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Zodiac compatibility · the twelve earthly branches

Dog compatibility: the signs that click and the signs that clash

The Dog’s branch, 戌, is late autumn and dry earth keeping an ember. Tradition reads it as loyalty, a sense of justice and bonds kept for life.

Branch and element
戌 · Earth
Triangle of affinity (三合)
寅午戌 · Tiger · Horse · Dog
Six Harmonies partner (六合)
卯 · Rabbit
Opposite sign (沖)
辰 · Dragon

The Dog and the other eleven signs

These relations come from the traditional tables of the twelve earthly branches. The names are symbols for how two people tend to meet; they do not decide whether a relationship works. The character sketches of each sign are tradition’s pictures too, not a description of the people born in that year.

Signs said to suit the Dog

Linked by a triangle of affinity or the Six Harmonies.

The Dog forms the 寅午戌 triangle of affinity with the Tiger and the Horse, pictured as staying loyal beside fiery companions. The Rabbit is its Six Harmonies partner (卯戌), a sturdy and tender pair. Say when you are tired instead of carrying it all.

Signs said to rub against the Dog

A clash, resentment, punishment, harm or break, with no triangle or Six Harmonies.

The Dragon is the Dog’s clash (辰戌), dreams against principles. The Snake is a resentment pair, where straight talk can sound cold. The Ox brings a punishment (丑戌) and the Goat a punishment and a break (戌未). The Rooster shares the autumn season yet adds harm (酉戌). Before deciding who is right, ask what the other wants to protect.

Signs read as neutral for the Dog

Only the same season, or no named relation at all.

The Monkey shares the Dog’s autumn season (申酉戌). The Rat and the Pig have no named relation with it; keep small promises and trust follows.

Two people born under the Dog, as tradition reads it

Two Dogs recognise each other’s loyalty, but neither yields when standards differ. Look together for a third option you can both accept.

In the end, compatibility is how you treat each other

Zodiac compatibility looks at one thing only: the year each person was born. Two people with the same pair of signs can get along in completely different ways, so how you listen and how you make up after a disagreement matters far more than any name in the table. For a fuller picture, try a saju reading with both birth dates, or the personality-based pages below.

Dog compatibility: common questions

Which signs suit the Dog?

The Tiger and the Horse (the 寅午戌 triangle of affinity) and the Rabbit (卯戌, Six Harmonies).

Are the Dog and the Dragon really a bad match?

They clash (辰戌): different priorities, not an impossible pair. Dreams plus realism can still make a solid team.

Why are the Dog and the Goat said to rub?

They share the 丑戌未 punishment group and a break (戌未). Saying “I’d like to do it this way” beats correcting each other.

Which years are Dog years?

1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 and 2018, each from Ipchun. Ipchun fell on February 4 in 1994, so a birth on February 3, 1994 counts as a Rooster.

Dog birth years (from Ipchun)

In the saju calendar the sign changes at Ipchun, the start of spring (around 4 February), not on January 1. The Dog covers births from each Ipchun below to the day before the next one.

Born between January 1 and February 3, 1994? Then the sign is the previous year’s Rooster, while someone born between January 1 and February 3, 1995 still counts as a Dog.

Births 1934–2018; the sign starts at that year’s Ipchun

  • 1934 甲戌 · from February 4
  • 1946 丙戌 · from February 4
  • 1958 戊戌 · from February 4
  • 1970 庚戌 · from February 4
  • 1982 壬戌 · from February 4
  • 1994 甲戌 · from February 4
  • 2006 丙戌 · from February 4
  • 2018 戊戌 · from February 4

Born on Ipchun day itself? The sign then depends on the exact time of Ipchun. Dates are in Korea Standard Time.

This page introduces traditional relations between the zodiac signs, for fun and reflection. Zodiac compatibility is a long-standing East Asian cultural tradition, not a scientifically validated prediction. This page does not promise how any relationship will turn out. Rather than deciding anything by a sign, talk things through with each other.

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