The Metal Dog (庚戌, Gēng Xū)
Personality & Traits
Metal sharpens the Dog's sense of justice and loyalty with principled clarity and determined resolve. The Metal Dog is the most idealistic and uncompromising of all Dog types, holding to their moral code with iron-willed conviction. This element gives the Dog's natural protectiveness a harder, more decisive edge, producing someone who will fight fiercely and effectively for what they believe is right. The Metal Dog is often drawn to law, advocacy, or any field where justice and discipline intersect.
Yang Metal Dog
Every Metal Dog year joins the Heavenly Stem 庚 (Gēng) with the Earthly Branch 戌 (Xū). In the 60-year cycle each animal only meets stems of its own polarity, so every Metal Dog is Yang.
The Yang Metal Dog actively champions justice with visible determination, confronting wrongdoing with principled courage and disciplined moral authority.
Metal Dog Years
People born in these years (approximately February 4 to February 3 of the following year) are Metal Dogs:
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