When a Dragon enters a gathering, the room starts to simmer. The Dragon carries a self-assurance so impressive, and inflated ego so visible and a mouth so loud that it is useless to try to tell him anything. Dragons are tyrannical. They hate orders except when they are giving them. Unlike the Tiger, who imposes his will seriously and firmly, the Ox, whose authority is implied in his very stern demeanor, or the Rat, who thrusts his dominion over others, the Dragon knows innately how to exert authority yet be gentle with his slaves.
Dragons are terrible snobs.
Although money is not always the object, they are slavishly impressed by wealth, prestige, rank and splendor. The Dragon is chiefly made to succeed in life. Success comes easily to him, so easily that he tends to take it for granted. He is someone of grandiose projects and tremendous undertakings - a person destined to set the whole world in motion or ablaze. For this reason he cannot bear mediocrity and secretly, if not openly, despises those who content themselves with cultivating their own gardens or lighting their own candles.