Year of the Dragon - Chinese Zodiac Dragon Years: 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024

Dragon is an adventurous and wise sign full of vigor and vitality. Characterized by a lofty ideal and an imposing look, people of Dragon sign are perfectionists who are bad-tempered, arbitrary, impulsive and stubborn. They often need the forgiveness of other people and generally have no lifelong goals yet show filial piety to elders and never swallow an insult.

Chinese: 龙 (Lónɡ)
Earthly Branches: Chen (辰)
Energy: Yang
Five Elements: Earth (Tu)
Buddhist Protector: Samantabhadra, The Lord of Truth
Wealth Direction: Northwest
Love Direction: West
Wen Chang Direction: Southwest

Things that will bring dragon luck:

Lucky Numbers: 1, 6, 7
Lucky Colors: golden, silver, hoary
Lucky Directions: west, northwest, north
Lucky Flowers: bleeding heart vine, larkspur
Lucky Gemstone: Amethyst

Things that dragon should avoid:

Unlucky Numbers: 3, 8, 9
Unlucky Colors: Cyan, Green
Unlucky Direction: Northwest

Dragon Years

Year	When	Stem-Branch	Element	Yin Yang
1928	Jan.23, 1928 – Feb.9, 1929	Wu Chen	Earth	Yang
1940	Feb.8, 1940 – Jan.26, 1941	Geng Chen	Metal	Yang
1952	Jan.27, 1952 – Feb.13, 1953	Ren Chen	Water	Yang
1964	Feb.13, 1964 – Feb.1, 1965	Jia Chen	Wood	Yang
1976	Jan.31, 1976 – Feb.17, 1977	Bing Chen	Fire	Yang
1988	Feb.17, 1988 – Feb.5, 1989	Wu Chen	Earth	Yang
2000	Feb.5, 2000 – Jan.23, 2001	Geng Chen	Metal	Yang
2012	Jan.23, 2012 – Feb.9, 2025	Ren Chen	Water	Yang
2024	Feb.10, 2024 – Jan.28, 2025	Jia Chen	Wood	Yang

Dragon Love Compatibility

As idealists, Dragon people go for perfect no matter what they do and often make more efforts than the average. They seldom take the initiative to love others or worry about love issues, as they are surrounded by pursuers. Tolerance and special talent are required to maintain the relationship with them in love or marriage and they usually need more praise.

Best with: Rat, Tiger or Snake
Worst with: Ox, Goat or Dog

Dragon in 2023

Career:

The Dragons will have poor career opportunities in 2023. They will be likely to encounter various setbacks and obstacles due to stubbornness and impulse. However, they can face it actively and be more rational.

Love:

The Dragons will not have an ideal relationship fortune in 2023. Their relationship will experience some twists and turns due to their stubbornness and impulsiveness. So, they are advised to have more communications and avoid impulsiveness.

Health:

The Dragons should learn to rest more during the weekdays, adjust the working hours and rest time. For women, especially young girls, they should not stay outside at night. Otherwise, it will be easy to cause dangerous events.

Wealth:

The wealth luck of the Dragons will also be not satisfactory and ideal in 2023. It will be difficult for them to have good opportunities. They should not be impulsive and stubborn. Otherwise, it will cause a loss of money, and they need to be calm and rational.