2018 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Dog
Year of the Earth Dog
Animal
🐕 Dog
Element
Yang Earth
Cycle position
#11 of 12
About the 2018 Dog year
- 2018 is a Yang Earth year — the Earth element colours the Dog's nature with stability, patience, and practicality.
- The Dog is the eleventh of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Dog year was 2006 and the next is 2030.
- 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
2018 is the Year of the Earth Dog — a Yang Earth year. The animal sign is the Dog, the eleventh of the 12-animal cycle.
2018 carries the Earth element (Yang Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Dog combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 2018, the Year of the Dog, are traditionally described as loyal, honest, and prudent. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality 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 2018, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Rooster (the 2017 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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