Complete Guide to Chinese Horoscopes

The Chinese horoscope represents a tradition more than 2,000 years old. It lasts for twelve years, with each year featuring a different symbolic animal. Ancient Chinese beliefs, which persist to the current day, hold that the year of one's birth has a significant effect on one's character, which relates to the features of that year's symbolic animal.

For example, a person born during the year of the mouse will be smart and wealthy, which are characteristics attributed to the mouse. Likewise,...