Compatibility
Aries Dragon and Libra Pig

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (4/16/1947, Aries Pig), John Wooden (10/14/1910, Libra Dog) : The basketball legend and his coach at UCLA were longtime friends. Following publication of his bestselling book, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court (2017), Abdul-Jabbar described: "What [Wooden and I] had that we loved together so much, you know, the things that we shared, the loves that we shared, you know, for literature and for sports other than basketball. But, you know, he was an English teacher. I was an English major. So we had that, and that was a tremendous bond. And it enabled him to reach into my life and for me to have insight into his life...[S]ometimes he didn't understand how race could affect somebody. And he didn't see that until he was with me, and we went through incidents where he saw that geez, he wouldn't like to have experienced that. And he didn't think that other Americans were that mean-spirited and cruel at times, the way that [B]lack people experience those emotions and sentiments from their fellow Americans. And he said he learned so much from what he saw me go through as his star player."

Quentin Tarantino (3/27/1963, Aries Rabbit), Michael Madsen (9/25/1957, Libra Rooster) : The director and actor memorably worked together on Tarantino's first feature, Reservoir Dogs, and in total have collaborated on four films. In 2016, Madsen described the relationship, saying, "You know, you started off with me, we started off together, so, you know, I created you, you created me."

Mariah Carey (3/27/1969, Aries Rooster), Nick Cannon (10/8/1980, Libra Monkey) : The legendary singer and actor/comedian were married from 2008 until they separated in 2014. After their divorce, Carey was quoted as saying: "He’s a good guy. It’s not that hard to make it work. Now we can laugh, and joke, and do the good parts of when we had a relationship."

Alec Guinness (4/2/1914, Aries Tiger), Merula Salaman (10/16/1914, Libra Tiger) : The two actors were married for over 60 years, from 1938 until Guiness' death in August, 2000. They had one son together. Salaman died two months after her husband in October, 2000.

John Easterling (4/10/1952, Aries Dragon), Olivia Newton-John (9/26/1948, Libra Rat) : The performer/activist and businessman were married from 2008 until Newton-John's death in 2022. "I always tell my friends you're never too old to find love," she said about their relationship. "I found the love of my life at 59 going on 60!"

Russell Crowe (4/7/1964, Aries Dragon), Hugh Jackman (10/12/1968, Libra Monkey) : The two actors famously share a mutually supportive friendship. Jackman has described: "Russell and I actually became very close friends...We knew each other a lot. And [he] has given me advice several times at key moments in my life that helped with my career. I also owe him because two of the biggest roles I’ve ever had in my life, he turned down – and suggested me for them."

Annette O'Toole (4/1/1952, Aries Dragon), Michael McKean (10/17/1947, Libra Pig) : The actor and actor/screenwriter/comedian/musician have been married since 1999. They each have two children from a previous marriage. Their co-written song, "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow", was nominated for an Oscar In a recent joint interview, they spoke about their love of reading together, with O'Toole describing: "Michael has a very mellifluous voice. I get up really early in the morning, so, I’m really tired by the end of the night, and his voice completely puts me to sleep, not because I’m bored, but because it’s so soothing. When we’re trying to remember who read last and he says it’s in the middle of the chapter, that means I must have read last, meaning I fell asleep."

Aaron Lohr (4/7/1976, Aries Dragon), Idina Menzel (5/30/1971, Gemini Pig) : The actor/singer and actor collaborated together in 2005, in the movie version of the Broadway production, Rent (2005), and the off-Broadway musical, See What I Wanna See (2005). They later became romantic partners, buying a house together in 2015, and marrying in 2017. Menzel has described: "Family, to me, means being able to be yourself, sit back on the couch and relax, and watch a movie with the people that know you better than anyone else in the world."

Bruce Lee (11/27/1940, Sagittarius Dragon), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (4/16/1947, Aries Pig) : The basketball legend and martial artist/actor were friends and collaborators. They were to have appeared together in the film, Game of Death, which was incomplete at the time of Lee's death in 1973. Abdul-Jabbar wrote in 2022: "Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher...I first met Bruce when I was a student at UCLA looking to continue my martial arts studies...We quickly developed a friendship as well as a student-teacher relationship. He taught me the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries."

Al Pacino (4/25/1940, Taurus Dragon), John Cazale (8/12/1935, Leo Pig) : The two actors shared a supportive friendship and were frequent collaborators, notably in The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Pacino said in 2022: "John Cazale, in general, was one of the great actors of our time — that time, any time. I learned so much from him. I had done a lot of theater and three films with him. He was inspiring, he just was. And he didn’t get credit for any of it. He was in five films, all Oscar-nominated films, and he was great in all of them. He was particularly great in Godfather II and I don’t think he got that kind of recognition."

Elsa Pataky (7/18/1976, Cancer Dragon), Chris Hemsworth (8/11/1983, Leo Pig) : The model and actor have been married since 2010 and have three children together. Pataky was quoted as saying in 2020, "It's funny that people think of us as a perfect couple. No way. It's been ups and downs, and we still keep working at the relationship."