23 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yang Metal year pillar

Metal Dog (1910, 1970, 2030, 2090)

Metal Dog years are 1910, 1970, 2030, 2090 within 1901–2099. 庚戌 is pillar 47 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Metal is its year-stem element, while the Dog branch remains Earth.

Metal Dog personality

Metal gives the Dog's loyalty a particularly firm outline, joining commitment with explicit principles and clear expectations. The strength is knowing what a promise means and taking its limits seriously. Its counterpoint is inflexibility: fairness may require considering a changed circumstance rather than applying an earlier rule so precisely that the person it was meant to help disappears from view.

Born in 1910, 1970, 2030, 2090? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

庚戌: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
庚 Geng · Yang Metal
Animal branch
戌 Xu · Yang Earth
Year stem and fixed branch
Earth generates Metal
Solar month 9
Cold Dew · Autumn
Branch compass and double-hour
WNW · 19:00–21:00
Hidden stems
戊 wù Earth (primary); 辛 xīn Metal (middle); 丁 dīng Fire (residual)

In the Five Phases cycle, Earth feeds Metal.

Na Yin pair: 钗钏金

Metal Na Yin · paired with 辛亥 Yin Metal Pig in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Metal Dog years, 1901–2099

The complete 庚戌 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.

2026 live coordinate

Metal Dog with the current Yang Fire Horse year

Same branch, five stems

Compare all five Dog elements

Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.