Chinese zodiac · 戌 Xu
Year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac
The Dog (戌, Xu) is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac — the Earthly Branch of the year pillar. The Year of the Dog returns every twelve years: here are all its years from 1924 to 2031 with the exact start of each, its five elements, its traditional image and how the 2027 year meets it.
The branch 戌 at a glance
- Earthly Branch
- 戌 · Xu
- Phase
- Earth · 土
- Polarity
- Yang
- Two-hour period
- 19:00–21:00
- Solar month
- from Han Lu (Cold Dew)
- Hidden stems
- 戊 Yang Earth, 辛 Yin Metal, 丁 Yin Fire
The traditional image of the Dog
The tradition pictures the Dog as loyal, honest and protective, the guardian of the house. Its branch closes autumn and stores Metal and Fire within Earth.
How the tradition pictures the animal — a symbol, not a description of every person born in its years.
2027 and the Dog
2027 is the year of 丁未 Ding Wei — Yin Fire over the Goat. This is how the traditional tables read the bond between its branch 未 and the Dog’s branch 戌.
- punishment
Punishment (Xing): 戌 and 未 belong to the same punishment in the traditional tables. The tradition reads it as strain that asks for correction, not as a verdict on the year.
This is how a traditional symbolic system describes two branches, not a forecast. In BaZi a year is read against all four pillars of a chart, not against the animal alone.
Chinese zodiac 2027: the year of the Goat →
Chinese zodiac compatibility chart: the twelve animals pair by pair →
Years of the Dog
A BaZi year runs from Li Chun to Li Chun, a lunar-calendar year from Chinese New Year to the eve of the next one. Times are China Standard Time (UTC+8); born close to Li Chun, check your exact birth moment in the calculator.
| Year | Stem | BaZi year (Li Chun to Li Chun) | Lunar year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Yang Wood 甲戌 | 4 February 1934, 20:03 – 5 February 1935, 01:48 | 14 February 1934 – 3 February 1935 |
| 1946 | Yang Fire 丙戌 | 4 February 1946, 18:03 – 4 February 1947, 23:50 | 2 February 1946 – 21 January 1947 |
| 1958 | Yang Earth 戊戌 | 4 February 1958, 15:49 – 4 February 1959, 21:42 | 18 February 1958 – 7 February 1959 |
| 1970 | Yang Metal 庚戌 | 4 February 1970, 13:45 – 4 February 1971, 19:25 | 6 February 1970 – 26 January 1971 |
| 1982 | Yang Water 壬戌 | 4 February 1982, 11:45 – 4 February 1983, 17:39 | 25 January 1982 – 12 February 1983 |
| 1994 | Yang Wood 甲戌 | 4 February 1994, 09:30 – 4 February 1995, 15:12 | 10 February 1994 – 30 January 1995 |
| 2006 | Yang Fire 丙戌 | 4 February 2006, 07:27 – 4 February 2007, 13:18 | 29 January 2006 – 17 February 2007 |
| 2018 | Yang Earth 戊戌 | 4 February 2018, 05:28 – 4 February 2019, 11:14 | 16 February 2018 – 4 February 2019 |
| 2030 | Yang Metal 庚戌 | 4 February 2030, 03:08 – 4 February 2031, 08:58 | 3 February 2030 – 22 January 2031 |
The five Dog years
Every Dog year pairs the branch 戌 with one of five Heavenly Stems of the same polarity, so each pairing of the Dog with an element returns every sixty years.
- WoodYang Wood · 甲戌 Jia Xu1934, 1994
- FireYang Fire · 丙戌 Bing Xu1946, 2006
- EarthYang Earth · 戊戌 Wu Xu1958, 2018
- MetalYang Metal · 庚戌 Geng Xu1970, 2030
- WaterYang Water · 壬戌 Ren Xu1982
The animal is one sign of eight
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