Dog strengths in tradition
- Loyal and devoted
- Honest and sincere
- Fair-minded
- Protective of others
2006 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Fire Dog
The 2006 Chinese year ran from Sunday 29 January 2006 to Saturday 17 February 2007.
Its sign is the Yang Fire Dog: 丙戌 (Bǐng-xū) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–28 January 2006? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Rooster of 2005.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 29 January – 3 February 2006: Fire Dog by Chinese New Year, Wood Rooster by Lichun.
- 4 February 2006 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Rooster before 07:27 China time and Fire Dog from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Dog.
- 4 February 2007 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Dog before 13:18 China time and Fire Pig from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Dog.
- 5–17 February 2007: Fire Dog by Chinese New Year, Fire Pig by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Fire Dog in Chinese astrology
A Fire Dog is traditionally the liveliest and most outspoken Dog – energetic, honest and quick to defend a cause.
The Dog is the eleventh Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of fairness. Fire is the element of warmth and energy, linked in Chinese tradition with summer, passion and outward expression.
Dog challenges in tradition
- Prone to worry
- Wary of strangers
- Can be rigid about principles
- Tends to expect the worst
Traditions, not predictions. The Dog in love and at work · The five elements
Other Dog years
The Fire Dog every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2006?
2006 is the Year of the Fire Dog (yang Fire, 丙戌 Bǐng-xū), from 29 January 2006 to 17 February 2007. Anyone born 1–28 January 2006 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Rooster.
What element is 2006 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 丙 (Bǐng). Fire years are years ending in 6 or 7 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 2006 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 29 January 2006, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Rooster of the 2005 Chinese year; from 29 January 2006 on, it is the Fire Dog. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2006, 07:27 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 2006?
It was on Sunday 29 January 2006 (China time). The next one, on Sunday 18 February 2007, began the Year of the Fire Pig.