Talking about yourself

Chinese astrology organizes years into cycles of twelve with each year named after an animal. The Chinese believe that the year you are born in affects your character.

Animal	Year	Characteristics
RAT	1972, 1984, 1996	Imaginative, charming, generous, quick-tempered, opportunistic¹
BUFFALO	1973, 1985, 1997	Conservative, methodical², conscientious, chauvinistic³, a born leader
TIGER	1974, 1986, 1998	Sensitive, emotional, tend to get carried away⁴, stubborn, rebellious
RABBIT	1975,1987, 1999	Affectionate, obliging⁵, gallant⁶, sentimental, superficial⁷
DRAGON	1964, 1976, 1988	Fun-loving, popular, perfectionist, gifted, may sometimes be tactless⁸
SNAKE	1965, 1977, 1989	Sagacious⁹, charming, intuitive¹⁰, stingy, inclined to procrastinate¹¹
HORSE	1966, 1978, 1990	Diligent¹², independent, placid¹³, friendly, can be selfish and cunning
GOAT	1967, 1979, 1991	Elegant, artistic, always ready to complain, plagued by ¹⁴ worry
MONKEY	1968, 1980, 1992	Witty, magnetic personality¹⁵, can be self-seeking¹⁶ and distrustful
ROOSTER	1969, 1981, 1993	Industrious, shrewd¹⁷, decisive, very extravagant, a flashy¹⁸ dresser
DOG.	1970, 1982, 1994	Down-to-earth, altruistic¹⁹, morose²⁰, sharp-tongued²¹, a fault-finder²²
PIG	1971, 1983, 1995	Intellectual, tolerant, naive²³, downfall²⁴could be desire for material goods

¹using situations for own benefit

²systematic, careful

³too patriotic

⁴become too excited and lose control

⁵ready to help

⁶(of man) polite to women

⁷not caring about serious things

⁸inclined to say things that upset or offend people

⁹wise

¹⁰understanding instinctively

¹¹delay doing something

¹²hard-working

¹³calm, does not easily become excited or angry

¹⁴troubled or distressed by

¹⁵personality that attracts people to you

¹⁶wanting to gain advantage for oneself

¹⁷having good judgment

¹⁸expensive or impressive

¹⁹thinking of others rather than oneself

²⁰gloomy

²¹inclined to speak in a severe and critical way

²²critical person

²³without enough experience of life, trusting too easily

²⁴cause of destruction

Charming, witty, wise - recognize yourself? Stingy, selfish, sly - must be somebody else!

Some words in the chart above have positive associations, others negative ones. Here are some words from the chart together with other words that share some aspects of their meaning. The table shows which have positive and which have negative associations.

Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
generous, unstinting	extravagant, immoderate	shrewd, astute	cunning, sly
resolute, dogged	stubborn, mulish	sober, serious	morose, sullen
thrifty, frugal	stingy, parsimonious	witty, pithy	sharp-tongued, terse
diligent, industrious	work-obsessed, (a) workaholic	tolerant, broad-minded	unprincipled, unscrupulous

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