Principle Qualities

Loyal, faithful, unselfish.

Principle Defects

Anxious, pessimistic, doubting everything; his life is a vale of tears.

Work

Very active and honest. He is appreciated by his superiors as well as by his subordinates, for he is a good manager and often gives priority to their collective interests rather than his own.

Best Role

Prophet of disaster.

Worst Role

Actor in a theatrical company.

Money

His family needs it, so he earns it. But at bottom he thinks of it as mere paper; he would have been happier in an age of barter.

Luck

To be born in the daytime. The Dog born at night will spend his life on the alert, an immovable sentry.

Cannot Live Without

Tenderness.

Adores

Anything occult, mysterious, bizararre, paranormal, parapsychological, para-everything! Also, he likes lightning rods because he is afraid of thunder and lightning.

Hates

To be shown by means of A plus B the existence of a reality that he is not disposed to accept.

Leisure Activities

Films, particularly horror movies and those dealing with the fantastic; also peaceful evenings by the fireside, far from the 'madding crowd'.

Favourite Places

He has a weakness for wild and romantic landscapes, remote regions alive with legends. He would feel at home in Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall or Brittany.

Colours

Black, navy blue; the colours of the night.

Plants

Poppies and water lilies.

Flower

Orange blossoms, red poppy (which fades when cut).

Professions

Head of a company or labour union; in any case, he cares about the 'quality' of the enterprise and the living standards of the employees. Then: priest, missionary, teacher of retarded children, nurse, magistrate, judge, lawyer, doctor, scientist, researcher, preacher or critic.

The life of the Dog is often unstable exept during childhood, but only then if his parents, are protective enough. His youth is often tormented by difficult love affairs, which rarely leave him with good memories. His maturity, will be haunted by nightmares, and his old age saddened by regrets at failing to have profited from life when he was young enough to do so. But there is a remedy: to learn during his childhood how to see joy in life as he lives it.