Talk:Dragon (zodiac)

message: Are Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin born in the year of the Dragon, or the year of the Snake? When did the 1809 Chinese New Year officially begin?
Note: according to this website, Abraham Lincoln was born in the year of the Snake, which means Darwin was also born in the year of the Snake (according to that website). The truth is, 1809 was so long ago, does anyone really remember what Chinese Signs occured during that year? And if so, what were they?
:Mathematics can determine when this was.  The article for the Chinese New Year mentions that it takes place on "the day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs."  I thought it was during the spring, but okay... so chances are, if Abe and Chuck were born sometime after or before switching over, then we could figure out if they were Dragons or Snakes, or whatever.  MasterXiam 21:13, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
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message: I thought the Chinese symbol for 'Year of the Dragon' was 辰, as apposed to 龍, which just means 'Dragon'.  I could be wrong though.  Could somebody please verify which is correct.  Sadako No Deshi 18:50, 18 July 2006 (BST)
No, again, that is not the right character at all.  The character you have there is "chen2" and means various things, but often "celestial bodies".  Are all the characters wrong?  I've looked at two so far, and two are totally wrong.Lesotho 03:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese Character

message: Is the Dragon the sign for England, as was in the original article and as suggested on other sites on the web, or for the United Kingdom? This seems to have been changed by an anonymous editor who may have been operating under the fallacy that England and UK are synonymous or that United Kingdom is the correct term for England as I know that constituent countries of the UK (at least England, Scotland and Wales) usually have their own zodiac signs attributed to each of them, the western zodiac for example. Benson85 21:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Benson, from what I know, the Dragon governs the United Kingdom, not just England. England is sometimes the only one listed because it's probably the most notable part of the UK, but for sure the UK is governed by the Dragon. Ireland is governed by the Dog (which is the sign opposite to the Dragon). Though Ireland is not listed under the Dog because only 6 countries are listed, not more. VeronicaPR 23:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  England/United Kingdom 

message: Hrmpf. In the very minute I finally got the Dog article finished, the new categories were put up into the Deletion candidates. Go here for details, and please tell if you want the categories kept, deleted, or if you got another suggestion entirely. I've stopped editing for now. Teshik 14:53, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Split contested, candidate for deletion

message: Do not reply here; go to centralized discussion at Talk:Rat (zodiac)#Let's remove all the celebrities lists. — coelacan — 18:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  remove list of people 

message: I have factual links that tell you the meaning of the Chinese zodiac Dragon, etc.
They are not advertising anything personal. I feel they may help the site.
If you do not believe so, please remove. They were previously posted on two articles.
I want to combine them and post them on each horoscope, Including this one. 
All I am doing is changing the name as on the sites them selves.
Such as chineseastrology.com/Dragon I would change Horse to Dog or Snake and it would give me the meaning of that horoscope. now that link i just posted is not real, but It is an example of the real ones that I am doing. You can check me to make sure.
They link to the meaning of each horoscope and is accurate from what I've done so far. Ariyen (talk) 13:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Hey guys, just passing by on this article and noticed that the first set of dates in the Dragon (zodiac)#Years and the Five Elements section says 16 February 1916 – 3 February 1905: Wood Dragon. I'm assuming that's a typo, since from 1916 to 1905... well... is backwards! Does anyone know what this should be? Joshua Lee talk softly, please 14:57, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, turned out it was vandalism or a mistaken edit. Joshua Lee talk softly, please 15:00, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting dates? 

message: where is 1940 in the list of years?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.230.215.24 (talk) 13:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing year? 

message: If there were sources for  these then please list them.
--Mr.Goblins (talk) 20:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Elements 

message: Attribute                      	
Zodiac Location                	5th
Ruling hours                   	7am-9am
Direction                      	East-southeast
Motto                          	“I Reign”Dragon Motto
Season and month               	Spring, April
Fixed element                  	Wood 12 Chinese Zodiac Sign Tutorial Chinese Zodiac Sign
Stem                           	Positive
Lunar Month Dates              	April 5 – May 4
Birthstone                     	Bloodstone
Colors                         	Red and Violet
Roughly equivalent western sign	Aries
Polarity                       	Yang
There should be a list of elements to different Dragons in different countries.--74.34.81.237 (talk) 21:32, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traditional [[Dragon (zodiac)|Dragon]] attributes and associations 

message: I just edited the dates and years, several of which were off by a day (not using UTC?) and some that were way off (a couple of dates in March, when dates can only be in January or February). I also added the dates for 1892-93, which makes it more consistent with the date ranges for other Chinese animal signs.
I used calculations from the Solar Fire astrology software program, which is usually very accurate (to within a fraction of a second). Dates are for the New Moon in Aquarius (using tropical zodiac; always initiates the Chinese New Year), and all dates and times were calculated in UTC.
I don't edit very often, and not for a very long time, so I thought I would explain my edits here. If I did something I shouldn't have, or didn't do something I should have, please let me know and accept my apologies. Thanks! --Pegasuss (talk) 21:00, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates 

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message: Please chime in at Talk:Rat_(zodiac)#Celebrity_lists,_again regarding removing the list of people from all Chinese zodiac articles. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove list of people, again