Chinese Zodiac - 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.

Basic Astrology Elements
Earthly Branch of Birth Year: Chen
The Five Elements: Earth (Tu)
Yin Yang: Yang ([Chinese philosophy] positive/active/male principle in nature)
Lucky Numbers: 1, 6, 7; Avoid 3, 8, 9
Lucky Flowers: bleeding heart vine, larkspur
Lucky Colors: white, golden, red, purple, yellow, brown; Avoid cyan, green

Start Date	End Date	Associated Element	Heavenly Branch
01/23/1928	02/09/1929	Yang Earth	Wu Chen
02/09/1940	01/26/1941	Yang Metal	Geng Chen
01/27/1952	02/13/1953	Yang Water	Ren Chen
02/13/1964	02/01/1965	Yang Wood	Jia Chen
01/31/1976	02/17/1977	Yang Fire	Bing Chen
02/17/1988	02/05/1989	Yang Earth	Wu Chen
02/05/2000	01/23/2001	Yang Metal	Geng Chen
01/23/2012	02/09/2013	Yang Water	Ren Chen
02/10/2024	01/25/2025	Yang Wood	Jia Chen

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. Please click for more about Dragon Personality Traits.

The Dragon people of different elements also have different personalities and fortune:

Click the following links to get personalities and horoscope for the five types of Dragon.
→ Fire Dragon: 1976 (Jan. 31, 1976 - Feb. 17, 1977)
→ Wood Dragon: 1964 (Feb. 13, 1964 - Feb. 01, 1965)
→ Water Dragon: 1952 (Jan. 27, 1952 - Feb. 13, 1953) or 2012 (Jan. 23, 2012 - Feb. 09, 2013)
→ Metal Dragon: 1940 (Feb. 09, 1940 - Jan. 26, 1941) or 2000 (Feb. 05, 2000 - Jan. 23, 2001)  
→ Earth Dragon: 1928 (Jan. 23, 1928 - Feb. 09, 1929) or 1988 (Feb. 17, 1988 - Feb. 05, 1989)

 

Best Match: Rat, Monkey, Rooster
Worst Match: Ox, Dog, Dragon, Sheep, Rabbit
→ Please click for more about Dragon Compatibility.

 

Find your compatible zodiac signs according to your month:

Birth Month of the Dragon	Personality of the Dragon	Girl's Match	Boy's Match
Jan.	behavioristic	Ox	Ox
Feb.	having a powerful reasoning capacity	Sheep	Rooster
Mar.	having a strong sense of self-importance	Dog	Sheep
Apr.	generous, bold and unconstrained	Dog	Rat
May.	open and cordial	Snake	Dog
Jun.	having a strong sense of honor	Ox	Rooster
Jul.	hard-working	Dog	Rat
Aug.	quick in mind	Rabbit	Rooster
Sep.	economical	Tiger	Rat
Oct.	honest and courageous	Dragon	Rat
Nov.	lonely and sensitive	Pig	Ox
Dec.	determined	Ox	Dog

► Dragon Yearly Horoscope

2017 Yearly Horoscope Predictions
* The prediction is valid for 2017 starting from January 28, 2017 and lasting to February 15, 2018.

Overview: Entering into 2017 which is the year of the Fire Rooster 'Ding You', you Dragon people will have significantly improved fortune and you may get great development in both love and career since rooster and dragon are compatible with each other in Chinese zodiac; you Dragons will be bound to have good fortune in 2017. During the year, you should try to expand your vision as far as possible and never limit your activities within a small scope but take a broad view to seize more opportunities. In 2017, you will be blessed by two auspicious stars, namely Longde and Ziwei , which suggests that you will have good fortune in both career and wealth. However, you should beware that you will be affected by the inauspicious stars like Posui, thus easy to provoke villains, so you should pay special attention to it and never act on impulse to meddle in others' business, or you will be in troubles. Find out what’s in store for your sign in money, career, love relationship and health for 2017, please click:
→ Dragon Horoscope 2017 Predictions

You may also want to know Dragon horoscope in the next year. Please click: → Dragon Horoscope 2018 Predictions

2017 Yearly Horoscope for Dragons Born in Different Years
→ Horoscope Forecast for the Dragons Born in 1964 (between February 13, 1964 and February 01, 1965)
→ Horoscope Forecast for the Dragons Born in 1976 (between January 31, 1976 and February 17, 1977)
→ Horoscope Forecast for the Dragons Born in 1988 (between February 17, 1988 and February 05, 1989)

► 2017 Monthly Horoscope
Find out what 2017 will be for the Dragons in each month? Please click 2017 Monthly Horoscope Prediction for the Dragons

Dragon's Fate by Birth Time
The birth time of people plays a very important role in terms of whether the destiny is auspicious or not. People under the Dragon sign born in different time periods will have different characters and fate. Those who were born and will be born between 11:00PM - 01:00AM and 07:00AM - 09:00AM are the most auspicious.

Best Birth Dates
The Dragon people born in the 1st, 3rd, 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 28th or the 30th day in Chinese lunar calendar are usually blessed with good luck and fortune during the whole life.

Best Birth Months
The Dragon people born in February, March, April, July or August are usually lucky and fortunate.
February: The Dragon people born in February could have a prosperous fortune and great success in career. Owning a great power and high position, they are well-respected by people.
March: Blessed with great talent, the Dragons born in March are usually put in an important position in work. Also, they are strong-willed and perseverant. Most of them could achieve a high official position.
April: Full of vigor, wise and highly regarded by others, the Dragon people with the birth month of April are winners both in fame and profit.
July: Blessed with extraordinary talent and courage, the Dragons born in July could get success in every aspect. They could keep good health and are regarded venerable.
August: The dragons with the birth month of August are always outstanding figures. They are also popular among friends and enjoy a free life by traveling around the world.

Note: The months here refer to the Chinese lunar month. Please use the Gregorian-Chinese Calendar Converter tool on Chinese calendar page to find the Chinese lunar month.

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.

When selecting a Chinese name for the people born in the year of Dragon, there are some dos and don’ts you need to know which are based on the characters of the Dragon, zodiac compatibility and Chinese five element theories. Let's take a look at what are good and auspicious names for the male and female Dragons.
→ Auspicious Chinese Names for the Dragon Year People