxygen in order to burn, meaning an air sign fuels their partner’s passionate side.
Meanwhile, fire signs give their partner a sense of direction.
Conversely, water signs and fire signs are a bad mix – as water suppresses fire.
Water signs pair well with earth signs, though, because water nourishes the ground.
The compatibility of a Zodiac pairings also depends on whether the signs have traits which work well together.
For example, a bombastic Sagittarius would be poorly matched with a practical and organised Virgo.
Compatibility in the Chinese Zodiac
Some experts have suggested that the Chinese Zodiac also plays a role in dating.
Your Chinese Zodiac sign is determined by the year in which you were born and corresponds to a 12-year-cycle.
Each year in that cycle is associated with a particular animal.
For example, 2013 and 2025 are both the Year of the Snake while 2014 and 2026 are the Year of the Horse.
The cycle repeats itself after 12 years, with the full list of animals including:
- Rat
- Ox
- Tiger
- Rabbit
- Dragon
- Snake
- Horse
- Goat
- Monkey
- Rooster
- Dog
- Pig
The 12 signs are split into four “triangles of affinity”.
Dating a person who is in your “triangle of affinity” leads to stronger matches.
Signs which have similar “triangles of affinity” are more likely to make better matches.
For example, clever animals like rats, monkeys and dragons are said to get along well due to their high intellect.
However, each animal is also assigned a particular element depending on the number with which your year of birth ends.
The Chinese zodiac has an extra element compared to the Western four, with the addition of metal.
Air is also replaced as an element by wood in the Chinese Zodiac.
The full list includes:
- Metal: Birth year ending in 0 or 1
- Water: Birth year ending in 2 or 3
- Wood: Birth year ending in 4 or 5
- Fire: Birth year ending in 6 or 7
- Earth: Birth year ending in 8 or 9
Some elements are more comptatible with others.
For example, metal is compatible with earth since it can often be found in the ground.
Similarly, the elements can be destructive towards each other.
Fire melts metal, for example, meaning they are a poor match.
This means you need to not only find a zodiac animal compatible with your own, but also someone whose element is compatible with yours.