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Chinese Zodiac Daily Horoscope · Sinabro Labs
Rather than postponing a decision, go ahead and commit to something today.
Dog's intuition and emotions run deep today. Go easy on yourself and follow the current where it takes you. Feeling good? Finish strong all the way.
The sign of loyalty — just, responsible, and a dependable companion who protects those it trusts.
The Dog is loyal, honest and responsible. A champion of the underdog who can't abide injustice, though it worries a lot and is slow to let go once suspicious.
Sincere, devoted love. Once it gives its heart it stays steady, becoming a dependable partner for whom trust matters most.
Recognized where trust and responsibility are needed — public service, law, education, welfare, management.
Manages stably. Steady saving for family and the future suits it better than great greed.
Element
Earth (Yang)
Direction
west-northwest
Hour
7pm–9pm
Season
late autumn
Lunar month
month 9 of the lunar year
Trine
In–O–Sul Fire — storing seat
The best swimmer of them all, delayed — the story says — because the water was clean and it stopped to wash. Not a failure of ability but of attention, which pairs it neatly with the Dragon. The Sul (戌) hour (7–9pm) closes the day and hands autumn to winter.
Read from the Sul (戌) seat. What do these terms mean?
Three Harmony three signs that together form one element · Six Harmony one of the six pairs the twelve fold into · Neutral no fixed harmony or clash · Same Seat the same branch twice · Harm each quietly loses a little · Punishment a three-way knot that presses on itself · Clash directly opposite on the circleTiger is the start and Dog the close. Add Horse at the middle and the three make Fire.
Together they turn to Fire. Mid-spring and late autumn are 5 steps apart, mirrored across the line between Rat–Ox and Horse–Goat.
Horse is the middle and Dog the close. Add Tiger at the start and the three make Fire.
Earth presses on Water; 2 steps apart (lunar months 11, 9).
Fire feeds Earth, so Snake supports; 5 steps apart (lunar months 4, 9).
Earth feeds Metal, so Dog supports; 2 steps apart (lunar months 7, 9).
Dog × Dog
Season, hour and direction all coincide (late autumn, 7–9pm, west-northwest). Tiger and Horse fill what is missing.
Earth presses on Water; 1 step apart (lunar months 9, 10).
Lunar months 8 and 9 — 1 step apart.
It completes when Goat, the missing third, joins.
East-southeast against west-northwest, 7–9am against 7–9pm — and Earth against Earth.
It completes when Ox, the missing third, joins.
Take 2018: the Dog year begins on Feb 16, the lunar new year — anyone born before that is still the Rooster. Saju counts the year from Lichun instead, which fell on Feb 4 that year, so births between the two dates carry one sign by custom and another in the chart. Why two different rules?
| Year | Starts (lunar new year) | Lichun (Saju year) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Feb 16 | Feb 4 |
| 2006 | Jan 29 | Feb 4 |
| 1994 | Feb 10 | Feb 4 |
| 1982 | Jan 25 | Feb 4 |
| 1970 | Feb 6 | Feb 4 |
| 1958 | Feb 19 | Feb 4 |
The branch repeats every twelve years but the stem runs on a ten-year cycle, so the same pairing only comes back after sixty. That makes five kinds of Dog year, each carrying a different stem element on top of Earth.
2018, 2006, 1994, 1982, 1970, 1958 and 1946 are Dog years. If born before the lunar new year you may belong to the previous sign, the Rooster.
The Dog's best matches are the Tiger and Horse, and it pairs well with the Rabbit. Tension tends to arise with the Dragon.
Loyalty, honesty, responsibility and a sense of justice. Taming worry and suspicion turns its trustworthiness into even better relationships.