Dragon
Lunar year opened on February 17, 2026.Dragon: the year of the Fire Horse 2026
This year, the Fire Horse gallops in, bringing a neutral energy that leaves the tone of your year in your hands. While minor setbacks may crop up in your daily life, maintaining harmony at home will be your anchor, helping you navigate these small challenges. The fiery energy of the year feeds your Earth element, offering you a boost of vitality. This is a time to embrace your personal power and set the pace for your journey.
Advice for the year
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Customarily, donate blood and avoid long trips at night.
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Make deliberate time for your partner.
Your standing with Tai Sui
A neutral year
Tai Sui leaves you be: the year turns mostly on your own choices.
- The year's element
- Fire
- Your sign's element
- Earth
The year's element (Fire) feeds your sign's (Earth): energy comes to you.
Tai Sui is the deity who governs each lunar year. Depending on where your sign stands with the year's animal, the year carries you or tests you.
The year's stars
Chinese tradition gives each sign its own stars every year: some help, others call for care, and they colour the areas below.
Condolence guest
弔客 DelicateThe year may bring small injuries and sad visits. Take it easy on the road and look after your elders.
Month harm (minor)
月煞 DelicateThe year scatters small setbacks through daily life. Mind harmony at home, it will be your shelter.
Widow's lodge
寡宿 DelicateThe year may bring cooler moments in a relationship. Make time together to find your closeness again.
Love
This year, you might find that your relationship experiences some cooler moments, a time when the Widow's lodge, a star of emotional distance, casts its shadow. This isn't a sign of trouble, but an invitation to reconnect. Make time together, just the two of you, to rediscover the closeness that might have slipped away in the busyness of life. It's an opportunity to reignite the spark, to share stories and dreams, and to listen to each other's hearts.
Work
This year, your work life is likely to be marked by a sense of equilibrium, with neither significant obstacles nor extraordinary opportunities presenting themselves. The stars suggest that steady progress and consistent effort will yield better results than ambitious or risky ventures. This is a time to focus on maintaining your current trajectory, refining your skills, and building on your existing foundations. Avoid the temptation to chase after grand, potentially disruptive changes, and instead, concentrate on the incremental steps that will lead to long-term success.
Money
For you, this year brings no particular financial highlights, so steady habits will serve you well. There is no need for bold moves or caution beyond the usual. Keep your focus on maintaining what you have, and you will find the year passes smoothly.
Health
This year, you might encounter minor setbacks and unexpected visits that bring a touch of sadness, particularly around health matters. The energy of the year suggests being cautious on the road and paying extra attention to the well-being of your elders. Consider taking it easy when traveling, and make time to check in on those who might need your support. A gentle pace and thoughtful care can help navigate these influences with grace.
Month by month
- Best month
- Rooster (Sep 11)
- Hardest month
- Dog (Oct 10)
The month of the Rooster: an allied month, when things come without forcing.
The Dragon in brief
Dragons are confident, charismatic leaders who pursue big visions with courage and energy, though their pride can turn domineering.
Defining traits
- charismatic (Confirmed by 5 independent sources)
- confident (Confirmed by 4 independent sources)
- courageous (Confirmed by 4 independent sources)
The dots show how many independent sources agree on the trait, up to five.
- Colours
- gold
- purple
- white
- Numbers 1 · 6 · 7
- Flowers clerodendrum
- Directions west
Best matches
Strengths and weaknesses, lucky charms, love matches: the sign's full portrait in the encyclopedia.
The full Dragon profile →About this horoscope
The yearly horoscope follows Tai Sui, the deity who governs each lunar year: where your sign stands with the year's animal, the stars the year gives it, how the year's element meets your sign's, and the tone of each lunar month. It is one reading for everyone born under the Dragon.