Data study · 合Famous couples, scored: what 20 real relationships reveal
Original Kismana data · updated July 14, 2026
We computed the Kismana harmony score — a 0–100 blend of BaZi element fit, pillar stability, role dynamics, and numerology alignment — for 20 well-known couples, from their public birth dates alone. The pattern in this set is striking: the marriages that went the distance average 79/100, while the famously short or broken ones average 64. Every enduring couple here scored at least 73; none of the marriages that collapsed within two years cracked 72.
Still together (11 couples)
Denzel × Pauletta Washington
92 /100 · married 1983
Michael J. Fox × Tracy Pollan
82 /100 · married 1988
Barack × Michelle Obama
82 /100 · married 1992
Faith Hill × Tim McGraw
82 /100 · married 1996
Jamie Lee Curtis × Christopher Guest
81 /100 · married 1984
Samuel L. Jackson × LaTanya Richardson
80 /100 · married 1980
Kristen Bell × Dax Shepard
78 /100 · together 2007
Jay-Z × Beyoncé
75 /100 · together early 2000s
Paul × Linda McCartney
74 /100 · 1969 until her passing
Chip × Joanna Gaines
74 /100 · married 2003
Sting × Trudie Styler
73 /100 · together 1982
Parted (9 couples)
Nicolas Cage × Lisa Marie Presley
71 /100 · 107 days
Drew Barrymore × Tom Green
71 /100 · 163 days
Katy Perry × Russell Brand
70 /100 · 14 months
Tom Cruise × Katie Holmes
68 /100 · split 2012
Sonny × Cher
66 /100 · split 1975
Arnold Schwarzenegger × Maria Shriver
63 /100 · split 2011
Madonna × Guy Ritchie
62 /100 · split 2008
Brad Pitt × Angelina Jolie
58 /100 · split 2016
Marilyn Monroe × Joe DiMaggio
45 /100 · 9 months
Every score computed from public birth dates — no birth times used. Curated set; method below.
Key findings
- The gap is 15 points. Enduring marriages average 79/100; the ones that ended average 64.
- Clean separation in this set: every couple still together scores 73+ — above every couple that parted. Denzel & Pauletta Washington lead at 92/100 after four decades.
- The flash marriages sit at the bottom. None of the unions that collapsed within two years — Nicolas Cage & Lisa Marie Presley (107 days), Drew Barrymore & Tom Green (163 days), Katy Perry & Russell Brand (14 months) — scored above 71.
What it suggests
The harmony score reads structural ease: whether two charts feed or drain each other, hold or clash under load, and align over the long run. Ease doesn't make a marriage — the work does — but in this set of twenty very public relationships, the couples who went the distance are exactly the ones whose charts run with the grain, and the whirlwinds that burned out inside two years are the ones whose charts grind.
Read your own score the same way: a high number marks what will come easily; a lower one marks the fault lines worth naming early — a known fault line is far easier to navigate than a surprise. It takes two birth dates and about a minute to see where your pairing falls. Compute your harmony score free →
Methodology
For each couple we ran both partners' public birth dates through the same deterministic engine behind Kismana's compatibility report. The harmony score sums four 0–25 subscores: element fit (do their Five-Element energies fuel or drain each other), stability (bonds vs. clashes between the birth-branch pillars), role dynamic (the Ten-God relationship each is to the other), and number alignment (long-term numerology fit). Day precision only — no birth times — the same three-pillar path a user gets when they leave the hour blank. This is a curated editorial set, not a random sample: we selected well-documented couples across both outcomes (decade-plus marriages and famously short ones) to show the contrast; the scores themselves are computed, never adjusted. Same inputs, same score, every time — run any pair yourself and check.
Questions
Do the couples who lasted really score higher?
In this set, yes — the enduring marriages average 79/100 against 64 for the ones that ended, and the lowest-scoring enduring couple (73) still outscores the highest-scoring marriage that failed. It's a curated sample, so read it as a vivid illustration of what the score measures — structural ease — rather than a law of nature.
Does a high harmony score guarantee a couple will last?
No score can promise that — lasting is built from choices no chart contains. What a high score marks is structural ease: energies that feed each other, stable pillars, compatible roles. Ease isn't everything, but it's real, and this set shows what it looks like at both ends.
What does the harmony score actually measure?
Four things, each out of 25: element fit (energy), stability (the pillars' bonds and clashes), role dynamic (what each person is to the other), and long-term number alignment. High means the relationship runs with the grain; low means it runs against it and needs a clearer map.
How were the scores calculated?
Deterministically, from each partner's public birth date, using the same engine as Kismana's paid compatibility reading. Nothing is guessed or hand-assigned — the same two birth dates always produce the same score.
Can I get the score for my own relationship?
Yes — the free compatibility calculator computes the same 0–100 harmony score and four subscores for any two people, in about a minute.
Reflective analysis of public birth data. Computed, not guessed — not a claim about anyone's private life.