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 Yingting's
China --- Jan. 23rd, 2001
 Chinese
Zodiac
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Chinese zodiac signs are all animals.
Legend has it that when Buddha convened the animal kingdom to determine
how to restore order to the world, only 12 animals showed up. These
twelve beasts came to represent the Chinese zodiac cycle, each presiding
over one year in the order in which it arrived at the meeting. Events
and occurrences in a given year are influenced by the nature of
that year's animal. Below are some interesting facts and figures
on the Chinese zodiac:
 Year
of Rat
Year 1900 1912 1924 1936
1948 1960 1972 1984 1996
Good traits: charming,
attractive, hard working, thrifty, ambitious, successful, honest
Bad traits: easily angered,
can be narrow minded
Best match: dragon, monkey,
and ox
Next best: snake, rat,
tiger, dog, and boar
Disaster: horse
Year
of the Ox
1901 1913 1925 1937 1949
1961 1973 1985 1997
Good traits: patient,
sort-spoken, eloquent, mentally and alert, successful
Bad traits stubborn,
"cool" towards loved ones, tend to be bigoted, fiery tempers.
Best match: snake, cock,
and rat.
Next best; ox, dragon,
rabbit, monkey, boar
Disaster: goat
Year
of the Tiger
1902 1914 1926 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986
1998
Good traits: sensitive, sympathetic,
deep-thinkers courageous, happy, command respect
Bad traits: short-tempered, suspicious,
somewhat selfish, too hasty
Best match: horse, dragon and dog
Next best: rat, ox rabbit, tiger, goat
and boar
Disaster: snake, and monkey
Year
of the Rabbit
1903 1915 1927 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987
1999
Good traits: talented, ambitious, "most
fortunate" virtuous, have good taste, and affectionate
Bad traits: shy and a little bit timid
Best match: goat, boar and dog
Next best: rat, rabbit and dragon
Disaster: cock
Year
of the Dragon
1904 1916 1928 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988
2000
Good traits: healthy,
energetic, honest, sensitive brave, sincere capable, "seldom fooled
for long"
Bad traits: excitable,
short tempered, worry too much
Best match: rat, snake,
monkey, and cock
Next best: tiger, horse,
goat and boar
Disaster: dog
Year
of the Snake
1905 1917 1929 1941 1953
1965 1977 1989
Good traits: " tremendously
wise", financially fortunate sympathetic, handsome if men and beautiful
if woman
Bad traits: vain, selfish,
"sunny", intense, and fickle
Best match: ox, cock
Nest best: rat, rabbit,
dragon, snake, horse and goat
Disaster: tiger, boar
Year
of the Horse
1906 1918 1930 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990
2002
Good traits: popular, cheerful, skillfully
with money, wise, confident, independent and "where the action is"
Bad traits: talkative, showy, impatient
and poor listeners
Best match: tiger, dog and goat
Next best: dragon, snake, monkey, cock
and boar
Disaster: rat
Year
of the Goat
1907 1919 1931 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991
2004
Good traits: elegant, accomplished in
the arts, wise, gentle, possess good taste
Bad traits: shy, pessimistic, and sometimes
clumsy in speech
Best match: rabbit, boar and horse
Next best: tiger, dragon, snake, goat,
monkey and cock
Disaster: ox and dog
Year
of the monkey
1908 1920 1932 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992
2004
Good traits: clever, sinful, adroit,
inventive, originate, successful,
Bad traits: "too agreeable", impatient,
strong-willed and look down upon others
Best match: dragon, and dog,
Next best: rabbit, goat and dog
Disaster: snake boar and tiger
Year
of the Cock
1909 1921 1933 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993
2005
Good traits: deep thinkers, extremely
brave, interesting and hard worker
Bad trait: always think they are right,
selfish,
Best match: ox, snake, dragon
Next best: tiger horse, monkey goat and
boar
Disaster: rabbit
Year
of the Dog
1910 1922 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994
2005
Good traits: chivalrous, strong, honest,
loyal and knowledgeable
Bad traits: selfish, stubbed, "cold and
distant" and fault-finding
Best match: horse, tiger and rabbit
Next best: rat snake monkey dog and boar
Disaster: dragon and goat
Year
of the Boar
1911 1923 1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995
Good traits: gallant,
wise, strong, loyal and will- informed
Bad traits: quick-tempered,
impulsive, and often have marital problems
Best match: rabbit, goat
Next best: rat, ox, tiger,
dragon, horse, cock and dog
Disaster: monkey boar
and snake
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Jan.
23rd 2001
Hi, friends,
Is it interesting?
Actually I have more
information about this topic such as the luck for all the signs
in the Year of Snake. BUT today is our Lunar New Year Eve and "All
work no play makes Yingting a dull girl", so I¡¯d better go out
and enjoy the sunshine now.
If you want to know more
details, use my e-mail address yingting@regenttour.com
or Shirley.gu@netease.com
and I promise you a quick response.
Best wishes
Yingting
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