Dog (zodiac)
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The Dog is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac
related to the Chinese calendar
. The Year of the Dog
is associated with the earthly branch
symbol 戌. The character 狗 refers to the actual animal while 戌 refers to the zodiac animal.
Chinese zodiac
The Shēngxiào , better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year mathematical cycle...
related to the Chinese calendar
Chinese calendar
The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It is not exclusive to China, but followed by many other Asian cultures as well...
. The Year of the Dog
Dog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
is associated with the earthly branch
Earthly Branches
The Earthly Branches provide one Chinese system for reckoning time.This system was built from observations of the orbit of Jupiter. Chinese astronomers divided the celestial circle into 12 sections to follow the orbit of Suìxīng . Astronomers rounded the orbit of Suixing to 12 years...
symbol 戌. The character 狗 refers to the actual animal while 戌 refers to the zodiac animal.
Years and associated Five Elements
Persons born within these date ranges for the zodiacal Dog bear the following elemental sign:- 1898 – 2 February 1899: Earth DogEarth (Wu Xing)Earth , is the changing point of the matter. Earth is the third one of Wu Xing.Earth is a balance of both yin and yang, the feminine and masculine together. Its motion is inward and centering, and its energy is stabilizing and conserving. It is associated with the color yellow and the planet...
- 10 February 1910 – 21 January 1911: Metal Dog
- 28 January 1922 – 14 February 1923: Water DogWater (Wu Xing)Water , is the low point of the matter, or the matter's dying or hiding stage. Water is the fifth stage of Wu Xing.Water is the most yin in character of the Five elements. Its motion is downward and inward and its energy is stillness and conserving...
- 14 February 1934 – 25 January 1935: Wood DogWood (classical element)Tree , traditionally translated as Wood, is the growing of the matter, or the matter's growing stage. Tree is the first phase of Wu Xing. Tree is yang in character...
- 2 February 1946 – 21 January 1947: Fire DogFire (Wu Xing)Fire , is the prosper of the matter, or the matter's prosperity stage. Fire is the second phase of Wu Xing.Fire is yang in character. Its motion is upward and its energy is expansive...
- 17 February 1958 – 8 February 1959: Earth DogEarth (Wu Xing)Earth , is the changing point of the matter. Earth is the third one of Wu Xing.Earth is a balance of both yin and yang, the feminine and masculine together. Its motion is inward and centering, and its energy is stabilizing and conserving. It is associated with the color yellow and the planet...
- 6 February 1970 – 26 January 1971: Metal Dog
- 25 January 1982 – 12 February 1983: Water DogWater (Wu Xing)Water , is the low point of the matter, or the matter's dying or hiding stage. Water is the fifth stage of Wu Xing.Water is the most yin in character of the Five elements. Its motion is downward and inward and its energy is stillness and conserving...
- 9 February 1994 – 30 January 1995: Wood DogWood (classical element)Tree , traditionally translated as Wood, is the growing of the matter, or the matter's growing stage. Tree is the first phase of Wu Xing. Tree is yang in character...
- 29 January 2006 – 17 February 2007: Fire DogFire (Wu Xing)Fire , is the prosper of the matter, or the matter's prosperity stage. Fire is the second phase of Wu Xing.Fire is yang in character. Its motion is upward and its energy is expansive...
- 16 February 2018 – 4 February 2019: Earth DogEarth (Wu Xing)Earth , is the changing point of the matter. Earth is the third one of Wu Xing.Earth is a balance of both yin and yang, the feminine and masculine together. Its motion is inward and centering, and its energy is stabilizing and conserving. It is associated with the color yellow and the planet...
- 3 February 2030 – 22 January 2031: Metal Dog
Traditional Dog attributes and associations
| Attribute | |
|---|---|
| Zodiac Location | 11th |
| Ruling hours | 7pm-9pm |
| Direction | West-Northwest |
| Motto | “I Worry” |
| Season and month | Autumn, October |
| Fixed element | Metal |
| Stem | Positive |
| Lunar Month Dates | October 7 – November 4 |
| Gemstone | Diamond Diamond In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions... |
| Color | Yellow |
| Roughly equivalent western sign | Libra Libra -Science and technology:* Libra , a star constellation in the sky* Libra , an ancient Roman unit of weight* Libra , a public search engine for academic papers and literature* Libra , a media cataloguing software... |
| Polarity | Yang Yin and yang In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang , which is often referred to in the West as "yin and yang", is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only... |
| Countries |  Australia,  Canada,  Ethiopia,  New Zealand,  Argentina,  Republic of Ireland |