Monkey, Snake Harmony
六合 alliance
This tie joins Raven's Year & Month Pillars.
Raven carries a Harmony, or liu he, between her Monkey and Snake branches; these two signs form what amounts to a secret friendship in the architecture of her chart, a quiet alliance that weaves together without fanfare. This bond connects her Year pillar, which holds her ancestry and earliest world, with her Month pillar, the realm of parents, upbringing, and the foundations she built in young adulthood. What this means in lived terms is that Raven likely inherited both intellectual curiosity and emotional steadiness from her family line; her grandparents or early environment gave her permission to be clever and adaptable, while also teaching her to think before she acts. The Monkey brings wit, movement, and problem-solving; the Snake brings depth, intuition, and the ability to sit still with complexity. Rather than these energies fighting in her, they cooperate, so Raven probably finds it natural to blend quick thinking with careful observation, to move when needed and pause when wisdom calls for it. She can lean on this alliance as an anchor during change; when she feels scattered or too restless, remembering that she also has roots in steadiness will ground her, and when she feels stuck, her capacity for clever adaptation will carry her forward.
What This Tie Is
A Harmony (六合) is an alliance that pulls together, between the Earthly Branches Monkey and Snake. A secret-friend pairing: these two quietly support and combine, a steady behind-the-scenes bond. It is part of the 合冲刑害, the web of alliances and frictions among the pillars, the Chinese chart's cousin of Western aspects.
The Pillars It Joins
This tie plays out across these areas of life, tap a pillar to read its full page.
| Year Pillar → | ancestry, early childhood, grandparents, and the wider world she was born into |
| Month Pillar → | parents, upbringing, her career foundations, and young adulthood |