Dog and Rooster in love
Honest to the point of bluntness. It works when both agree to encourage more than correct.
Six harms
Dog and Rooster Compatibility
Dog and Rooster compatibility: they sit 1 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Six harms”. We score it 55%.
- Relation
- Six harms Liu Hai, 六害
- Steps apart
- 1 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Dog year
- 2030 starts Feb 3, 2030
- Next Rooster year
- 2029 starts Feb 13, 2029
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Six harms
55%
Are the Dog and Rooster compatible?
Rooster and Dog form a traditional harm pairing. Both are principled and outspoken, but the Rooster criticizes details and the Dog judges motives. Two watchful, opinionated signs can end up auditing each other rather than enjoying each other.
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Working together
High standards and attention to detail, useful in quality control or compliance — but the atmosphere can turn tense.
Where it goes wrong
Nitpicking and moral judgment escalating into a running argument over who is right.
Over time
How a Dog–Rooster relationship usually unfolds
- At first. Two honest, observant signs respect each other's standards; the early stage is frank and a little formal.
- Once settled. The household is principled and efficient, but each partner's corrections can start to sound like verdicts.
- What keeps it working. Agreeing to praise twice for every criticism, a rule both are disciplined enough to keep.
Fixed elements
Earth Dog, metal Rooster
generating · controlling
The Dog’s earth bears the Rooster’s metal — the image is ore that forms inside the ground. On the generating cycle the Dog gives and the Rooster receives.
The fixed element belongs to the animal and never changes; the element of a birth year (wood, fire, earth, metal or water) rotates every two years — see the years below.
On the twelve-year wheel
Where the Dog and the Rooster sit on the wheel
- Dog–Rooster, 1 step apart: Liu Hai, the six harms.
- San He triangles. Rooster with the Ox and the Snake (dashed); Dog with the Tiger and the Horse.
- Clash axes. Rooster–Rabbit; Dog–Dragon.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Rooster pairs with the Dragon; the Dog pairs with the Rabbit.
- Six harms. Dog and Rooster; Rooster and Dog — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Dog and the Rooster sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
Lunar years run 353 to 385 days, so the Rooster ends up with 54 more days than the Dog over the 108-year table: 3,305 against 3,251. As a pairing, one position apart, they make up 1.381% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Dog and a Rooster can only be these numbers of years apart:
1
year apart
11
years apart
13
years apart
23
years apart
25
years apart
35
years apart
37
years apart
47
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Dog | Rooster | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Dog 2018 | Fire Rooster 2017 | 1 year apart |
| Fire Dog 2006 | Wood Rooster 2005 | 1 year apart |
| Fire Dog 2006 | Fire Rooster 2017 | 11 years apart |
| Wood Dog 1994 | Water Rooster 1993 | 1 year apart |
| Wood Dog 1994 | Wood Rooster 2005 | 11 years apart |
| Water Dog 1982 | Metal Rooster 1981 | 1 year apart |
| Water Dog 1982 | Water Rooster 1993 | 11 years apart |
| Metal Dog 1970 | Earth Rooster 1969 | 1 year apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Dog or a Rooster.
Dog
1958 · 1970 · 1982 · 1994 · 2006 · 2018Rooster
1957 · 1969 · 1981 · 1993 · 2005 · 2017Cite this page
AstroHot. “Dog and Rooster Compatibility in the Chinese Zodiac.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/compatibility/dog/rooster/
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