In Asia, for five millennia, the Dragon (Lung/long) has been the preeminent icon for greatness, wisdom, transformation, and good fortune. The magnificent virtuous qualities of the “Eastern or Oriental” Dragon are the antithesis to the malevolent vicious natures that “Western or Occidental” Dragons are usually depicted having.

The Dragon is the ultimate power symbol for success, prosperity, health, and protection in feng shui (fung shway), the five thousand year old Chinese art or practice of positioning objects based on a belief in patterns of yin and yang (negative and positive duality) and the flow of chi (chee/energy).

Asian Dragons are associated with a “pearl of wisdom,” either pursuing it, or held in the mouth, under the chin, or in the claws. They are portrayed as having the ability to “shape-shift,” at will, to adopt the form or virtue (i.e. courage, adaptability, boldness, perseverance, etc.) of any creature or object they choose.

Millions of people around the world consider the Asian Dragon to be the most powerful, enlightened, magical creature (real or mythical) of all time. In the Far East, to call someone a Dragon, is to say that that person is a Master and/or has Greatness…