One cell of 144
Taurus + Year of the Dog
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Taurus meets the Year of the Dog, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Taurus born in the Year of the Dog?
A Taurus born in the Year of the Dog is the Banded Mongoose. The month and day set the Taurus half, the birth year sets the Dog half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Banded Mongoose for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Taurus half
Taurus holds April 20 to May 20, fixed Earth under Venus. You build slowly and keep what you build. Once you have decided a thing is good, the argument is over, whether or not anyone else has noticed. Read Taurus 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 Taurus and the Dog make together
Taurus brings the weight that keeps a thing standing. The Dog year brings the watch that never quite goes off duty. One animal holds both, and its name is the Banded Mongoose.
You showed up for someone who was never technically yours to protect, and that is how everyone learned what your loyalty actually costs.
The Dog runs in a trine with the Tiger and the Horse. Held to the same Taurus season, those years give the Sable Antelope and the Moose, 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 Banded Mongoose the same as being a Taurus?
Taurus is half of it. The Banded Mongoose is the specific crossing of Taurus 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 Banded Mongoose's trine?
The Dog runs with the Tiger and the Horse. Held to the same Taurus dates, those years give the Sable Antelope and the Moose, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Banded Mongoose's.
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Neighboring crossings
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