Dragon

As the symbol of Chinese nation, dragon represents authority and good fortune. It has the fifth position among the Chinese zodiac animals. People born in the year of the Dragon are powerful, kind-hearted, successful, innovative, brave, healthy courageous and enterprising. However, they tend to be conceited, scrutinizing, tactless, quick-tempered and over-confident.

Chinese: 龙 (Lónɡ)
Earthly Branches: Chen (辰)
Energy: Yang
Five Elements: Earth (Tu)

Lucky things

Lucky Flowers: Bleeding heart vine, Larkspur
Lucky Gemstone: Amethyst
Lucky Numbers: 1, 6, 7
Lucky Colors: Golden, Silver, Hoary
Lucky Directions: West, Northwest, North
Best Match: Rat, Monkey, Rooster

Unlucky things

Unlucky Numbers: 3, 8, 9
Unlucky Colors: Cyan, Green
Unlucky Direction: Northwest
Worst Match: Ox, Dog, Sheep, Rabbit, Dragon

Personality traits

Among all the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, dragon is the only fictitious and deified animal that doesn't exist in the world. It is one of the four most revered animals of ancient China (they other three are phoenix, tortoise and kylin). The dragon images now we see are just from people's imagination. Because of this, the people born in the year of the dragon are usually dreamers fond of imagining. This gives others an unreal sense about them. To mention about their work, they can work hard at the beginning but usually give up once encounter difficulties. The permanent jobs with fixed salary are not fit for them. Those need more imagination like interior designers, architects, artists or cultural workers are suitable for them. The dragon women usually are typical modern occupation female paying much attention to their work while neglecting marriage. In general, the people under the dragon sign are mostly marry at a mature age as concentrating too much on their career.

Male personality traits

Male Dragons are generally well-built, energetic and always tireless and have ambitious goals and grand blueprints for the future. The unyielding Dragon men are sometimes over confident and face-saving. Open and straightforward, they boast outstanding leadership and management ability, trying to make everything perfect in every aspect. In case of emergency, they can keep a cool head, make decisions quickly and act like a king.

In daily life, male Dragons are neither wasting nor stingy. Instead, they are generous and never mind whether they can make both ends meet. As a result, they are always accompanied by friends or admirers who will never lose faith in them. Vacillation, cowardice and buck-passing are not in their nature. Even if they are single, they will manage to live a happy life since they live for work and career!

As for love and relationship, male Dragons either marry early or remain single. If you want to be the girlfriend of a Dragon man, you have to be his confidant first and always support and assist him in career. Since he wants a like-minded partner, you don't have to pretend to be a little fool - as long as you share the like mind, you can win his true heart, respect and love.

Male Dragons are born to be career-oriented. If you are bothered by workplace problems, you might as well consult a Dragon man who can offer you his opinion and a good solution. For those with bad days at work, Dragon men can be the best vocational counselor.

Female personality traits

Female Dragons, with lofty ideals and a strong sense of responsibility, can work consciously for the benefit of others and do everything in a bold and resolute manner. They like to fight fiercely and indomitably and choose to go right to the end with what they have begun. With leaders' glamour, Dragon women always attract others to abide by them. Since they are always treated with smile, they tend to stand high above the masses, behave in an opinionated way and even take their own course.

In daily life, they prefer natural beauty to dressing up excessively. With a strong sense of pride, they are condescending yet unwilling to be treated like a sage. What they want is only the proper respect. Through their clothing, you can find that they are serious and love the sensible clothes best. Female Dragons advocate women's political participation and equality between men and women and they would fly into a rage on the discrimination against women.

Dragon women tend to be in a passive position as for love and relationship. Fortunately, they are generous and hospitable, set strict demands on themselves, and win the love and pursuit of others with their honesty and enthusiasm. Generally speaking, they lead a nice marriage life.

When it comes to career, female Dragons tend to focus on the creative work and ignore their marriage, thus the typical modern professional women. In general, they would get married late since they are career-oriented.

Compatibility

Among all the 12 animal signs, the Monkeys have the most tacit understanding with the Dragon people and they are all creative. The Dragons like the humorous and practical Rats at the same time are easy to be moved by their praise. In addition, the cunning Rats can be good partners with the Dragons to make something big. The Dragon people can live happily with the people with Rooster sign, for they usually have common interests and new ideas. The Roosters could also be very good helper for Dragons’ career.

People under the signs of the Tiger, Snake, Horse and the Pig all like to be friends with the Dragon people because they admire the dragon's beautiful bearing and strength.

However, two Dragons couldn’t get along well with each other as none of them would like to give up their own decisions. The relationship between the Dragon and the Ox people are usually tense, because both the stubborn and steady Ox people don’t like the Dragons who have a sense of authority in nature. The people that the Dragon feels headache most is the Dog. They feel uncomfortable due to the Dog people's close guard. Also, the Dragons don’t like the Sheep people as they are thought to be weak and couldn’t help them much if they make cooperation. As the Dragon and Rabbit harm each other in Chinese astrology, so they should avoid being together as well.

Careers

The Dragon people are not fit to those manual and mechanical jobs. They should choose those works from which they could display their creative and thinking talents well. Therefore, working as an office man is not fit to a Dragon. Suitable jobs for them include statesmen, conductors, artists, critics, sportsmen and explorers.

Best Work Partners: Rat, Monkey, Rooster
Best Age to Start a Business: 25 – 45
Best Career Field: Architecture
Best Business to Do: Bar, Hardware Store
Best Direction for Career: North, West and Southwest

Love

Dragons are unpredictable, subtle and adventurous dreamers. The extraordinary courage, talent and generosity are great tools making them attractive to the opposite sex. The strongest trait of Dragon people is duplicity - they may complain about someone but actually have a crush on the latter. Probably this is the typical stubborn personality.

Money and career seem especially important to people born in the year of the Dragon, making the position of love relationship a little precarious. In fact, they also desire a great relationship but they have a strong sense of self-protection and prefer a peaceful and stable life. Because of this, Dragon people tend to consider everything from a third-party aspect and think too much, so they often miss the right one and marry at a mature age.

Love is not a deal and it cannot be measured by money. People of Dragon sign are suggested to get over the overthinking. Since money cannot fill the inner emptiness and make up the lack of security, they might as well think less and boldly pursue the fervent love.

How to make a Dragon love you more? As the representative of duplicity, your Dragon may pretend to be calm and nothing has happened even if he/she has been fallen for you. You are supposed to be active and determined with a Dragon and never be fooled by externals, because he/she has two faces in love relationship. Maybe he/she looks cool and calm but it does not mean you are not loved, so show faith in the relationship.

27 January 1952  –  13 February 1953
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - blue. Element - water.

13 February 1964  –  31 January 1965
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - green. Element - wood.

31 January 1976  –  17 February 1977
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - red. Element - fire.

17 February 1988  –  05 February 1989
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - brown. Element - earth.

05 February 2000  –  23 January 2001
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - white. Element - metal.

23 January 2012  –  09 February 2013
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - blue. Element - water.

10 February 2024  –  28 January 2025
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - green. Element - wood.

28 January 2036  –  14 February 2037
Yang (male year, sun and light, sky and day). Colour - red. Element - fire.