The Chinese Zodiac Signs: The Rabbit

Personality: Refined, sophisticated and discreet, Rabbits are appreciated for their constant serenity. They dream of peace and harmony. When a restraint appears, Rabbits try to work things out without creating a big fuss around their problems. They love the sweet security of home-sweet-home and are ready to do anything to protect their privacy and intimacy. Pragmatic, they do not follow utopias. Their ability to listen and the lucid view they have on the outside world are their main assets in life.

Rabbits at work: Clever and smart, Rabbits have a taste for business and trading. They know how to seize the good opportunities, even if they are not very original. They are principally motivated by the final benefit.

Rabbits in love: Tender and romantic Rabbits believe love is important in life. They do not like to feel trapped in a bad relationship, but on the other hand, they hardly accept break-ups. Above all, Rabbits hate arguments with their partners and reject violence, be it verbal.

Rabbits positive traits of personality: prudence, discretion and good memory

Rabbits negative traits of personality: touchy, pedantic, and selfish

Dominant: Yin

The Chinese Zodiac Signs: The Tiger

Personality: dynamic and audacious, the Tigers’ instincts guide them and help them to face obstacles. Their recklessness sometimes looks like unconsciousness, but Tigers have a reputation to maintain! They are natural-born competitors and would do anything to win. With Tigers, everything becomes a game in which they want to be the first. Tigers do not like the limits and orders hindering their freedom. Deeply honest with others, Tigers refuse any compromise. In China, tiger is a magical animal hunting down evil spirits.

Tigers at work: straightforward, Tigers do not hesitate to take risks in their decisions. Enthusiastic and effective, they are made to lead as they dislike authority when they are not the chief.

Tigers in love: elegant and seductive, Tigers hate routine. Their relationships are always passionate and can’t survive monotony. There is no half-measures for Tigers in love. They will have no hesitation to end a relationship boring them.

Tigers positive traits of personality: courageous, honest, and trustworthy

Tigers negative traits of personality: very personal, sometimes hard even with their family and friends, bad character, moody, and sometimes unconscious of danger

Dominant: Yang

The Chinese Zodiac Signs: The Ox

Personality: Patient and persevering, people born during the Ox years complete all the projects started. They know how to focus until the task is done. When they have something in mind and pursue a goal, nothing can make them change their mind. Brave, Ox people know how to stay cold-hearted when they face off difficulties. People around them appreciate their loyalty, but if someone tries to deceive an Ox, the revenge is immediate, sometimes excessive.

Ox at work: Ox people have tendencies to be miserly and they don’t like associations. They prefer to stay alone at work. Though, they never renounce when they face a problem, and are honest and voluntary workers.

Ox in Love: Ox people give more importance to their independence than passion, and they want a loyal and regular partner. They really fear passion and prefer a long lasting and calm relationship.

Ox positive traits of personality: tenacity, balance, patience

Ox negative traits of personality: selfish, bad loser, an obstacle unlocked might create an immense complex.

Dominant: Yin

The Chinese Zodiac Signs: The Rat

Personality: Autonomous and secret, rats know how to conduct their life deftly and avoiding obstacles. They do not hesitate to be original and surprising to achieve their goals. If they do not like crowds, they know how to be charming and seduce their audience when the situation requires some charisma. Rats are followed by their friends who appreciate their advices. In China, the rat is known for bringing happiness to his entourage.

Rats at work: Rats have a sense of well-developed strategy. they flee habits, schedules and strict bureaucracy.

Rats in Love: Ideal lovers, rats thrive in the passionate relaxation ... but they are sometimes jealous and possessive. Their tendency to dominate makes their emotional life not so simple. The Rat hesitates between confidence and protective aggressiveness.

Rats Positive Traits of Personality: imaginative and sincere

Rats Negative Traits of Personality: amoral, individualistic, not always honest, whimsical, and hard to live

Dominant: Yang

The origins of chinese astrology according to mythology

An ancient legend says that on a Chinese New Year’s eve, Buddha called all animals to a gathering, promising a reward to the ones coming to him.

Twelve animals only went to this strange appointment, in the following order: rat, buffalo (or ox), tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, the rooster, the dog and pig. At each Buddha offered a year that bears his name, and in order of their arrival.

The Asian countries have signs that, rather than depending on the sun as the signs of the Western Zodiac, depend on the moon and on lunar years. A lunar year has 12 moons and 13 every 12 years. That is why the Asian New Year (Têt festival in Viet Nam) is never on the same date.

As for our signs of the Zodiac cycle, the Chinese horoscope has 12 signs, but 12 years instead of 12 months.

Each year of this cycle is represented by an animal and that animal will have an influence on the destiny and character of people born during that year. Besides your sign you will find two more concepts to achieve the analysis of your character: the dominant Yin and Yang of your sign and element (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) corresponding to the year of your birth.

In Asia, these signs have such a personal, financial, and political important that nobody does an action without consulting an horoscope.