2006 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Dog
Year of the Fire Dog
Animal
🐕 Dog
Element
Yang Fire
Cycle position
#11 of 12
About the 2006 Dog year
- 2006 is a Yang Fire year — the Fire element colours the Dog's nature with passion, energy, and boldness.
- The Dog is the eleventh of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Dog year was 1994 and the next is 2018.
- People born in the Year of the Dog are traditionally seen as loyal, honest, and prudent. The Dog is said to pair most harmoniously with the Tiger, Horse, Rabbit.
Best matches for the Dog
Signs the Dog is traditionally most compatible with.
- Tiger
- Horse
- Rabbit
Frequently asked
2006 is the Year of the Fire Dog — a Yang Fire year. The animal sign is the Dog, the eleventh of the 12-animal cycle.
2006 carries the Fire element (Yang Fire). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Fire Dog combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 2006, the Year of the Dog, are traditionally described as loyal, honest, and prudent. With the Fire element added, passion, energy, and boldness are emphasised.
The Dog is traditionally most compatible with the Tiger, Horse, Rabbit.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 2006, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Rooster (the 2005 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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