Rooster and Rooster

Two Roosters share the same instincts, the same pace and much the same idea of a good weekend. You’ll understand each other with very little explaining, which is genuinely rare and worth something.

You also share the same blind spots and hit the wall at the same time. When you’re both flat, nobody is there to lift the other one, and two people who work the same way can end up competing rather than teaming up. Divide things by who actually wants them, not by who’s better.

In a relationship two Roosters understand each other without explaining, which is lovely, and hit the wall at the same time, which isn’t. When you’re both flat nobody is lifting anyone. Build in something outside the two of you: friends, routine, other people’s energy.

At work you’ll agree on almost everything and cover none of each other’s gaps. Whatever you’re both weak at simply doesn’t get done, so name it early and give the job to someone else.

As friends this is instant recognition: same humour, same pace, same idea of a good night. Just watch the competitive streak that shows up when you both want the same thing.

Both animals belong to the same element, Metal. That doubles whatever the element is good at and doubles the blind spot with it: nothing in the pairing balances it out.