The possession of a dog in an Asian home came to indicate good fortune. More practically, a dog was valued for fidelity, and as both a guardian and a scavenger. Images of for veneration came about because of the “Heavenly Dog Star”, supposedly an unlucky star that devours the moon at the time of an eclipse. This same of a young girl who died unmarried and continually seeks to snatch someone else’s infant for her own. She desires to use the lost child as replacement so that she herself, the young girl, can be reincarnated as a mortal. Consequently she must be placated, and newborn infants are protected by a “dog’s hair talisman,” a ball made of a lock the infant’s own hair rolled up in some dog hair and sewed to the baby’s clothing. For additional protection, children are sometimes given the name of an animal and provided with a silver dos collar, to induce the evil spirit to imagine that the child is really an animal and therefore not worth attention.People born in the year of the dog are expected to be possessed of many of these noble traits of their patron animal. They have a deep sense of duty and loyalty, they are extremely honest, and they get on well with others. Dog year people inspire confidence and can safely be trusted with secrets. And they are strong champions of justice, taking up worthwhile causes, working doggedly at them, and seeing them through success. They tend to be good at business affairs and are noted for their zeal in such matters. They usually remain cool under stress. Their weakness are that they sometimes tend to be faultfinders and to have sharp tongues. At times they can be selfish, stubborn, and reveal rather eccentric behavior. They care very little for social life and often exhibit uneasiness in big gatherings of this nature.
Such people marry most successfully with representatives of the horse, tiger, or rabbit years. Second choice for them would be someone from the years of the rat, snake, money, dog, or boar. Marriage with a person from the ox year or the year of the cock will not work out well. But the least successful marriage for someone from the dog year would be made with a mate from either the dragon or the ram year.
Such people marry most successfully with representatives of the horse, tiger, or rabbit years. Second choice for them would be someone from the years of the rat, snake, money, dog, or boar. Marriage with a person from the ox year or the year of the cock will not work out well. But the least successful marriage for someone from the dog year would be made with a mate from either the dragon or the ram year.
