Dragon 龍
Earth · Yang
Year of the Dragon
The only mythical animal in the cycle, and Dragons live like they know it. Confident, vital, and born with a sense of destiny, they set standards others quietly adopt and lift the energy of any project they believe in. Dragons do not follow paths; they assume one will form underfoot. The shadow is scale: grand visions that skip the boring middle, and a pride that hears feedback as static. At their best, Dragons are weather systems — people plan around them, grow under their rain, and remember for years the season a Dragon believed in them.
♥ In love
Generous, dazzling, occasionally exhausting. Dragons need admiration less than they need a partner unafraid to be their equal — that is the rare thing that holds them.
◆ At work
Natural founders, directors, and rainmakers. Dragons need a mission with real stakes and a lieutenant who loves the details they skip.
Compatibility
The Dragon's trine allies are the Rat & Monkey — signs whose energy traditionally amplifies theirs. The clash opposite is the Dog: friction that can teach, but takes work. Folklore, not fate.
Dragon years
Zodiac years begin at 立春 (Start of Spring, around February 4) — January and early-February births usually belong to the previous animal. Our lookup corrects for this automatically.