What it is
The 11th sign, so it is athletic and emotional.
Dog years add up to 11, 5 or 8.
Its hours each day: 7 pm to 9 pm.
As a person
A photographic memory: a great detective, quick to spot what is out of place.
Athletic and emotional. Many great singers.
Loyal and good with family. Often called an old soul.
May stray, but feels so bad about it that it might confess.
As a year
You are a Dog if you were born in one of these spans:
- 14 Feb 1934 to 3 Feb 1935
- 2 Feb 1946 to 21 Jan 1947
- 18 Feb 1958 to 7 Feb 1959
- 6 Feb 1970 to 26 Jan 1971
- 25 Jan 1982 to 12 Feb 1983
- 10 Feb 1994 to 30 Jan 1995
- 29 Jan 2006 to 17 Feb 2007
- 16 Feb 2018 to 4 Feb 2019
Each span runs from one Chinese New Year to the day before the next. New Year falls between 21 January and 20 February, so a birth date before 21 February can belong to the sign before.
Good for Dogs, Tigers and Horses.
The enemy year of every Dragon.
Next Dog years: 3 Feb 2030 to 22 Jan 2031; 22 Jan 2042 to 9 Feb 2043; 8 Feb 2054 to 27 Jan 2055.
As a month
The Dog month runs 7 Oct to 6 Nov each year. Anyone born in it carries a smaller dose of the Dog. It is the enemy month for everyone born in the Dragon month.
Friends and enemy
Friends: Tiger and Horse, the other two corners of its triangle. Inside this triangle the Horse and the Dog are the strongest pair. The Tiger is a weaker friend to both.
Enemy: Dragon, straight across the wheel. For a Dog, Dragon years are for holding back. The Dragon month is a lesser caution, unless the Dog was born in a Rat, Dragon or Monkey month. For a Dog born in the Dog month it is the full enemy month: hold big starts in it.
No soulmate sign. The method names one soulmate pair only: Rat and Ox.
Friends
Enemy