Dog

Years: 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030 — loyal, honest and protective.

In depth

• At your beststeadfast, fair, and the person everyone trusts with the real story.
• Drivejustice, and looking after the people who are yours.
• In relationshipsdevoted and sincere; betrayal is the one thing you can’t file away.
• Watch-outanxiety, and a cynicism about people that hardens if you’re let down enough.

Each year also carries an element. Wood Dog brings growth and generosity — expansive, co-operative, always reaching for more room; Fire Dog brings heat and drive — passionate, restless, quick to act and quick to burn; Earth Dog brings weight and patience — steady, practical, the one who stays put and endures; Metal Dog brings edge and resolve — determined, self-contained, unwilling to bend; Water Dog brings depth and flow — reflective, persuasive, finding the way around rather than through.