One cell of 144
Scorpio + Year of the Dog
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Scorpio meets the Year of the Dog, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Scorpio born in the Year of the Dog?
A Scorpio born in the Year of the Dog is the Tasmanian Devil. The month and day set the Scorpio half, the birth year sets the Dog half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Tasmanian Devil for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Scorpio half
Scorpio holds October 23 to November 21, fixed Water under Mars. You read what sits under the surface. Whatever you decide to keep, you keep completely, and the door closes without a sound. Read Scorpio 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 Scorpio and the Dog make together
Scorpio brings a depth that keeps its own counsel. The Dog year brings the watch that never quite goes off duty. Put both in one creature and you get the Tasmanian Devil.
You are easy to love and hard to approach, and the people who learn the difference stay.
The Dog runs in a trine with the Tiger and the Horse. Held to the same Scorpio season, those years give the Giant Centipede and the Orca, 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 Tasmanian Devil the same as being a Scorpio?
Scorpio is half of it. The Tasmanian Devil is the specific crossing of Scorpio 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 Tasmanian Devil's trine?
The Dog runs with the Tiger and the Horse. Held to the same Scorpio dates, those years give the Giant Centipede and the Orca, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Tasmanian Devil's.
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Neighboring crossings
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