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The European Year of Earth Rat 2008

YOUR FUTURE I 2008

CHINESE EARTH RAT starts februar 7, 2008.

HOW Chinese astrology WORKS
From the Year of the Rat through the Year of Pig, there are twelve animal signs romp through the Asian or "Chinese" astrological system. To find your sign everything you need to know is the year of your birth. Although there are no complicated growing signs or complicated diagrams to count on the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year. It could happen as early as mid-January or as late mid-February. So if you were born in one of these two months, you must enter your birth date on my website http://www.suzannewhite.com for accuracy. A person born in late January in a Snake year might not be a Snake subject, but rather will be where the sign of the previous Dragon year.

This cycle of the Chinese zodiac renews itself every dozen years. As luck would have it, 1900 was a Rat year. Since the Rat is the first in a series of twelve characters and its year opened our century, we can often compute signs of our contemporaries with ease. The year 2000 was not so easy. Instead of rounding out nicely to start the new century with a Rat year was 2000 a Dragon year. Dragon, unlike the rat, is not the first sign of the Chinese zodiac, but the fifth. So in the new century, we have to work a bit harder to calculate our Chinese characters.

Every Asian person to do a big decision: March ¬ riage, family, business, funeral, or will move first to see if his characters and for the involved people suggest that any benefit will result of the expected action. In many Asian countries, parents still arrange marriages. If the family believes that a horse Sun is not suitable for a Rat woman, will the wedding be called off.

Astrology – like several other "ology" – is yet another way to find out who we are and how we can be happier. Astrologers claim not to have all the answers. As a fortune-teller, I do not presume to know if you should or should not buy a pickup truck on Thursday. the twenty-ninth July 2021 What I know is the animal symbol that rules the year of your birth has equipped you with some basic properties and helped to define your basic ¬ mental nature.

When you are made aware of your qualities and have accepted certain aspects of your error, it is conceivable that you will have a better chance of making life work with you. Since certain properties to work with, you will then have the means to fashion your own life to fit your desires and ambitions. Moreover, as you examine the qualities and error on your friends or acquaintances, you can learn why you (and they) behave in ways hitherto incomprehensible.

WHO will run THE SHOW?

WHAT IS A RAT PERSONALITY LIKE?
According to a Chinese legend, one day during some dynasty or others, Buddha called all 12 large animals together with a race. The Rat not only won the race, he was probably shrewd enough to ride on Ox's back to do it. Oxen tend to be slow, but they are stable and persistent. We all know from our own legend about Tortoise and the Hare that steady tenacious win the race.

You will not find many steady plodder
among the rat population.

RAT YEAR

1900, 1912, the 1924th 1936, 1948, 1960,
1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2052,
2044, 2056, 2068, 2080, 2092

NB-Born in January or early February? Check my Chinese Sign page (http://www.suzannewhite.com) to be sure you're not among those who fall under the sign of the previous years.

Rat is the first sign of Chinese Zodiac.

On the bright side rats boast:

For socializing
INFLUENCE intel
Economy Karisma

ON THE RAT'S underbelly CHECK FOR:

CONCERN lust for power
Smearing List
Acquisitiveness interference

"What?" You tell me, I'm a rat. Yucko! Gross. No way! " I hear these protests all the time. Nobody wants to be a Rat. Apparently they'd rather be something less outrageous. Rats are not covered by an elegant reputation in our Western, urbanized societies.

But believe one moment of the wise yard rat. This is the rat: collector, the hoarder, the deft and admirable country rat who Buddha honored. This country also rat is that this day, a parasite of food, search for warm places to nest and a procreator par excellence. Let us put our base image repulsive city rat and concentrate about the characters in his quirky country cousin.

The key adjectives I would use to describe Rat people: "charming, confident, protective and relentless." Rats go all the way for what they are after and they never give up. You never meet an attractive Rat. They can not classical beauty. But the explosive appearance. Neither would you find a Rat person not seek to achieve and succeed, stand out from the crowd and even take power over others. Rats are go-getters. They are born with leadership skills and a hefty degree of List. For rat they are often the means.

