CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN · FIXED ELEMENT EARTH
Dog
The loyalty that defends what it loves.
You are faithfulness and a sense of justice. You are there for your people no matter what and you fight for what you believe is fair. Your honesty and your warmth let people know they can truly trust you.
STRENGTHS
- ✦ Unbreakable loyalty
- ✦ A sense of justice
- ✦ Honesty and warmth
CHALLENGES
- ✧ Always expecting the worst
- ✧ Finding it hard to trust at first
- ✧ Carrying everyone's problems
ITS ELEMENT AND THE CYCLE
Dog carries Earth as its fixed element, its baseline temperament. On top of that, every time the Dog comes around again (once every twelve years), the year adds an element that rotates between Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth, completing a sixty-year cycle. That is why no two Dog are alike: a Fire Dog does not vibrate the same as a Water one.
WHO IT MATCHES WITH
Affinity between animals is a guide, not a verdict. Two signs that clash can work beautifully once the full charts are understood.
YEARS OF THE DOG
Remember that the Chinese year begins on Chinese New Year (late January or February). If you were born in those first days of the year, your animal may be the previous one. The calculator sorts it out for you.
The Dog is one layer of you. Your birth chart holds the rest.
The Chinese zodiac speaks of the year you were born. Your Western birth chart adds your Sun, your Moon, your Rising and all your planets for a far finer portrait.