Not many Dragons were having fun in the 2016 Monkey Year and this is the first general outlook on the forthcoming 2017 year of the Rooster.
Dragons
in the limelight
Adele has married her Tiger Simon Konecki.
Emma Stone has won a best actress Oscar with La La Land.
Bill Belichik has won his 5th Super Bowl at his 7th appearance for Patriots owner "Snake" Robert Kraft together with his well observing top "Snake" Tom Brady, who is pleasing a striking Dragon force with RB LeGarrette Blount and WR Chris Hogan by creating loads of shiny scoring opportunities.
Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas has celebrated 100 years of life.
Steven Seagal was rewarded by Vladimir Putin with a Russian citizenship, Diego Costa is leading the score board in the Premier League, Bill Belichik shines in the NFL, but President Park Geun-hye is having a hard timein South Korea.
Huma Abedin was stopped on her way into the White House besides getting divorced from her doggie husband Anthony Weiner.
Michel Temer has taken over the presidency in Brazil and Brexit Boris Johnson wants to lead England to new heights.
... the life of a Dragon .... the Master of Illusion
Dragons like Shakira and Rihanna promise a lot.
Chinese call the Dragon "Chén" what means "lóng" - witty.
Back in the very last year of the Rooster in 2005 it was up to Shakira and Rihanna to impress the world while many male Dragons were in struggling.
In fact, the Rooster is none of those classic soul mates for the Dragons, so that 2017 might be another rough road.
Dragons woud be well advised to focus on their magmificent social talents to find more allies in order to get safely through to the much better year of the Dog in 2018.
Certainly there are some fine chances in 2017, and most likely the female Dragons hve a good understanding of Rooster passion, what has made not only Rihanna so famous.
But also male Dragons may benefit like soccer genius Juergen Klinsmann, who had started his career in the Rooster year 1981 before he became the manager of the German national team in the 2005 Rooster year.
Ambition and intensse communication had helped him a lot and that is how Dragons can succeed in 2017.
Overall, the the Year of the Rooster is offering a lot of challenges, but Dragons are able to win it and to get well prepared for the forthcoming years.