One cell of 144
Taurus + Year of the Dragon
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Taurus meets the Year of the Dragon, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Taurus born in the Year of the Dragon?
A Taurus born in the Year of the Dragon is the Galápagos Tortoise. The month and day set the Taurus half, the birth year sets the Dragon half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Galápagos Tortoise for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Taurus half
Taurus holds April 20 to May 20, fixed Earth under Venus. You build slowly and keep what you build. Once you have decided a thing is good, the argument is over, whether or not anyone else has noticed. Read Taurus in the Western wing.
The Dragon half
The Dragon is the fifth branch and runs with the Rat and the Monkey, the quick and inventive third of the wheel. You carry more scale than the room expects. Recent Dragon years are 2000, 2012 and 2024. Read the Year of the Dragon.
The crossing
What Taurus and the Dragon make together
Taurus brings the weight that keeps a thing standing. The Dragon year brings a wingspan the room did not plan for. Put both in one creature and you get the Galápagos Tortoise.
You move toward what you decided on at your own pace, and the calendar eventually apologizes.
The Dragon runs in a trine with the Rat and the Monkey. Held to the same Taurus season, those years give the Aardwolf and the Ringtail, the two crossings whose engines run closest to yours.
The boundary
Born near the boundary?
The Chinese year does not turn on January 1. It turns at the lunar New Year, somewhere between late January and mid February, so a birthday in those weeks can belong to the animal before this one. The year finder checks the real date for any year you give it.
Common questions
Questions about this crossing
Is the Galápagos Tortoise the same as being a Taurus?
Taurus is half of it. The Galápagos Tortoise is the specific crossing of Taurus with the Year of the Dragon, one cell out of 144. Two people can share a Sun sign and carry different animals, because the birth year changes the second half.
What if I was born in January or February of a Dragon year?
The Chinese year turns at the lunar New Year, which lands between late January and mid February. A birthday in those weeks can belong to the previous animal, so the year finder checks the real boundary before the grid names your crossing.
Which crossings share the Galápagos Tortoise's trine?
The Dragon runs with the Rat and the Monkey. Held to the same Taurus dates, those years give the Aardwolf and the Ringtail, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Galápagos Tortoise's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.