Rat people usually appear calm and at ease in the company. They are talkative (a fault sometimes) and make pleasant conversationalist. But take a closer look. The Rat has a rubber band in his hand which he incessantly snaps back and forth between two fingers. The Rat woman keep wiggling the fastener on her bracelet. Rats only appears calm. Inside, they are like nuclear reactors: churning, bubbling, twisting and steaming. Rats seethe and sizzle. But they never or rarely-explode.

Rats are not just stash of food, they have a well developed sense of economy. They know where their money goes and frivolities they are willing to spend lavishly. Celebrations and gatherings of any kind please Rat. There are actually able to communicate seen as a joyful event. Rats love-no, "need to talk. If Rats have problems, they talk them through. If they are depressed, they blabber it out. If they lose a girlfriend, they can only cure themselves of heartbreak by exposing the whole bloody story until the listener's ears are red with compassion and Rat have emptied his despairing soul. If you have a Gabby Rat buddy, keep your iPod handy and turn up the volume.

If you are loved by a rat, consider yourself lucky. Rats will vigorously defend and cheerfully destroy the people they care about. But outsiders do not count. The Rat wants to be surrounded by those who like and admire him. He will lavish presents to them and feeding them all until they came from admiration. Loyal companionship is Rat's idea of contentment.

Rats are not necessarily high-minded. Nor no artistic dreamers. But they are shrewd and intelligent. And they are often talented – too clever by half. They make outstanding lawyers and leaders. Even Rats messing about with more than a little in politics. They crave power. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George Bush Sr. and John McCain – Rats to a man. And they know how to use their minds with words. The world's Rat Pack, you will find all possible very talented writers, composers, singers, actors and actresses. Here is a famous Rat sampling:

1912 (Water Rat Mary McCarthy, Loretta Young, Roy Rogers, Gene Kelly, John Cage, Eugene Ionesco, Laurence Durrell, Werner Von Braun, John Cheever, Perry Como, Studs Terkel, Woody Guthrie, Julia Child, Michael Angelo Antonioni, Danny Kaye. 1924 (Wood Rat) Marlon Brando, Lauren Bacall, Sarah Vaughan, James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Charles Aznavour, Doris Day, Lee Marvin, zizi Jeanmaire, Sidney Poitier. 1936 (Fire Rat) Glenda Jackson, Dennis Hopper, Keir Dullea, Yves Saint Laurent, Dick Cavett, Vanessa Redgrave, Albert Finney, El Cordobes, Alan Alda, Kris Kristifferson, Marion Barry, FW DeKlerk, Dean Stockwell, Glenn Campbell, Roy Orbison, Bobby Darin, Dennis Hopper, Englebert Humperdinck, Tom Snyder, Bruce Dern, Chad Everett, Geena Rowlands, Oscar de la Renta, Wilt Chamberlain, Buddy Holly, David Carradine, Ismael Merchant, Lou Rawls, Shirley Bassey, Dyan Cannon, Boris Spassky. 1948 (Earth Rat) James Taylor, Olivia Newton-John, Mikhail Barishnykov, Donna Summer, Gerard Depardieu, Billy Crystal, Al Gore, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jimmy Cliff, Kathy Bates, Cat Stevens, Jeremy Irons, Mary Beth Hurt, Olivia Newton-John, Jackson Browne, Donna Karan, Kenny Loggins. 1960 (Metal Rat) Kenneth Branagh, Yannick Noah, Daryl Hannah, Sean Penn, Greta Scacchi, Meg Tilly, Ayrton Sienna, Kristin Scott Thomas Antonio Banderas, Branford Marsalis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Nastassja Kinski, Valerie Berti Martinelli, Hugh Grant, 1972 (Water Rat) Shaquille O'Neal, Carmen Electra, Busta Rhymes, Julie Gayet, Elizabeth Berkley, Marlon Wayans, Ben Affleck, Cameron Diaz, Geri Halliwell, Liam Gallagher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Eminem, Toni Collette, Jenny McCarthy, Alyssa Milano, Vanessa Paradis.

Rats are not infrequently found meddle in other people's business. They are intensely curious and can become too involved in the lives of friends and neighbors. They can not described as "evil spirits" – but almost. Rats also delight in the operation of the committee and would like to take over the administration of a board. Rats will not usually voluntarily To be on the cleanup committee. Nor are they likely to beg to decorate the church crypt for the charity bazaar. They can tell you how they want it done. But they are not if you actually do the decorating. No, it is power, Rats are continuing power and influence and lots of praise and kudos.

