What's your Japanese zodiac?

Chinese zodiac animals

The list in order:

1. Rat (Mouse)
2. Ox (cow)
3. Tiger
4. Hare (Rabbit)
5. Dragon
6. Snake
7. Horse
8. Ram (Sheep)
9. Monkey
10. Roster (Chicken)
11. Dog
12. Pig (Wild Boar)

I was born in the Year of the Snake and, apparently, in the solar term of the Monkey and in the "long hour" (2-hour period) of the Horse. As for my family, my daughter was born in the Year of the Mouse and my wife in the Year of the Horse. The rotation of years, solar terms and "long hours" is such that you have an outer self, an inner self and a secret self, respectively. Let's check out my zodiac details.

By appearences, my Snake traits demonstrate that I am: a "deep thinker, wise, mystic, graceful, soft-spoken, sensual, creative, prudent, shrewd, elegant, cautious, responsible, calm, strong, constant, purposeful; can be a loner, bad communicator, possessive, hedonistic, self-doubting, distrustful, mendacious, suffocating, cold." My inner self, a Monkey, shows me as someone who's: an "inventor, motivator, improviser, quick-witted, inquisitive, flexible, innovative, problem solver, self-assured, sociable, artistic, polite, dignified, competitive, objective, factual, intellectual; can be egotistical, vain, arrogant, selfish, reckless, snobbish, deceptive, manipulative, cunning, jealous, suspicious." My secret self, the Horse, should reflect my truest personality with characteristics like: "cheerful, popular, quick-witted, changeable, earthy, perceptive, talkative, agile—mentally and physically, magnetic, intelligent, astute, flexible, open-minded; can be fickle, arrogant, childish, anxious, rude, gullible, stubborn."

So, what does all of this say about me? I believe is says that I re-create myself as I see fit. I am an innovator of things that I see before me and a collaborator with others to make the best things happen as they can and are destined to be. I am confident in my own abilities to think and to dream and to make these thoughts and dreams come true. And I always try to live my life with a smile, positively and without excuses.

Then again, I can be very stubborn, un-cooperative and sometimes selfish. But these are my own insights of myself, a critique of what I see and what I can decifer. Other people might see me differently, so it becomes very important for me to listen and learn each and every day. This is how love spreads and how the world can begin to become better. That is my hope, at least.

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_zodiac)