- Animal
- 🐕 Dog (狗)
- Element
- Metal 金 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 庚戌 · Gēng Xū
- Year starts
- February 6, 1970 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 26, 1971
- Age in 2027
- turns 57
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a punishment with Tai Sui
The Metal Dog personality
The Metal Dog is the straight-talking guardian with a harder edge and stronger backbone.
All Dog years share loyalty, conscience, and a strong sense of right and wrong, but the Metal Dog stands out for extra firmness. Metal gives the Dog sharper judgment, tougher standards, and more staying power under pressure. Compared with other Dogs, this one is less flexible, more decisive, and often more private about feelings.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐕 Dog & 🐇 Rabbit. Three Harmony partners: 🐕 Dog & 🐅 Tiger, 🐕 Dog & 🐎 Horse. Clash: 🐕 Dog & 🐉 Dragon.
A Dog born in 1970 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a punishment with Tai Sui for the Dog. See the month-by-month forecast in Dog horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1970?
1970 is the Year of the Metal Dog (庚戌, Gēng Xū). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 6, 1970 to January 26, 1971.
What element is 1970 in Chinese astrology?
Metal (金), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 庚 and its Earthly Branch is 戌 (Dog).
Is someone born in January 1970 a Dog?
Born in January or early February 1970, before February 6, 1970? Then your sign is the Earth Rooster of 1969.
Who is a Metal Dog compatible with?
Traditionally the Dog pairs best with the Rabbit, Tiger, Horse and finds the Dragon most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1970?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Dog it is a punishment with Tai Sui. A person born in 1970 turns 57 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.