Earthly Branch 11 of 12
Dog戌
The grave of fire, in the 寅午戌 harmony.
- Element
- Earth
- Polarity
- Yang
- Lunar month
- 9
- Double hour
- 19–21
- Direction
- Northwest
What it is
Yin drawing in and holding firm. The dog is the greater of the two guardians.
In a chart
In a chart a branch sits under a stem in each pillar. The year branch gives the zodiac animal, and the month branch shows the season.
Relations
Three Harmonies with 寅 Tiger, 午 Horse. Six Harmonies with 卯 Rabbit. Clashes with 辰 Loong. Harm with 酉 Rooster.
Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vols. 1 and 6.