THE TWELVE YEAR ANIMALS
Dog
The Dog evokes protection and commitment.
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The Dog image can focus attention on trust, boundaries and the everyday acts that keep a promise meaningful. Those themes are choices and relationships, not qualities guaranteed by a calendar year.
An example
When a commitment becomes difficult, the Dog image asks which part is worth protecting.
A question to carry with you
What boundary helps you keep a commitment well?
Find your own lunar-year placement
Use your birth date to find the year animal, stem, branch, stem phase and Yin/Yang. This calculator follows Chinese New Year; it does not calculate a full Four Pillars (BaZi) chart.