THE TWELVE YEAR ANIMALS
Dragon
The Dragon evokes change on a larger scale.
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Unlike the other animals, the Dragon is a mythic figure. Its year image can hold energy, possibility and the difficulty of guiding a change that affects more than one person, without promising fortune or exceptional status.
An example
A broad new idea may need a smaller, grounded plan before it can help anyone.
A question to carry with you
How could you give an ambitious idea a workable form?
Find your own lunar-year placement
Use your birth date to find the year animal, stem, branch, stem phase and Yin/Yang. This calculator follows Chinese New Year; it does not calculate a full Four Pillars (BaZi) chart.