What does it mean to be a Wood Dog?

A Wood Dog is dog energy shaped by the wood element: growth-seeking and principled — you push upward, toward light. In short — You keep the promise even when it stops being convenient.

What years are the Wood Dog?

The dog returns every 12 years (1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030…), but the wood dog specifically recurs every 60 years. Your birth date and the lìchūn boundary settle it exactly.

What are the Wood Dog's strengths and weaknesses?

Strengths: loyal, fair, guarded. Texture: green wood, still bending. The recurring weakness — it carries other people's debts as if they were yours.

Who is the Wood Dog compatible with?

Strongest pairing is the Rabbit (95/100). Compatibility in BaZi runs deeper than the animal, though — your full charts tell the real story.

Chinese astrology

Wood Dog

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A Wood Dog leads with loyal and fair. As a dog, you keep the promise even when it stops being convenient — and the wood element makes you growth-seeking and principled — you push upward, toward light.

The texture of Wood Dog: green wood, still bending. Where it costs you — carries other people's debts as if they were yours. That blind spot is the price of the same intensity that makes you unmistakable.

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Wood Dog — common questions

What does it mean to be a Wood Dog?: A Wood Dog is dog energy shaped by the wood element: growth-seeking and principled — you push upward, toward light. In short — You keep the promise even when it stops being convenient.
What years are the Wood Dog?: The dog returns every 12 years (1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030…), but the wood dog specifically recurs every 60 years. Your birth date and the lìchūn boundary settle it exactly.
What are the Wood Dog's strengths and weaknesses?: Strengths: loyal, fair, guarded. Texture: green wood, still bending. The recurring weakness — it carries other people's debts as if they were yours.
Who is the Wood Dog compatible with?: Strongest pairing is the Rabbit (95/100). Compatibility in BaZi runs deeper than the animal, though — your full charts tell the real story.

Born a Wood Dog? Your full chart is more than the year.

Animals are the doorway. Your four-pillar BaZi — built from your exact birth moment — reads like a person talking, every day.

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