Rats also are Marri. They crave security and must be attached. They hoard money and food in secret so they would never be caught short of either. Show up unannounced at her, the Rat will feed you well. But try not to borrow money or expect to be treated to lavish meals at the Four Seasons or Ritz. Rats are much more conservative than their magnificent surroundings would have us believe.

THE EARTH RAT YEAR

February 7, 2008 TO January 25, 2009

Hang on your hat, here comes the Rat!
2008 promises to be a brand new Rat Race. This year jump start the Chinese twelve years cycle again. Prepare for twelve months Monday morning.

We just oinked our way through and oozed out of prosperous Pig year. If you recall, I predicted a year of too much plenty. I warned that the rich would become richer and the poor would do far less well. Of course I could not have predicted that women's handbags would increase in value to the point where some ladies carrying around ten bucks and a lipstick in a hot pink crocodile clutch bag that cost their party's credit card $ 4,000. Seriously, I just heard Neiman Marcus online shopping catalog and in such a top women's boutiques 'Purses cost up to $ 1000 Some (and not just a few) cost six thousand Smack! It is a concrete example of what I said would happen under the influence of Fire Pig. Glut glut of debt. End of cycle profits. Quantity over quality. For some it was a great year. In 2007, "Them who have" had a huge Piggy Pig years.

Here is a quote from my last year's prediction: "People want more" stuff "in the Pig year. Extravagant real estate and luxury goods, jewelry and antiques, authentic old masters – everything has to do with wealth and prosperity will be promoted. But … this miserable abundance of material possession means that anyone who is not rich or well-off or rolling in gold bullion cubes will – through the scales tipped too far – fare worse. "

And is not a lot more wealthy people confusing golf courses and crowding shopping mall parking lots with their gas guzzling cars Splendiferous? And the contrast is not much more people without jobs, out of luck and today even out of their home?

Well folks, the party (and their twelve-year cycle) is most pronounced over.

2008 will be an Earth Rat year. Rat years are always restless and appeal most to those with a finely developed sense of economy. But the Earth Rat year (the last was in 1948) is also chockablock with market disruptions and other unspeakable bolts from the blue. NO. I can not tell you what color will the size or shape of the bolts to be. Think surprise events that jolt your synapses and make your heart goosebumps. I am not threatening earthquakes or typhoons, although we will certainly see our share of them. The bolts from the blue will be more personal than that. They will take the form of accidents or accidents because of inattention, clumsiness or pure accident. In an Earth Rat year, we learn (usually the hard way) that we can not possibly predict what may happen next. Some might say, "So let's just have fun. Why worry?" Others of you will shudder and shake the fear of uncertainty and sorrow free lunches.

Relax! Worry is a waste of your precious time. What you worry about today will certainly not happen. And what will happen is something you might have to worry about, but not even knew existed. Just be more cautious than usual about to lose – both time and money.

In the coming years, the fragile quality of the world financial situation becomes clear. People and governments in the western world will awaken to the fact that they can not go on spending more money than they have, and get away with it. In fact, many very rich people hardly have time to maintain existing finances. Get ready to swap them $ 4000.00 purse for some spanking new food stamps. Whips your $ 50,000.00 golf cart and learn to walk again. Give up caviar and luxury cruises for hot dogs, macaroni salad and a romantic rowboat ride at the local park lake. Surrender smoked salmon and learn to fish. In the coming year will be around a prudent management of finances, cost-saving measures trendy and cheap backpacks made in China. It will also be about power.

Something exciting about Rat year is that they only seem to augur only wealth and generosity. But this glittering harvest is only the calm before the storm and hunger pangs future shortages. Nobody will be spared. Already in February, inflation will be rising. People over whole world will see their purchasing power decline. My advice? Open a savings account. Plant a vegetable garden. Stash gold jewelry under your mattress. Junk the gas guzzlers and buy a book of tickets. Take the kids out of private school. Teach them at home. Learn to cook cheaper cuts of meat or eat meat at all. Take pride in wearing beautifully patched jeans and be the first on your block to remember how to darn socks. Generally in the coming Rat year, do as the British were advised after the Second World War Make "make and repair". We did it before and we can do it again. Can also see it in his eyes. Scan Tier days are ahead.

