The Dog

The Dog is a worrier. Always on the defensive, he never lets up for an instant. There he is, on guard, alert watching.

The Dog is an introvert. HE rarely shows his feelings. And when he does it’s only because he thinks it is absolutely necessary. He’s stubborn and he knows what he wants. Frequently cynical, he is feared for his sharp tongue and his acid and disagreeable remarks.

The Dog is the original character who couldn’t see the forest for the trees: he has a tendency to drown himself in details, to criticize things out of turn – and at every turn! He gives the impression of looking for faults in everything he touches. This is because in reality, he is the world’s biggest pessimist and he expects nothing out of life.

He’s always the first to speak out against injustice, often in circumstances requiring courage to do so. He’s perhaps a little blasé, but his critical spirit, his sense of ridicule, and his undeniable grandeur of soul save from any accusation of small-mindedness.

At heart, the Dog is anti-social and he loathes crowds in all kind of gatherings. Romantically, he gives the impression of being a cold fish but this appearance is misleading: it’s just that he’s anxious and he doubts his own feelings as he does those of others. Despite all these faults, however, it is in the Dog that we find united all noblest traits of human nature. Loyal, faithful and honest, he has the most profound sense of duty. You can count on him and he’ll never let you down. He knows better than anyone how to keep a secret, for his discretion is complete. In fact, he detests confidences at any price, whether he’s giving or receiving them.
The Dog’s conversation tends to be banal and sometimes he expresses himself badly. He rarely shines in company – but his intelligence is profound for all that, and nobody knows how to listen as he does.

As a character, the Dog inspires confidence in others – and then confidence is justified. HE will always do his utmost for them, and his dedication can go to the point of sacrifice. People as a rule hold him in the highest esteem, and they’re right, for he deserves it!

In history, the champions of justice have always been born under the sign of the Dog. Every kind of injustice sickens the Dog, and he won’t rest until he’s done everything he possibly can do to right it. The Dog suffers for the sins of others. He suffers when there are wars, when there are disasters, when there are breakdowns of any kind, when there are unemployed; he suffers for the hungry of the world; he suffers for what’s already happening now, and for may happen tomorrow. Luckily, it’s not often that the Dog champions an unworthy cause – for thanks to his very doggedness (if you excuse the expression) he almost always gets what he wants.

Philosopher, moralist, man of the left, the Dog couldn’t care less about money. When he has it, he’s generous with it and detached about it. IT really doesn’t interest him. Whether he’s a lapdog or a stray, there’s always a touch of the hippie about him, and it doesn’t worry hum at all to be without the material comforts. Even if he’s in the money, his tastes are simple enough. (But if by any chance he should suddenly and urgently need money, nobody is better equipped than he is to get it!)
The loyal Dog makes a splendid captain of industry, an active trade union leader, a priest, and educator. But whatever his career, it will have in him a spokesman whose ideals will be profound and often original. He can handle men if necessary, too – and nations would do well to follow such champions, for under no other sign we find united in the same person such uprightness, rectitude and passion for work allied to so little personal ambition.

In love too, the Dog is honest and straightforward. But he will have romantic problems in his life… it’s his own fault, really; he provokes them himself by his emotional instability and his external anxiety. AS we said – he’s a worrier.

The Dog can be happy with the Horse who will let him get on with his causes in exchange for a little independence. With the Tiger, life becomes a battle – the two of them against the rest of the world. United they will adventure together in the name of the truth and justice. The Dog in fact, in the nature of things, often finds himself teamed with the Tiger – and he’ll play a very able second fiddle to the Tiger while remaining himself in the shade. But it with the placid and serene Rabbit that the Dog has the biggest chance of finding peace and quit if he wants to.
The Dragon is too proud to accept the Dog’s caustic comments and critical approach. And as for the Goat – it’s the Dog himself who won’t tolerate people under that sign! He’s no time for her whims and he finds her selfish and superficial.

The three phases of the life of the Dog are all marred by uncertainty: anxious childhood, difficult youth, middle-age defeatist before the work there is to be done, old-age full of regrets for not having done enough.

A Dog born in daytime will nevertheless be calmer and less anxious than one born during the night. After all, at night the Dog’s job is to guard the house – and thus he will be eternally on the lookout, always alert, barking all the time to scare away intruders and finding all the time to scare away intruders and finding no time to rest.

For people born at night under this sign, it’s a Dog’s life.

If you were born in one of these periods then you are a Dog
14th February 1934 to 3rd February 1935
2nd February 1946 to 21st January 1947
18th February 1958 to 7th February 1959
6th February 1970 to 26th January 1971
25th January 1982 to 12th February 1983
10th January 1994 to 30th January 1995