Personality of Each Sign
The typical Rat personality traits include charm, intelligence, passion, elegance, opportunism, sentimentality, practicality, and honesty. Some of the less attractive aspects of this Sign include greed, excessive calculation, and an overdeveloped business sense verging upon workaholism.
The Rat is very smooth and even-tempered, but can turn into a grouch if things don't go their way, and even explode from time to time if provoked for too long. They are very successful in the business world, but whether this arises from their positive or their negative properties is anyone's guess.
Likes & Dislikes
The Rat person's favorite color is blue, and their corresponding gemstones are diamond, amethyst and garnet. They enjoy car accessories, art books, gym memberships and maps and atlases of all kinds. They enjoy playing basketball and billiards in their spare time, as well as painting, any sort of handicraft, and interior decorating and remodeling.
Rats are very impulsive and cannot stand delayed gratification, so they just can't live without their fascination of the moment. They dislike routines and indeed any sort of responsibility not self-inflicted. Rats cannot stand being passed over for those deemed more important than they are -- they think that they are the important ones, and deserve to be treated as such wherever they go!
Characteristics of the Ox personality profile include straightforwardness, consistency, kindness and a strong work ethic. They do not tolerate any sort of criticism, and can be very stubborn when they believe they are in the right.
The Ox is very capable and hardworking, but the flip side of this particular coin is a tendency to be moody, gloomy, conformist and quite often, not to put too fine a point on it, dull. But in their better moments, they can be very gentle, loving and supportive to those who they regard as integral to their well-being.
Likes & Dislikes
Ox people prefer stability -- they are traditionalists and homemakers by habit. Rarely would one expect an Ox person to be an extroverted hedonist. They are happiest in the peace and quiet of their own home environment. Ox people are fond of the color violet, and their corresponding gemstones are jade, emerald, and agate. They like kitchen accessories, gardening and planting books, cookbooks, and especially bonsai trees.
In their spare time they enjoy a personal fitness regimen, cooking, gardening, and sewing. Ox people dislike idle gossip and useless chitchat. They are also not fond of what they deem to be unnecessary social niceties and games people play -- Ox people like to get straight to the point whenever possible. They really don't appreciate being made fools of in public.
The Tiger is a very changeable person, with a potent natural ability that is often in great danger of being abused. They are either leaders or rebels.
They can be vain, quarrelsome and overly aggressive at times, but their inherent charisma and vast reserves of charm are usually sufficient to extract them from any problems that may arise from their lack of foresight. Their idealistic outlook on life can take quite a few knocks on the head from this abrupt reality until it finally collapses -- at which point the Tiger personality can lapse into its less attractive aspects.
Likes & Dislikes
Tiger people are balls of energy and really enjoy being out about engaged in any sort of recreational physical activity. The favorite color of Tigers is green, and their corresponding gemstones are ruby and topaz. They like cookbooks, travel guides, sporting equipment, mystery novels and the odd game of football. They also enjoy parties, amateur dramatics, and vacations in exotic locales.
Some of the things that Tiger people could do without are, first and foremost, not getting enough recognition for their efforts on the behalf of others -- they hate being passed over, especially for others who they may consider to be inferior! They also don't like being made to feel inferior to others, and they especially dislike rude people. They will go to great pains to avoid those they consider impolite!
Although they appear to be very bland and unprepossessing types, Rabbits are often reservoirs of extreme emotion, which plays a great role in their choice of actions.
They have a strong independent streak, and despite their complaisant exteriors, they adamantly refuse to be ordered about. They can be cunning and secretive, touchy and conservative, yet at the same time diplomatic, peaceful and refined. The Rabbit is a mystery wrapped inside of a conundrum tucked away within an enigma, and is without a doubt one of the most difficult Signs to pin down, as they can jump in almost any direction.
Likes & Dislikes
Rabbits are generally very cozy and quiet people who like to stay at home nights with a good friend or a good book. The favorite color of the Rabbit person is pale green, and their corresponding gemstones are crystal and pearl. Rabbits like good music, fine wines, fabrics of all kinds, and recreational artwork. Their favorite pastimes include writing poetry, hiking, pottering about in the garden, and chatting with friends.
Rabbits dislike having their daily routines disrupted for any reason, and in general have a healthy distrust for disorganization in all of its many forms. Rabbits are very sensitive about their personal space, and dislike the sort of people who indulge in casual contact at the moment of greeting. They cannot stand the idea of kissing their hellos!
Those who possess the characteristics of this Sign are gifted with an extraordinarily intense personality and are capable of great success, or spectacular failure. They generally succeed, however -- their secret being a great and abiding self-confidence.
The innate sincerity and openness of the Dragon can do a great deal to disarm the most explosive of situations. The down side includes a tendency to get bored easily and walk away from projects without finishing what they have started. They also tend to be a bit over-zealous, and can be angered easily at the slightest of obstacles.
Likes & Dislikes
Dragon people are in the main very strong personalities with a zest for adventure and personal challenges -- to be swiftly overcome, of course! The favorite color of Dragons is greenish-blue, and their corresponding gemstones are opal, sapphire and amber. Dragons like fortune-telling systems of all kinds, mirrors, heraldry as a hobby, and cellular phones as status symbols.
They also enjoy a bit of computer programming and gaming in their spare time, as well as public speaking, fossil hunting, and astrology. Dragons dislike taking orders from those that they consider their inferiors, unnecessary bureaucracy, and those who they feel aren't holding up their end of the bargain. They also can't stand centipedes or multicolored thread.
Unlike Western perceptions of the Snake as a dubious creature at best, in ancient China the Snake was associated with wisdom and aesthetic beauty.
A person graced with the Snake personality may appear languid and serene, but inside their mind is always spinning at hundreds of revolutions per minute. They are great thinkers, and excel at giving advice, even if they are no good at accepting it. Snakes are capable of bending the truth to aid their circumstances. Their ranks also contain a disproportionate amount of those with psychic talents of some sort.
Likes & Dislikes
Snakes are highly aesthetic people with very firm beliefs about what is beautiful and what is not. They like to stay in their cozy home nests. The favorite color of the Snake is red, and their corresponding gemstones are jasper and bloodstone. They are quite keen on binoculars, exotic oils and balms, and stamp collecting. They also enjoy astrology, painting, going on long vacations, and amateur photography.
Snakes dislike being interrupted while they are talking, or indeed having their own opinion on something being challenged in any way. They also don't take kindly to being misled or lied to in any way, especially where their personal life or private business may suffer in some way because of such incorrect information. Snakes will make enemies pay dearly for any sort of detrimental intrigue or infringement on their perceived prerogatives!
I am a Rabbit