This year it is not all somber, sad and gray, however. It is an excellent year for power cheats receiving dominion over others. Dictators will thrive in this Rat year. Hoard of food given a leg up. It is also a banner year for the owners of savings (and even piggy) banks. And it's a fabulous year for dedicated people to live the simple life, playing music or party games at home with their children going on picnics, take advantage of free museum entrances and walk everywhere instead of taking the car. The built-parsimonious Rat year is here to help us clean up act. Join forces with Brother Rat. Unplug your beloved Hummer. Horses Working a bit and Cinderella a bit. Cut back and save. Take a towel instead for two at a time. If you do not do the job, you can always go back for more. Wash your own car and polish it. Exit expensive gym and ride your bike to work. If you cooperate spirit of the Rat year, you can expect to enjoy a carefree twelve months. But Buck the system and continue to troll the one thousand U.S. dollars handbag department at Nordstrom or Harrods's and Galeries Lafayette and your golden goose will flap its wings a few times and falls over dead (beside the overdue credit card bills) on your snazzy $ 10,000 dining room table.

Children born in Rat years are luckier when their birthdays come in sum ¬ mer. They do not want to dig through the snow, and may benefit from sultry sunshine to make hay, so that they will have to be tucked away for the long, cold winter ahead.

What would EARTH RAT years become LIKE
For each Chinese SIGN?

RAT
Your years at last! 2008 begins a new cycle of Chinese animal signs and as usual you are the head of the pack. Immediately after the new year, life will seem suddenly more fluid. Bump on the road will even out to you and people you thought you could never come out with are all a Merry suddenly at your side. Profit from all possible angles you can wiggle. But come April beware a tendency to let down guard and escaped when you must be quicker on the draw. Towards June romance will increase in intensity and wants to be commitment. Commitment beckons. So marriage is near. Do not hold off. If you feel you have found "The One" and then go ahead and tie knot. Real estate will undoubtedly be a preoccupation this year. You current property / ies is / are too expensive, which means that the property that you own or rent and occupy either do not fit your lifestyle or work well with your commute otherwise just clash with your taste. Find a new place to live that fits not only your needs – but to your wallet. Before winter sets in, lay in stores. You will need them around Christmas time, where shortages loom. Remember that it is generally your main objective this year is to carefully plot the next twenty years of your life. How would you like to be in twelve years? With Who do you live? How much you earn, and would you prefer city or country? You have twelve long years to get where you want to go with whom and for how much. Think ahead and be extra charge. Make major long-term decisions in 2008. And not look back. Life is too short to regret missed opportunities that are likely is outdated anyway. Pay attention. Leap into new projects with your usual enthusiasm, but keep reckless frolic.

OX
Rats covet power and they often get it. Whether in relationships, in public office or business, search Rats domination and go after it tooth and nail. This coming year rather oozes Rat powerful influence. But the pungent smell does not bother you too much oxen. You were born with a keen sense of your own strength and have not had to struggle as rat-resistant do to win and maintain control. In your case, control comes with the territory. Because Rat's efforts hegemony not threaten Ox people you normally cruise throughout Rat years without missing a beat. Beware, in the early years to develop symptoms of emotional stress. Your private life lacks satisfaction, and this lack of sexual or romantic tension can cause you to doubt your ability to maintain relationships. My advice? Stop listening to critics. Clamp your front hooves over the ears and refuse to hear anything negative in your area. Remember (if you can not sleep at night) that you are the one pulling this plow under your own steam. Listen to the force of your inner voice. That's where your confidence is lurking. Way deep inside. Snatch it. Gobble it up. And go back to sleep.
Rats act quickly. You tend to go more slowly. But for you, the design to march to the pokey cadence in your own inner drummer. In the years from the start, you will be invited to gather wealth, nurture your crops and tend to your family harmony. In the fall of tension can threaten your life. This will undoubtedly come from a person born in a Dragon or rabbit years. Keep your ears pricked for signs the unpleasant scandal and subterfuge behind the scenes at work. Some would like to see you fail. In November, if there is no improvement in the situation take pains to actively discourage this person's desire to do you in. Though you must use force, it is a battle you do not want to lose. But be wise. And subtle. Strategize. Prepare. You are not one to to enjoy playing games. But this time, the prize will be worth leaving your usual bulldozer style.

