yay! for about three days this week i thought that my birth date's position near the end of the year meant i was born in the year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac.

but turns out that i'm not! yess!!!
i'm still a horse!
i <3 horses!

haha
if everybody in my jc cohort was born in 1990, then our entire cohort would be governed by the element Fire, associated element Yang Metal, combination element Earth,
and have the following characteristics:

• Dynamic, Humanitarian, Enterprising, Adventurous, Restless
• Competitive, Leadership Skills, Strong, Single-minded, Loves a good laugh

not too bad for a bunch of friends.
perhaps the best of the lot!
haha

even almost all the guys born the year before in my class have the same characteristics
cos they're Fire
so it's kinda cool =)

not that i believe wholeheartedly in this thing, although it's got some things right
but it's for some light-hearted fun

okay, from this point on, i shall attempt to delve deeper into my Chinese zodiac...


Wiki says that the Chinese equivalent to my Sagittarian horoscope is the Rat
whose lunar month is in December
and it's called my inner animal since it follows the months

this is uber weird, cos Rats are supposed to avoid Horses
so am i supposed to avoid myself?
haha

as Wiki puts it: The rat may just be too calculating, dictatorial and possessive for the free-spirited and independent horse. A relationship with a rat can potentially break down the horse's free-spirit and cause rage in the rat - as neither will be willing to yield to the other. Rats and Horses will attract each other like no other.

so i attract myself, but i will break down my own spirit while making myself angry?
hmm... sounds about right...
haha
maybe...

now, this inner animal is supposed to dictate my love life and inner self
and my element in that month is Water, season Winter
which is so opposite the Fire and Summer that Horses are supposed to be?

i'm so confused
and perhaps i have reason to be
i mean, look at the conflict between my inner and outer self
i'm practically schizophrenic!
lol

so i searched further, and my secret animal,
that is, the one that follows my time of birth and is supposed to be the truest representation of myself,
is the Monkey
which, together with the Rat, is one of the power signs

still confusing?
in a nutshell, i shall display characteristics of Horses, Rats and Monkeys below,
so we can compare what my outer, inner, and secret selfs are

Horse: (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Fire): Cheerful, popular, quick-witted, changeable, earthy, perceptive, talkative, agile mentally and physically, magnetic, intelligent, astute, flexible, open-minded. Can be fickle, anxious, rude, gullible, stubborn, lack stability and perseverance.

Rat: (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water): Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, vindictive, mendacious, venal, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming.

Monkey: (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Metal): Inventor, motivator, improviser, quick-witted, inquisitive, flexible, innovative, problem solver, self-assured, sociable, polite, dignified, competitive, objective, factual, intellectual. Can be egotistical, vain, selfish, reckless, snobbish, deceptive, cunning, jealous, suspicious.

see how confused i'm supposed to be?
on the one hand, i'm rude,
on the other i am charming
and still on a third hand (if i had one), i'm polite
weird?
and i haven't even counted my Sagittarian horoscope yet!

whatever, it's just for fun
and i probably got some stuff wrong in my research anyways
so if anyone can enlighten me, please do!

fina**

p.s. i must say, my inner animal doesn't flatter myself at all
i now officially hate my inner self!