Year of the Dog
Traditionally associated with loyalty, watchfulness, and protection.
- Earthly Branch
- 戌 · xū
- Sequence position
- 11 of 12
- Traditional association
- The Dog is eleventh. As on every page in this guide, the association describes a tradition of interpretation, not a personality diagnosis.
Cycle years
- 1934
- 1946
- 1958
- 1970
- 1982
- 1994
- 2006
- 2018
- 2030
- 2042
These labels name the lunisolar year that begins during the listed Gregorian year. January and early-February births may belong to the preceding animal.
What this does—and does not—tell you
The annual animal is one calendar layer. A fuller Chinese astrology reading may also consider the Heavenly Stem and element, month, day, and hour. A year animal alone cannot determine a personality or predict an outcome.
All twelve animal years
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