TIGER
As you undoubtedly already know about the relationships, in business or government or even in stupid traffic! – Rat seeks to dominate. For you Tigers, this peculiar Rat traits both un-nerving and annoying. You find Rat year boring. You really hate it when a person you do not want to push his or her weight around. But do not allow boring to get in the way for your survival instinct. Prepare to scrimp a bit and tighten your stripes. You will in any case be on the move. Wherever you go you think get opportunities: new ways to make a living or chances to participate in a prestigious group or opportunities to be creative or to enhance your public image. Basic trusts can be broken during these years. You are usually not eager to be the one in control. Be titular boss, in response yammering phone calls and emails in an office all day long, waiting for employees to show up at yawn-filled meetings would send you straight into a coma. But rats do not necessarily know this about you. You seem so strong and so sure of yourself that the incurably uncertain Rat feels threatened. Therefore your life in the coming year may prove to be less than delightful. The Rat could try To thwart even your most innocent of desires for autonomy belittle your cleverest concepts and may even sabotage your plans. There is also scope for chronic disease develops in a near friend, partner or member of your family. You will be asked to handle it. And you will. Another tip? Do not be tempted to ally yourself with someone Rats. The Rat not only want power. He or she wishes to become sole owner of that power. Rats are hoarder and savers. You are spendier, devil-may-care guy or woman who believes that money grows on trees, and that as long as you keep changing forests, there will always be more ready cash hanging from the branches. Conflict between your splurging spirit and Rat's desire to stash will arise. Council? Plan to travel and make changes this year. Do not bother trying to save money. You do not know how.

CAT / RABBIT Not the most encouraging year for you Cat / Rabbit people. Why? Because rats tend to envy your solid, secure lifestyle and would not mind at least turning it upside down. Rats love drama and excitement. Like you, they are budget-conscious. But they do not settle down as you do. They crave (and often create) chaos and excitement. You go into safety over histrionics and will choose simple Jaunt in the countryside instead of choosing excitement for its own sake. Of course you are more intelligent of the two characters. You prefer not having to enter the struggle or conflict to get what you want and always try to avoid belligerence. Rats are always stalking dominance and is afraid of confrontation. I possession Cat / Rabbits not to conduct any public stunts that will attract attention to them during this sharp year. It is not the time to run the mayor of your town or even to seek presidency your Bridge club. Nor is the Rat year a time for you to splurge on antiques, classic vehicles or homes in high end neighborhoods. Anxiety may prevail as well as due to and from the tensions present in the coming years, which will evolve most of the disagreement in a part of your private life. Either you are married and experiencing a classic "rocky" period. Or are you not married, and long to be, but can not get together with for more than a week without quarrel. As you despise conflict, you flee. In your absence, she or he meets another. Now you're thoroughly upset, so you return to sin pat legs regain your area. And what do you discover? A love triangle. More controversy. Further controversy. And maybe even a fight! Hang in there. Rat years are never wonderful for Cat / Rabbit 's love life. You can switch topic radically, your finances come under some scrutiny by tax authorities. Better to lie low, and while you're away on weekends listening to classical music, reading history books or polishing your antique clocks. Around November, well you can enjoy a fling or two with some charming and honest, open, sexy. Take pains to protect your reputation for refinement and good taste. Money, this year should not be scarce. Most Cat / Rabbits are known for their ability to see around corners in dark markets.

