The complete book of Chinese horoscopes - Lori Reid

Legend tells that Buddha once asked all the animals to visit him on New Year's Day but only 12 animals showed up for the occasion. They were the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the boar. To show his appreciation, Buddha decreed that from that day on, each of the 12 animals would give their name to a whole year and the characteristics of the animal would rule that year.;This book looks at all of the 12 animal signs that make up the Chinese Zodiac and offers insights into their influence over all of the most important areas of life. It includes predictions for the year ahead for each animal of the Chinese Horoscope, as well as predictions for the year 2000. Information on 12-year trends is provided to enable readers to discover how they are differently affected through each of the animal years, and a kaleidoscopic overview of how patterns of influence will affect our lives over the whole 12-year cycle is presented.