The tables
Why the pair is rated this way
The Dragon and the Dog sit directly opposite each other on the circle of twelve, which makes them a clash pair (沖). 辰 faces 戌 across the wheel, spring against autumn, and the classical reading is strong movement between them rather than stillness.
Both are earth signs, the Dragon yang and the Dog yang, so in five-element terms they speak the same language.
The Dragon rules the spring month that starts around Apr 5 and the hours from 7 am to 9 am; the Dog rules the autumn month that starts around Oct 8 and the hours from 7 pm to 9 pm.
For comparison, the Dragon's harmony partner is the Rooster and its trine partners are the Monkey and the Rat; the Dog's harmony partner is the Rabbit and its trine partners are the Tiger and the Horse.
Reading
In love, friendship and work
Traditionally the Dragon is confident, ambitious and magnetic, and the Dog is loyal, honest and protective. The Dragon tends to bring big ideas and look for admiration; the Dog tends to bring faithfulness and look for fairness.
In love, a clash pair is the classic opposites-attract match: a strong pull and strong friction, read as movement and change rather than as a bad sign.
As friends or co-workers they tend to move at the same pace and understand each other quickly.
Years
Which years are these animals?
Dragon years: 1952 (Water Dragon), 1964 (Wood Dragon), 1976 (Fire Dragon), 1988 (Earth Dragon), 2000 (Metal Dragon), 2012 (Water Dragon), 2024 (Wood Dragon).
Dog years: 1958 (Earth Dog), 1970 (Metal Dog), 1982 (Water Dog), 1994 (Wood Dog), 2006 (Fire Dog), 2018 (Earth Dog), 2030 (Metal Dog).
21 of the idols with a Bias Match idol page were born in Dragon years.
11 of the idols with a Bias Match idol page were born in Dog years.
Your pair
Check two birth years
A zodiac year starts in late January or February, not on January 1: Chinese New Year calendars switch at Lunar New Year, and saju switches at Lichun, around February 4. If you were born in January or early February, you may belong to the year before.
Beyond the birth year
On Bias Match the animal that counts most is not the birth year but the day branch, the animal in each person's day pillar. If two people's day branches are Dragon (辰) and Dog (戌), the compatibility calculator scores that check as a minus, next to five other checks.
The text is fixed sentence templates filled in with the classical relation tables built into the Bias Match engine; no AI model generates or rewrites it. For entertainment only: the zodiac describes old patterns, not what will happen between two people.