DRAGON
Here comes a bonanza year for you personally. Nobody admires your beautiful even more than crafty Rat. And that feeling is often mutual. You will be awash in propositions for new projects and invited to direct (the job you love the most) everything from the village orchestra for Neighborhood Watch. You are a rising star in this Rat year, and what's more, you can feel it. A rush of approval and freewheel comes over you about mid-March, and will not leave until the end of January next year. Take clever advantage of the opportunities presented to you because they are almost all excellent opportunities to benefit both your financial and personal lives.
An alluring love interest appears halfway through the year. If you are otherwise attached, beware temptation. This person is most seductive and what more is magnetized by your charisma. If you're curious, go for it – give him or her the full treatment Dragon: gifts, rings, trips to exotic places and cozy evenings by the fireplace. So much for the positive aspects of the Rat year. On the other side against the summer, family members need to collide with your time. Lavish some of the precious Dragon time on those who need your moral support. But do not be tempted to shower them with funds. Do not syrupy sentimental side of your nature take over and drive you to start any unusable waste. Do not make meaningless sacrifices. You have Better things to do with your money in the Rat year than bail people out of games debt or borrow your new BMW to your shift less cousin who lost his license for drunk driving. You may have to take responsibility for everything to do with a flailing member of your clan this year. Someone in your immediate home life has lost its bearings and have a few Dragon coaching sessions. Encourage and strengthen. But resist the urge to preach. It is likely the person is depressed. If the condition persists, make them seek professional help.

SNAKE
Your health and wellbeing are in better fettle this year. All physical ills you were a little last year, will spread in charitable mood of the protective Rat. Nevertheless, the problems will be brewing in your financial sector. Hide the checkbook, scissor your credit card and politely refuse the draft privilege in the bank. Although you will start years with a feeling of opulence and even continue it in ample sufficiency, you will stumble on some unexpected cracks in the pavement at the end of the year. You should begin putting money away for the future and stop buying frenzies. Shopping can be reassuring to you while it happens. But when such appalling credit card bills and excessive mortgage payments start avalanching into your mailbox, it will be bye bye to the serenity and hello to all night nail-biting sessions. In the professional sector there will be no more obstacles to prevent you from making sudden enormous progress. Your talents and abilities will be more popular than you ever dreamed was possible. You can even become an overnight star, or discover a huge breakthrough in an area of expertise that you previously thought were closed to you. Because Gris year were less than clement for most Snake people, Rat year will come as a great relief. Gradually you will feel renewed and energetic. With this new dynamic, you will be able to shed many of the preconceived perceptions you had about your surroundings. Too much emphasis has been placed on your family situation for the last 12 months. Now it is time to attack the career goals and make them happen for you and your loved ones' benefit. The Rat is a nervous sort and that edginess sponsoring arising from within the vector of this year, may lead to you occasionally doubt the loyalty your partner. Not to worry. You are sufficiently loved and admired. This year makes no major purchases. Only invest in what you actually can afford. Otherwise, when next year rolls around, you will be paddling against the tide for twelve long, frazzled months

HORSE

Do not expect any gay miracles to come waddling down the trail to greet you in years. Rats and horses are notorious enemies. Between you, there is usually an initial attraction, a brief honeymoon period and then a quick slide into bickering and possible schism. Rats that power. They refuse to be told what to do. Get the picture? Rats have need to surround themselves with people they may feel protective of, look after and give direction to. In brief, the Rats to dominate their friends and family in one way or another: economic, intellectually or pure Authority for its own sake. There is nothing worse for you than Horses feel suffocated by some outside interference that puts his or her nose into everything what you get up to. Horses crave freedom and thrives on independence. Should you desire to buy a new home, build an extension of the one you have or invest in another residence on a Caribbean island, sit down next year. Everything to do with visas and passports, building permits and zoning permits will be filled with lag. You execrate paperwork. Filling out forms is torture for you. You do not fancy rendering accounts to anyone at all. So in this Rat year, you had better remain in the wings. Trials no big stunts or public displays of your talents. Of course you may not follow my advice anymore, than you would follow the Rat's instructions. You Horses may be led to water, but we can not make you take another small sip, if you do not like. No amount of coax or blackmail or guilt trips will make you take a drop. So Horse Mine, the forthcoming Rat year will be a bit of a trudge. Low profile time. Take to the countryside with your main squeeze and spend time thinking about heft deals you want pull out when the Goat year rolls around. But since you do not want to listen my advice. . . as they say for good luck in the theater "Break a leg."

