I wrote this post in honour of Lunar New Year and the changing of the zodiac from Rabbit to Dragon. When I was growing up, deriving the date for Lunar New Year (LNY) was akin to dark magic. We never understood when it was, and my grandparents kept track by consulting their Chinese lunisolar calendar. They also followed it for their birthdays, so we had three important events we couldn't understand. Here's is help in understanding the Lunar New Year, its zodiac, and capped with a story about the Chinese Mother of Dragons - Lung Mo.