The animal itself
A dragonfly spends up to five years as an aquatic larva and only weeks as the flying adult. It catches over 95% of the prey it pursues, the highest success rate of any hunter measured.Symbol only · 1,300 searches a month
Dragonfly
Searched as a spirit animal, but assigned to no date range in either calendar.
Which calendar assigns it, and when
Date range
none — not in either calendar
This animal is searched as a symbol rather than as a birth-date assignment. Neither calendar covers it, so any site giving you dates for it has invented them.
What it stands for, and where that came from
Speed and change of direction — a life mostly spent in a different form.
Honoured in: Japanese symbol of courage and victory — the old name for Japan itself was Akitsushima, the dragonfly islands.
The symbolism usually grew out of the behaviour rather than the other way round — which is the part worth keeping when the rest is set aside.