- Animal
- 🐕 Dog (狗)
- Element
- Earth 土 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 戊戌 · Wù Xū
- Year starts
- February 16, 2018 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 4, 2019
- Age in 2027
- turns 9
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a punishment with Tai Sui
The Earth Dog personality
Earth Dog is the steady guardian: loyal, practical, and hard to push off course.
Among Dog years, the Earth Dog stands out for its extra weight, patience, and realism. Dog already values loyalty, fairness, and protection, but the Earth stem adds a calmer, more measured style than Wood, Fire, Metal, or Water Dog years. This is not the quickest Dog to react, yet often one of the most dependable once committed.
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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 2018 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 2018?
2018 is the Year of the Earth Dog (戊戌, Wù Xū). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 16, 2018 to February 4, 2019.
What element is 2018 in Chinese astrology?
Earth (土), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 戊 and its Earthly Branch is 戌 (Dog).
Is someone born in January 2018 a Dog?
Born in January or early February 2018, before February 16, 2018? Then your sign is the Fire Rooster of 2017.
Who is a Earth 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 2018?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Dog it is a punishment with Tai Sui. A person born in 2018 turns 9 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.