This is, in a sense the year of the underdog. Liberty and equality are staunchly advocated by the Dog, whose sense of justice and fair play lead to major confrontations and dissent with the weaker parties emerging victorious. Controversial issues are addressed and chages instigated. People are less materialistic and more idealistic in their outlook and prone to performing charitable acts and championing worthy causes. The Dog's resoluteness brings about clases, upheavals, and rebellions against tryanny and oppression, but the Dog's good sense and largesse also ensures that peace and stability are reinstated once the necessary reforms have been made. This can be a worrying year, but with Dog on guard there is actually no real cause for alarm.

People born in the Year of the Dog are warm, idealistic, honest, straightforward and intelligent, with a deep sense of loyalty and a passion for justice and fair play. Often they protect the interests of others more avidly than their own. They are amiable, animated, and unpretentious and exude a strong sexual appeal. Egalitarian and democratic, they will listen to reason and know how to get along well with others and meet them halfway. They have a noble and altruistic character and a strong sense of duty. People trust them and hold them in high esteem, making them good although often reluctant leaders.

Dogs can be prone to bouts of erratic and cantankerous behavior in which little things seem to irritate them tremendously. Inclined to pessimism and a certain degree of paranoia, they expect trouble where there is none and can worry unnecessarily. However, their predictions do occasionally come true, as Dogs have a natural guardian instinct for immediately spotting a friend or foe, the good and the bad. They also have a tendency to categorize people according to these distinctions. In the Dog's mind there are no grey areas. You are either with them or against them, an ally or an enemy.

Although they can at times be pugnacious and quarrelsome, Dogs rarely if ever resort to underhanded means to win a fight. They fight their battles in the open, meeting the enemy face to face. But generally speaking, Dogs only attack when challenged on their home ground. While genuinely warm and generous with their friends, they can be critical of and cold to the people they dislike. Practical and very realistic, they are fearless and outspoken and can have a razor sharp tongue. When negative they can be belligerent, argumentative, rigidly opinionated and extremely cynical and caustic. If hurt or taken advantage of, they can retaliate fiercely and without mercy.

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