1958 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Dog

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1958?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1958. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1958 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1958 – February 17, 1958	Fire Rooster 鸡
February 18, 1958 – December 31, 1958	Earth Dog 狗

The full 1958 lunar year continues into 1959, through February 7, 1959. A birthday on February 17, 1958 belongs to the Rooster; a birthday one day later, on February 18, 1958, belongs to the Dog.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Dog is 1958?

1958 is a Earth Dog year. Its stem-branch name is 戊戌 (wù-xū): the heavenly stem 戊 carries yang earth, and the earthly branch 戌 corresponds to the Dog.

Zodiac animal: Dog · 狗
Year element: Earth
Stem & branch: 戊戌 · wù-xū
Lunar year length: 355 days

Dog personality in tradition

The Dog commonly symbolizes loyalty and companionship in popular accounts of the zodiac.

The phrase “loyal & sincere” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1958. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属狗。

Wǒ shǔ gǒu. “I was born in the Year of the Dog.”

Dog compatibility in folklore

Dog, Tiger and Horse form a traditional harmony group of three. Dragon sits opposite Dog, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1958 lunar calendar at a glance

This Dog year contains 12 lunar months and 355 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1959.

Lunar months of 1958: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 18, 1958	March 19, 1958	30
Month 2	March 20, 1958	April 18, 1958	30
Month 3	April 19, 1958	May 18, 1958	30
Month 4	May 19, 1958	June 16, 1958	29
Month 5	June 17, 1958	July 16, 1958	30
Month 6	July 17, 1958	August 14, 1958	29
Month 7	August 15, 1958	September 12, 1958	29
Month 8	September 13, 1958	October 12, 1958	30
Month 9	October 13, 1958	November 10, 1958	29
Month 10	November 11, 1958	December 10, 1958	30
Month 11	December 11, 1958	January 8, 1959	29
Month 12	January 9, 1959	February 7, 1959	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Dog

The Dog returns every 12 years; the same Earth Dog combination returns every 60. These are the other Dog years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1910Metal Dog 1922Water Dog 1934Wood Dog 1946Fire Dog 1970Metal Dog 1982Water Dog 1994Wood Dog 2006Fire Dog 2018Earth Dog 2030Metal Dog 2042Water Dog 2054Wood Dog 2066Fire Dog 2078Earth Dog 2090Metal Dog

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.