GOATS

You inventive Goats are hard put to make much of a (of a) personal statement of this year. To be dictated by a rat does not have a positive effect on you devil-may-care creatures. You are always willing to oblige when asked politely to do. But when someone literally kicking you in the rump and orders you get a move on, you can either buck or back away in fear and disgust. You may feel misunderstood and moody in the coming years. You definitely do not want to paint the Mona Lisa or retrieving pizza. Expect to have to deal with some productive pain. In the early years (until mid-July) will be shipped with petty ailments of an emotional character. Fallout or residue from a past romance or spent passion will haunt your aura. Unfinished business. The feelings can manifest in the form of insomnia or nightmare. Or they may simply present as free-floating anxiety. My advice? 1) Build self an armor of spiritual consciousness thought, meditation, yoga or even martial arts. Your soul (not your mind) needs a boost. 2) actively seek new romantic interests. Mix with people in groups, or find them online. Attend parties and functions where you stand a chance to meet someone new and "possible". Do not sit on their hands and worry or lose sleep over the recent blunders. What is gone is gone. Better prospects is on the way come September. At that point you should have started to come out of all fear. Make an effort to look your best at work. You can expect to be promoted this year. All supplementary professional efforts will be rewarded. You can safely continue your pet creative projects at home in a protected environment where you feel safe and nurtured. But stay out of the spotlight. Rat year is no time to build a reputation as the genius you often are. Hang in there and love will come trotting along in autumn this year. Someone sweet and strong (a Pig if you're lucky), will be overcome with a great admiration for you. The love interest will appear out of nowhere. . . a restaurant, a public beach or even on an escalator going the other direction. Do not miss. Say "yes" to the urge to take up with this sterling character.

MONKEY
For Monkeys in this year, it's all systems go. After wading through a few challenging years, you're finally into a gentler time. Whole years, you will feel understood and admired. Rats and monkeys get in the way a pair of matching socks. The Rat is an emotional sort who often have problems making decisions. Should I buy a red car or a blue one? Marry a Dragon or a Tiger? Take the new job offer or stay in my current position? How should I configure my life now that my parents are not longer around? What should I wear to the ball? By now, we all know that every time you are in the midst of a dilemma over or small, the solution to dial-a-Monkey for assistance. Monkeys can not solve their own problems too easy, but they are masters at helping others to make quick, useful choice. So in a Rat year, you Monkey people find you are invited to give advice to sort out thorny issues or twisted panties of a person whose temperament is him or her in an advanced state of madness. You can always find out how most gracefully to complete a dilemma. Should you have in mind to begin a major project build a new home, starting a business, writing a novel or take a trip around the world, this year to undertake this endeavor. Do not hold the destiny awaits. Set yourself in gear directly when they begin in February. Make every day count produce something that expresses who you are. You've waited long enough. Take advantage of the favorable aspects about you. Strike while the iron is hot. If you need to borrow money or stay with relatives in Beijing or Paris, or use someone else's garage workshop to invent a better mousetrap, not hesitate to ask. You get a leg up on every trip. Power grabbing is a big part of this year's agenda. As you are the opposite of power hungry and wants not even to risk being the lead, you are not in competition with the authority-hungry rat. You might consider taking out a better insurance against theft and accidents. There is a chance that while you are building a new airplane or sailing single-handedly around the world, a robbery, a flood or a fire could occur. Not to worry unnecessarily. Just be sure your insurance premiums are paid.

Rooster

Protect the savings you've worked so hard to save up. The Rat not like you but have little time this year to oust in your business. Cutting down on extravagance. Stop thinking you just happy to fly any where to spend a few days to enjoy themselves in Paris or Marrakesh, or Bali and still be able to make the car payments. You Roosters are not very flexible and tend to crowd you into a corner. If you work, so the job is all you can think or do. You fill, overwork and burn out very quickly. So, of course, you have hurt of yourself and you decide that you owe a break. But once again, instead of just lying down and reading a fat novel for a few days at home, move around. So you jet off to just the space you want with just the right climate and the tastiest food and the best employees. So once you're there, you begin to shop all the money you earned, during overworking and burning. Is this beginning to sound like a pattern?
Well, Rat year is a good year for you Rooster people. . . but only if you break this madcap your pattern and advocates for rest and relaxation in your own surroundings. Sit still for God's sake. Welcome the opportunities that float your way. Of course, if you are never home, you will not be there to receive them, will you? There are movements afoot in your career that can make some things rights are gone wrong in the past. You want out of something. You have finished one part of your life in a job or a business or even in a relationship, and you will see that commitment come to an end. Stream at work flowing in the direction you need right now. But if you keep fled from work and ignore the subtle changes, you can miss the boat. Changes may take a few months to hatch. So to distract you from the tedium you so afraid, take breaks during the day. Jump to a great trip. Make three (You?) For gym or tai chi or yoga classes. Meditate. Take Pilates classes. And instead of wasting your hard-earned cash burnout in air travel and wine, put a lot away in the bank and let it earn you some interest. The message? Slow down, kick back and thrive. Keep on racing breakneck Willy nilly and you will live to rue the day.

