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^ 'Year of the Dragon – Naga – Thai Zodiac'.No Match/ Rival-Enemy-Obstacle (Opposite Sign)Ĭycle: (Trine Group) Dragon needs Monkey, Monkey needs Rat, Rat needs Dragon, (Opposite Sign) his rivalry needs to oppose the Dog.īasic astrology elements Earthly Branches: The relatively recent phenomenon of planning a child's birth in the Dragon year has led to hospital undercapacity issues and even an uptick in infant mortality rates toward the end of these years due to strained neonatal resources. There are typically marked spikes in the birth rates of countries that use the Chinese zodiac or places with substantial Overseas Chinese populations during the year of the Dragon, because such 'Dragon babies' are considered to be lucky and have desirable characteristics that supposedly lead to better life outcomes. People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the 'Year of the Dragon', while bearing the following elemental sign: ĭuring the Cultural Revolution, giant panda was situated in the place of the dragon although this didn't last long. Early Persian translations of the medieval period change to dragon to a sea serpent although in current times is generally refer to as whale. In Old Turkic calendar it is replaced by the fish or crocodile. In the Gurung zodiac, the Dragon is replaced by the eagle.

In the Buddhist calendar used in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, the Dragon is replaced by the nāga. It has been proposed by one academic researcher that the Earthly Branch character may have been associated with scorpions it may have symbolized the star Antares. The Year of the Dragon is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰, pronounced chen. The Dragon, also known as Loong, ( simplified Chinese: 龙 traditional Chinese: 龍) is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. Zodiac dragon, showing the lóng (龍) character for dragon

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