Wood Dog

甲戌

Gap-sul · Yang Wood · Dog

Stands up straight and stands up for people.

In Korean saju (사주, the "four pillars" of your birth), your day pillar is the part that describes you most directly. Wood Dog is the day pillar 甲戌 (Gap-sul), one of 60. It pairs Yang Wood, a tall tree growing straight up, with the Dog: autumn soil, loyal and dry.

What a Wood Dog is like

Principles over popularityYou'd rather be right than liked, and you're usually both.

Friend bodyguardIf someone is rude to your friend, you handle it before they can.

Big-picture dreamerYou keep a list of ways the world could work better.

You probably…

stop to help strangers carry heavy bags
sign petitions after reading the whole thing
keep a friendship going since elementary school

In love and friendship

You love with your whole chest and expect honesty, always, no exceptions.

The element: Wood

Wood energy is like a growing tree: always reaching, learning and starting new things. As a yang wood day, it shows up as a tall tree growing straight up.

The animal: Dog

Loyal friend. Honest and fair. You stand by your people no matter what. In saju the Dog also carries Earth energy: autumn soil, loyal and dry.

Wood Dog years: 1934 and 1994

The Wood Dog (甲戌) also names a year in the 60-year cycle. Recent Wood Dog years: 1934 and 1994, and the next one is 2054. A saju year starts at Ipchun (around February 4), not on January 1 or Lunar New Year.

Born in a Wood Dog year? That is your year pillar, the part of your chart about family and roots. The type on this page is a day pillar, and yours may be different. Look up any birth year.

Am I a Wood Dog? Find out in 30 seconds

Free. Your day pillar comes from your birth date, time and place, not just your birth year.

Questions

What years are Wood Dog years?1934 and 1994, and next in 2054. In saju each year starts at Ipchun, around February 4, so people born in January or early February belong to the year before.

Am I a Wood Dog if I was born in a Wood Dog year?Not necessarily. Your birth year gives your year pillar, which describes your roots. The type that describes you is your day pillar, which comes from your birth date. Someone born in a Wood Dog year can have any of the 60 day pillars.

What is the Wood Dog personality?Stands up straight and stands up for people. Principles over popularity, Friend bodyguard, Big-picture dreamer.