An expansive, combustible, energetic, and exhilarating year, in which caution is thrown to the wind and grandiose schemes and ventures are embarked upon. Everything and everyone is touched this year by the Dragon's indomitable spirit and colossal ambition and daring. Money will be easily obtained, as big spending and speculation will be the rule of the day. This is indeed a time to act, as great things can and will be done, but we must also be cautious lest, like Icarus, we fly to close to the sun and come crashing down on melting wings. Fortunes as well as disasters will come in huge waves and tempers will erupt as people and even nations rebel against constrictions and injustice of every sort. As there is nothing mediocre about the Dragon, successes as well as failures will be manifested on a grand scale. The Chinese regard this as a most auspicious year to luanch a new business, get married or have children, as the mighty and benevolent Dragon is the harbinger of happiness and good fortune.

The Dragon is the guardian of wealth and power. Like its close relative the Snake, the Dragon is a karmic sign and those born in the year of the Dragon are said to wear the "horns of destiny". Proud, aristocratic, eccentric, egotistical, and extremely forthright and direct, Dragons will establish their goals and ideals quite early in life. They set high standards for themselves and have the potential to accomplish great things. They posses little to no self-doubt and are courageous, individualistic, and pioneering. Inspired by their own grandiose and colorful visions, whatever they attempt will be either stupendous, trail-blazing successes or dramatic failures. For them there is no safe or middle road, only victory or death. Whatever their chosen path, they must follow it, regardless of the consequences. They were born with a mission in life, full of vitality and strength, Dragons are veritable storehouses of dynamic energy. However, they must learn to temper their early enthusiasm as they could run the risk of seeing everything burn up like a meteor.

While a Dragon may be magnanimous, strong and decisive, the straightforward and truthful Dragon is distinctly lacking in cunning or guile. In a sense, Dragons regard such ways as beneath them, and their pride and aloofness they may neglect to pay attention to the subversive or deceitful ways of those around them. They operate on strength and truth alone and cannot understand why others don't do the same and meet them fair and square. Often this is because they can intimidate, even when they don't mean to, for in a direct confrontation the Dragon is incontestable, or indomitable champion of the joust, a chivalrous but unbeatable opponent.

Strong tempered and often a raging sea of emotions when crosses, Dragons are just as quick to forgive and forget once they have let off steam. They can be breathing fire on you one minute and then tenderly dressing your wounds the next, believing that you have learned your lesson or at the very lease, that they have been heard. Although imperious and dogmatic, they a re at heart true believers in personal dignity, individual freedom and human rights. Their greatest pitfalls are overconfidence in their own abilities and refusal to accept defeat. They will spend all of their resources before admitting to failure. They need to learn when to retreat and when to guard their flanks.

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