Wood Loong

Lunar New Year fell on Jan 23. Anyone born before that date belongs to the previous year (Rabbit).

People born in a Loong year let small things slide and refuse to compromise on big ones. There is usually a version of events in their head one size larger than the current one, and their eyes light up when they describe it, pulling the room along. Presence is real: they do not raise their voice, and people simply look over. The unseen cost is that they judge themselves brutally, remember only the missing tenth of a nine-out-of-ten job, and get faintly uncomfortable when someone praises them. They are also the one who quietly covers the bill and acts like it was nothing.

Wu is the thick earth that holds a room steady, Chen the loong that stores water and raises cloud. A forest standing on that wet ground pushes up tree after tree while the roots go deep. People like this do not move often, and before changing anything they check the foundation. They speak slowly, and their words carry weight. If the ground is unsure they would rather not move at all than build on something approximate.