One cell of 144
Sagittarius + Year of the Dog
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Sagittarius meets the Year of the Dog, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Sagittarius born in the Year of the Dog?
A Sagittarius born in the Year of the Dog is the Caracara. The month and day set the Sagittarius half, the birth year sets the Dog half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Caracara for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Sagittarius half
Sagittarius runs from November 22 to December 21, mutable Fire under Jupiter. You aim past the visible horizon. The far thing pulls you harder than the near thing, every single time. Read Sagittarius in the Western wing.
The Dog half
The Dog is the eleventh branch and runs with the Tiger and the Horse, the openhearted movers. You guard what you love with your whole schedule. Recent Dog years are 1994, 2006 and 2018. Read the Year of the Dog.
The crossing
What Sagittarius and the Dog make together
Sagittarius brings the pull of the far horizon. The Dog year brings the watch that never quite goes off duty. The Caracara carries both at once.
You adapt to whatever the day actually offers, and you never once forget to split it with the one beside you.
The Dog runs in a trine with the Tiger and the Horse. Held to the same Sagittarius season, those years give the Lanner Falcon and the Albatross, the two crossings whose engines run closest to yours.
The boundary
Born near the boundary?
The Chinese year does not turn on January 1. It turns at the lunar New Year, somewhere between late January and mid February, so a birthday in those weeks can belong to the animal before this one. The year finder checks the real date for any year you give it.
Common questions
Questions about this crossing
Is the Caracara the same as being a Sagittarius?
Sagittarius is half of it. The Caracara is the specific crossing of Sagittarius with the Year of the Dog, one cell out of 144. Two people can share a Sun sign and carry different animals, because the birth year changes the second half.
What if I was born in January or February of a Dog year?
The Chinese year turns at the lunar New Year, which lands between late January and mid February. A birthday in those weeks can belong to the previous animal, so the year finder checks the real boundary before the grid names your crossing.
Which crossings share the Caracara's trine?
The Dog runs with the Tiger and the Horse. Held to the same Sagittarius dates, those years give the Lanner Falcon and the Albatross, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Caracara's.
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Neighboring crossings
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