Dog Personality

The folk reading gives the dog loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of obligation to people. A folk characterisation following the animal's reputation, treated as general temperament rather than individual.

It is one factor among several in the traditional system. The folk reading gives the dog loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of obligation to people. The year animal is the coarsest of the four pillars — the month, day and hour carry equal weight, and the classical sources never read the year alone. The loyalty is described in the tradition as an obligation felt rather than a service performed.

The attributed traits follow the animal's traditional role as the guardian of the household. It is grouped under Earth (土) in the five-element system.