The Animal That Hides in Your Heart:
Your Animal Sign

According to the Chinese, the animal ruling the year of your birth has a profound influence on your personality (that is, this is the "animal that hides in your heart.")

Check the below table for your animal sign. If your year is not listed, keep adding or subtracting twelve to the year of your birth until you match one of the years listed.

Please note that if you were born in January or February, you may have fallen into the previous lunar year listed. To verify your animal sign, go to http://www.24hourmom.com/parlor/cdh.asp, enter your birthdate, and click OK. Your Chinese animal sign (and element) will then appear.

Check below for what you can expect for your sign's characteristics, recommended career, compatibility, and predictions for the Year of the Monkey.

Rat:   Energetic, creative, intuitive, charismatic, extremely ambitious, alluring, imaginative, witty, honest, thrifty (but taken in by bargains), hard-working, generous, bright, happy, lucky, sociable. Can be restless, overcritical, quick-tempered, manipulative, small-minded, and gossipy. Good as a leader, publicist, salesperson, writer, or critic.
Compatible with Dragons and Monkeys, not Horses.
In 2004:   Expect a productive year with more good than bad. However, avoid breaking friendships or partnerships at this time to avoid problems in the future.

Ox:   Patient, down-to-earth, precise, diligent, honest, reserved, strong, persistent, conservative, solid, trustworthy, introverted but a commanding and eloquent speaker and good leader. Also vengeful, obstinate, demanding, slow, proud, jealous, naive in relationships, and a loner and sore loser. Good as a surgeon, general, or hairdresser.
Compatible with Snakes and Roosters, not Ram.
In 2004:   Lucky Ox! This is your year to prosper! You will be sought after by important people. Also expect good news for your family or a new job or promotion. Also, new ventures or partnerships can be foreseen.

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