A dragon year is a year of changes and this one is expected to be a year of major changes, life-altering changes. According to an article in The Nation, what you do the first half of the year will determine what the results will be later in the year. Thats all nice, but extremely vague. What kind of big changes are we talking about?

We can get some idea by looking at the symbolism of both dragons and water, particularly in Chinese mythology.

A dragon is said to be a combination of a serpent, an earth or matter symbol and a bird, a sky or spirit symbol, so the dragon joins spirit and matter together. The dragon is also associated with fire which makes it symbolic of solar power and transformation.

Water is a symbol of many things also. Water symbolizes birth, rebirth, and the Great Mother or the female aspect of God. Water is like liquid Light. Water brings new life into an area suffering from a drought. Water also symbolizes cleansing or purifying. Water comes from the Fountain of Youth that flows from the Tree of Life. Great sages are often depicted walking on water, sailing on water, or otherwise crossing a body of water, which is symbolic of a change to a new state of being, a more spiritual state.

So when we put this all together we get a water dragon year that will be a year of great changes, spiritual changes or changes that will tend to encourage us to become more spiritual and less material. And those changes will, on some level, be associated with water, fire, and the sun. When you combine this with the various prophecies and predictions from other sources for this year, you get a good idea of what to expect for the next several months.