Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu: Traits, Love, Compatibility and Void Years
Dragon–Snake (辰巳, tatsu-mi) tenchusatsu leaves the zenith open: the place of ideals and guidance from above. Read its traits, work, love, compatibility and every void date, and check whether it is yours.
Updated October 25, 2026
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu
Tatsu-Mi · The trailblazer: thrives on change and turns ideas into something real.
Everyone born on a day of the 甲午 week has this type: the ten stems cover ten branches and leave 辰 and 巳 without a stem.
- This year10 years to go
- This monthNot void
- TodayNot void
- Open direction
- Zenith
- Less support from
- Ideals handed down from above
- Stronger
- Turning plans into results
- Void years
- Next: 2036–2037
- Void hours
- 07:00–11:00
- Day pillars
- 甲午・乙未・丙申・丁酉・戊戌・己亥・庚子・辛丑・壬寅・癸卯
- Year runs
- Feb 4, 2026 – Feb 3, 2027
- Start of Spring
- Feb 4, 2026 04:02
- Void this year
- Horse–Goat Tenchusatsu
Drag the knob around the ring, tap a branch, or use the arrow keys.
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu personality and traits
The trailblazer: thrives on change and turns ideas into something real.
In sanmeigaku the zenith stands for ideals, beliefs and the spiritual guidance passed down from above. With it open, Dragon–Snake people rarely live by a borrowed script. Tradition describes them as unconventional and resilient, with more ups and downs than most and a gift for rising again after each one.
Their energy goes into the centre, the real world in front of them. Dragon–Snake people tend to learn by doing, turn rough ideas into working things and stay calm when plans fall apart. The flip side: routine and fixed hierarchies bore them, and they can take on more than they need to.
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu at work
Fast-changing fields suit them: start-ups, crisis work, media, sales, anything with turnarounds or variety. They make good fixers and pioneers. A job that never changes wears them down even when it pays well.
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu at a glance
- Unconventional; writes their own rules
- Strong in a crisis and quick to recover
- Learns by doing rather than by theory
- Gets restless in routine
Less support from
Ideals handed down from above
Stronger
Turning plans into results
Traditional tendencies of the type. Your full chart (Day Master, ten gods, elements) says far more about you than the type alone.
The Day Masters of this type’s ten day pillars.
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu in love and marriage
Love
Intense and generous, Dragon–Snake people fall hard and want a relationship with energy in it. Calm partners who do not mind change balance them best. Slow down before big decisions made in the heat of the moment.
Marriage
Tradition says their household is rarely conventional, in roles, places or timing, and that this is fine when both agree. A partner who respects their independence and enjoys a life with surprises is a good fit.
For a real answer about two people, compare both charts: day masters, spouse palaces and elements weigh far more than the two types.
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu compatibility with the six types
Type compatibility is read from where the two types sit on the six-step ring: the same type, neighbours whose void years run back to back, two steps apart, or opposite. The years shown are each type’s current or next void.
- 辰巳
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu × Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu
Same type
You lack the same direction, so values and pace feel familiar and easy. You also enter the void together, so in those two years agree who carries the plans.
Both of you: 2036–2037
- 戌亥
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu × Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu
Opposite type: complementary
Dog–Pig (戌亥) is your counterpart: they live in ideals and the inner world, you in action and the real world. Each can show the other the half of life they leave open.
Void years: you 2036–2037, them 2030–2031
Read about Dog–Pig Tenchusatsu - 午未
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu × Horse–Goat Tenchusatsu
Neighbours: void years back to back
Your void years run back to back, so for four years in a row one of you is in a void. Plan big joint steps for the eight years in between.
Void years: you 2036–2037, them 2026–2027
Read about Horse–Goat Tenchusatsu - 寅卯
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu × Tiger–Rabbit Tenchusatsu
Neighbours: void years back to back
Your void years run back to back, so for four years in a row one of you is in a void. Plan big joint steps for the eight years in between.
Void years: you 2036–2037, them 2034–2035
Read about Tiger–Rabbit Tenchusatsu - 申酉
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu × Monkey–Rooster Tenchusatsu
Two steps apart
Your void years are four years apart, with no overlap. Each can steady the other’s quiet years, which suits partners and teams alike.
Void years: you 2036–2037, them 2028–2029
Read about Monkey–Rooster Tenchusatsu - 子丑
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu × Rat–Ox Tenchusatsu
Two steps apart
Your void years are four years apart, with no overlap. Each can steady the other’s quiet years, which suits partners and teams alike.
Void years: you 2036–2037, them 2032–2033
Read about Rat–Ox Tenchusatsu
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu years, months and days
Every date for Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu, worked out from the solar terms. 2026 is year 1 after the last void, with 10 years to the next.
Void years (辰巳 years)
- Earlier2012–2013Feb 4, 2012 – Feb 3, 2014
- Last time2024–2025Feb 4, 2024 – Feb 3, 2026
- Next2036–2037Feb 4, 2036 – Feb 3, 2038
- After that2048–2049Feb 4, 2048 – Feb 2, 2050
- After that2060–2061Feb 4, 2060 – Feb 2, 2062
Void months (辰巳 months)
2026 void months: Apr 5, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026
- 寅Feb 4 – Mar 4
- 卯Mar 5 – Apr 4
- 辰Apr 5 – May 4Void
- 巳May 5 – Jun 4Void
- 午Jun 5 – Jul 6
- 未Jul 7 – Aug 6
- 申Aug 7 – Sep 6
- 酉Sep 7 – Oct 7
- 戌Oct 8 – Nov 6This month
- 亥Nov 7 – Dec 6
- 子Dec 7 – Jan 4
- 丑Jan 5 – Feb 3
Each cell is one Chinese month, from its opening solar term to the day before the next. The year starts with the Tiger (寅) month in February.
Void days and hours
October 2026
Next void days
- Nov 2 · Nov 3
- Nov 14 · Nov 15
- Nov 26 · Nov 27
Days with the branch 辰 or 巳. They come back every twelve days, always as a pair.
Void hours each day
07:00–11:00
The double hours of 辰 and 巳. Traditional almanacs mention them; most readers only look at years and months.
Dates and times are shown in China Standard Time.
How Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu can spend the void
The Dragon–Snake years and the void months of April and May are when the restless side runs strongest. Channel it into study, travel for learning and finishing projects instead of launching new ventures. Rest more than feels natural.
Suits the void period
- Study, training and qualifications
- Finishing and tidying up what is already under way
- Health, rest and routines
- Looking after the people and commitments you have
Dragon–Snake Tenchusatsu FAQ
The dates are calculated for today; the rest is the traditional reading.
Beyond the void years
Read your timing against the whole chart
A void year is one timing marker among many. Chapter 6 of your Bazi reading, “Luck cycles and the years ahead”, reads your luck pillars and coming years from the whole chart, including what the void years mean for you. Chapter 1 is free with an account.
- 1Your chart at a glanceFree
- 2Personality
- 3Career and money
- 4Love and relationships
- 5Five elements and balance
- 6Luck cycles and the years aheadTiming
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