As the animals rotate every 12 years, you are also a Dragon if you were born in 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 or 2012 and your lucky numbers are 1, 6, 7 and any numbers containing them both (16, 61 etc) and your lucky days are the 1st and 16th of the month and lucky colours are gold, silver or greyish white.
People born in a year of the Dragon can be regarded as aggressive, angry and not open to criticism and are most compatible with Rats (born 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008) Monkeys (born in 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004) and Roosters (born 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005) but avoid Dogs (born 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006).
According to Chinese astrology, the year of one's birth sign is the most unlucky year in the 12-year cycle but it can be offset by wearing outer clothing, bags, shoes, underwear, and even socks in red or purple which brings luck.
Dragons are thought to be best suited to be leaders of the world with their character traits of courage, intelligence and ambition and fellow Dragons include Charles Darwin, Bruce Lee, John Lennon, Vladimir Putin, Martin Luther King Jr., Che Guevera, Andy Warhol and Rihanna.
Some things that you should not do today on Chinese New Years Day is eat porridge (brings poverty), no sewing or knitting (depletes wealth) don't wash clothes (washed away good luck), no crying (brings bad luck), don't use scissors or knives (cuts wealth), don't borrow or lend money (leads to debt), don't wear plain black or white clothes (unlucky), eat pears (leaving soon) or give anybody four of anything (brings death) and don't visit a hospital (brings illness).
So, Xinnián Kuàilè or Happy New Year and spare a thought for knife salesmen as well as launderette staff.
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