DOG
The Rat year will be absent but idealism is needed to encourage dogs to action. You Dogs find these years superficial and banal material. This Rat year will not be your most productive. Why? Because you are basically unlike the Rat. Dog people are more high-minded than mercenary. It's just the opposite with rats. Rats searches power and stash cash. Dogs like to have some power too, but for entirely different reasons. And money? Not really a priority for the pooch, except as a means to an end. Dogs only go for the authority and plunder if it gives them the necessary clout to make social change. Dog presidents or leaders of the pack in any organization will
to see justice done. The rule to improve the world their way – not
just ordering people about. Rats rule to rule. So in this Rat year, you
Dogs can bark as stridently as you want, but no matter how violently
Yap you, you will not be much longer than the bottom of your garden.
The Rat is simply not give a damn in what you care about. So be extra careful not to make mistakes or leave them to be carried out by others. You are borderline paranoid anyway and are usually an overly cautious person. But this year circumstances arise that make you feel you've slipped up or blunder. This feeling is certainly not help you regain lost confidence. But take heart. Next year will turn all this around. In the meantime, keep an eye donut and not on the hole. We learn from our mistakes. Make sure you take stock of these lessons. Your personal life should be monitored closely in August. Betrayal of a family lies in wait. Since it is a family matter, this fundamental question is probably either about money or property (or both). It can also relate to a young adult child who threatens to leave school or home. Nip this in the bud by taking care time to talk it through and offer just alternatives. Do not despair. The Rat year is not all bad for dogs. You may not feel that you are making great progress. But at least you are learning and preserving the status quo. The Rat year is that about as much as any dog could ask for.

PIG
Rat years can be mostly fun for Pigs humans. Best of all, you are free of liability last year and have started your own new 12-year self-realization. This year is yours to enjoy. Let Rat running the show. The Rat is a protector of those he loves. And he really digs Pigs. You Pigs have a very personal power that the power-hungry Rat respects. You are your own person. You depend on nobody and you know what you want and go after in life. Rats are quite similar in this way. They are go-getters and are afraid to take the reins and run their own existence – their way. But rats do not own the rustic calm Bay of Pigs. Rats are more like urban dwellers than rural people. They live at a frenzied pace, are nervous and talkative and needful of admiration from others. Pigs are not very busy. Nor, they love to admire them. They just carry tra la la with their togetherness and their taste for the authentic and comfortable in life. Rats also work at a furious pace, and if things do not go fast enough, they can rages in twitch of a whisker. Pigs on the other hand, the handle across personal matters with great diplomacy, take their time about things, and rarely freak out. Apart from minor health issues tend to emerge in summer, you can be comfortable in Pig years knowing that you're protected and admired and respected. However, it is incumbent on you to perform financially (Which means to put brakes on squanderous quote). The Rat requirements you make wise investments or deletion. Control excessive gourmandise and do not forget to invite Rat people for all your country dinner parties. Let your friends Rat chatting up guests and take home the remains. That way you can lose some weight Pigs and get extra points with King Rat. Do a lot to think about your 12 year program. After last year's planning sessions, should you have an idea where the next dozen years will take you. Be sure not to fritter away precious time hunting for treasures in posh antique shops and art galleries. Do not take up with lazy people who want your help more than your affection. Do not be distracted by idle flattery. Stay recklessly on your own path.

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Authors@Google: Gordon Bell & Jim Gemmell