On October 8, 2025, we enter the Yang Fire Dog month, which teaches self-control and the art of waiting, both individually and collectively:
Everything arrives exactly in divine timing.
The starting moment of the chart shows as follows:
In this Year of the Snake, the Dog month arrives as the third Earthly “grave” animal, preparing the ground for the upcoming water months: Pig, Rat, and Ox. The Dog, as a “grave” animal, acts as a bridge from the metal season (Rooster–Monkey–Dog) toward the water season, giving us a transitional month.
The
Yang Fire energy indicates that stress, inner tension, and difficulties have already been recognized. We are no longer in denial, we see the problem, we see where it lies. October now highlights how inner calm can help us get through the harder periods sent by fate. Whatever difficulty lies before you, the
symbolic Virtue Star in the chart marks divine protection.
The paradox of October: in order to speed up, you must first slow down.
The
Yang Fire Dog pillar teaches us about the rhythms of life, the energy of
patience, and divine timing. October shows that your greatest wisdom now is found in
pausing, slowing down, and turning inward.
What can we expect in October?
Tension, stagnation, and restlessness may dominate workplaces and family life, leaving you with the feeling of being frozen or
paralyzed. This can even deepen into a depressive, apathetic state. For people who are more dynamic, and have wealth elements in their charts, this may feel like helplessness, as though anger is bursting inside because nothing moves forward, everything is delayed, everything is on hold.
The
Dog carries inner fears (as the guardian of the underworld, symbolizing subconscious fears), which can be projected as anger onto those closest to you. This energy may also manifest as inner restlessness, wanting to constantly be on the move (so typical of Yang Fire!), but since cosmically the timing isn’t right, it drains rather than energizes you.
Yang Fire, like the Sun, is used to running on fiery momentum and
routine habits, but the chart shows obstacles and difficulties precisely here. In this month,
Yang Fire is a 7 Killings element so it’s possible that during everyday routines, individually or collectively, a
challenging life event may suddenly occur.
The chart’s energy calls for patience, yet individually and collectively it may show up as impatience, as if you can’t flow with the slow rhythm dictated by time and space, and want to rush ahead. But if you don’t stop this October and align yourself with the rhythm taught by the Yin Wood Snake year and this Yang Fire Dog month, you’ll miss the chance to face your deepest fears and hear the silence.
Isn’t it fascinating how the chart elements tell a story? The Yang Fire analogy always brings momentum, speed, passion, drive, and optimism. It would give this, if not overshadowed by the “rock” analogy of the Dog in the earthly branches.
And what about the Day Master of Yang Metal?
We
start with Yang Metal day, the sharp sword analogy, immediately indicating that there is a struggle, something to face. Yang Metal must be handled carefully, because it can easily
wound others, especially with words. This month,
be mindful of your speech. Your words can protect, but your inner sense of justice may push you to speak out.
Yet, tone, style, and intention make all the difference.
Notice your motives this month:
-Do you speak to shine a light on yourself?
-To prove you are better than others?
-Do you accuse out of blocked self-love, arrogance, or pride?
What vibration does your voice carry when you speak to others? Do your words strike like a weapon, or flow from love? Have you ever noticed in family gatherings, with your child, or in heated work meetings, how you express yourself? What matters more, impact or communication?
The
Dog beneath Yang Metal highlights fear again: what is that lack or wound within your inner child that still hurts in adulthood, making it hard to love and accept yourself? Have you ever felt the urge to voice your truth, but fear how others might interpret it? Or thought, “They won’t understand anyway…”
Every word, post, or speech carries intention, whether beautiful or not. You can deliver bad news with compassion, or good news with bad intent, through irony. What a difference, right?
The triple “Star of the Arts”
The chart contains three(!) Symbolic Stars of the Arts, strongly pointing out that in October you can
bring the soul level into the material. In solitude, in silence, while doing monotonous work, you may enter another dimension, channeling an invisible power of the soul into your actions.
This is what makes someone an artist when playing an instrument. This is what turns a Sunday lunch heavenly, or fills a pile of ironed clothes with love. It’s the energy of love you can fill into everyday tasks. This doesn’t only apply to art (music, dance, painting, etc.) it can flow through daily duties as well. A poem filled with purity heals. A course or teacher may carry exactly the vibration you need. What is created with love becomes love itself.
This invisible compass will be strong in all of us this October, you will feel who is
authentic and who is an imitation. You will sense where you need to connect, and from whom you want to learn. But remember, this gift is within each of us!
Excuses and self-expression
The Earthly combination between Ox and Dog can lead to making excuses: “Why should I share my opinion if no one will understand?” If you notice yourself hiding your inner brilliance behind excuses, recognize it and shift to a higher level! If you tend to criticize others’ work, thinking you could do it better, that often stems from suppressed arrogance born of blocked self-love.
Every vibration of self-rejection, disliking your body, hair, nose, or anything else, shows up and projects outward in your voice, appearance, and communication. October offers both the opportunity and the gift to “repair” this, to heal.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish for you to fill everything with love for in doing so, you become authentic, and your work and creations will bear the fruit of your true self.
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