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Predictions for 2005: Year of the Wood Rooster
Tighten your belt! Stash your cash. Freeze your credit cards in an ice tray and leave them there till 2006. Bury gold ingots in your wine cellar. And while you’re at it, pinch a few pennies and... for heaven’s sake... don’t borrow any more money!
The rigorous Wood Rooster comes along every 60 years to extricate us from bad habits, reduce extravagant spending and send us back to the salt mines with pick, shovel and determination. Roosters are taskmasters, and (you may have noticed) they are always right.
If you were thinking of outwitting the Rooster, forget it. Instead, engineer your every move with intricate foresight, employ elaborate strategies to get what you want, pay off outstanding debt, avoid malls as though they were crawling with lethal germs and keep your itchy fingers from roaming around the Net looking for “bargains.” The Wood Rooster is a born conservative and – trust me – if you don’t work hard, learn how to save your money and obey the law, by the end of 2005, you (and your accountant) will know first hand what I mean.
In 2005, I predict: Austerity. Repression. Surveillance. More stringent traffic laws to ensure abject monotony while driving on the straight and narrow. Nosier tax inspectors and vigilant police officers wearing radar on their fingertips. Get the word “discipline” firmly planted in your brain for the next 12 months and you will be chuckling all the way down to that golden wine cellar.
What is favored during Wood Rooster years? Cutbacks. Reduction of waste. Solid infrastructures. Rebuilding of crumbling ruins. Quality products which last. The military. The system. Banks. Fine Art. Creative projects with redeeming social value.
The Rooster year might not be knockdown-drag-out jolly; but it will be a time for righting wrongs, enforcing justice and building solid foundations.
LOVE? Roosters crave love in the form of: high profile long-term relationships. Lengthy engagements. Eternal wedlock. Bevies of well-mannered children. Orderly households and long-standing friendships.
If none of the above comes anywhere near pleasing your flakey, fun-loving, flirtatious, asocial nature - pull on your space boots and get thee to another planet. 2005 reeks of frugality.
-- Suzanne White,Tarot.com/Astrology
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Rat
All in all, 2005 should be a profitable year for the hoarding Rat species. You’ll not be daunted by the Rooster’s rigor as you know how to stock up and save for the rainiest days. Love will enter the picture for you this year. A passionate, long-lasting relationship could mean marriage - and even children! Make sure you check out possible partners among Dragons and Monkeys. They know best how to tickle your whiskers. |
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Ox
After a couple of grueling years, you will (at last!) feel understood. Roosters and Oxen get along like two houses on fire. Your diligence will be rewarded. Thrilling progress is on the immediate horizon. Money (because you’re so naturally thrifty) will be plentiful. Enduring romantic love is in the air. Marry up with a right-thinking Rooster or a gorgeous Snake. People of those two signs were born on your wave length. |
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Tiger
Roosters respect Tigers and vice versa. But Tiger beware! No chicanery this year. Take it slow. Do not pounce on risky ventures which may sap your energy and/or damage your reputation. Always ask for advice from those wiser than thou. This year you Tigers will need savvy lieutenants more than ever. When you’re ahead, keep your head. Look for love in unlikely places. That cute guy or girl who winked at you at the Drive-in burger joint may become the love of your life. Let’s hope he or she was born in a Horse or Dog year. Both restless Dogs and headstrong Horses know how to keep hasty Tigers in line - for life! |
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Cat / Rabbit
Gentle soul that you are, the Rooster’s rough clamp-down policies rub your luxurious fur the wrong way. My advice? Keep your profile low and your moral standards high. Don’t go investing in big ticket items. Disposable cash will be short. Stay out of the limelight. Take a sabbatical in the boondocks or go on an expedition to Antarctica. Or... why not fall in love? Passion will keep you out of circulation for a good long time. Prefer a Pig or Goat partner. You won’t be sorry you did. |
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Dragon
Quiet down! The conservative Rooster has little patience for your uproarious celebrations. Confine your partying to intimate dinners for 8. No raving speeches please. Just the facts. Beware of falling in love with some wide-eyed obedient creature who will ultimately bore you into next week. Go instead for that feisty Rat or Monkey man or woman who helps you manage your brilliance, but won’t want to douse those adorable flames you are so famous for. |
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Snake
Finally! You made it to the right year. Roosters swoon for your irresistible beauty. They literally indulge you in luxury. While everyone else cuts down on spending, you will be propelled into advanced splurge mode. Professional honors and even glory will fall into your lap. Whatever you have been working on in love, career and/or family matters will come to fruition in 2005. Get on the roller coaster and take the front seat. You’re in for a thrilling joyride. Want to take someone along? Choose a Rooster or an Ox. |
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Horse
You may have pushed the envelope just a bit too far last year. Now you find yourself condemned to scrimping. If you’re smart, you’ll compromise with authority and get back down to business - pronto! The Rooster admires your hardworking, practical nature. But your resistance to rules and regulations won’t please the Rooster. Hitch your wagon to a Tiger or Dog subject. They (and only they) know how to spur you into submission. |
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Goat
The Rooster year is challenging for dreamy, whimsical Goats. Harsh directives, rigid dictates and tight schedules are your worst enemies. Don’t even try to tow the line. It’s useless to fight your own sweet nature. Stay out of the line of fire. Use this year to build better castles in the air. But don’t neglect your love life. There is a mellow Pig or cozy Cat/Rabbit lurking out there who longs to support you in style while you concoct even the zaniest of schemes. |
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Monkey
This is the first year of your next twelve year cycle. Make the most of it. You have a plan. I know you do. Now is the time to implement that project you so cleverly worked out last year. The resilient Rooster finds your ability to adapt to any new situation utterly fascinating. He will not get in your way. So make the best of it. You’d be well-advised to dally with a daring Dragon or a tireless Ox. Dragons love to hear you laugh (at their jokes) and Oxen admire your merry nature and will happily lend you some of their grit to get you to the next step. |
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Rooster
This Chinese New Year could be the first day of the rest of your life. In Rooster years, people born in this sign must plan the next dozen years with utmost foresight. You have been longing to change your life, waiting for the chance to unload responsibility and finally feel free to be the person you know you really are. Get started now. Change of residence is likely. You will dissolve a partnership to break new ground on your own. Watch your pennies. You’ll be needing them when you move to Paris or New York or even back to Squedunk where you came from. Hook up with a wise Snake or marry yourself to a stolid Ox. You’ll be needing some ballast for the long haul. |
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Dog
Grouchy in 2005? That’s because your charitable schemes to raise the disheveled poor from their misery are hampered by the ultra conservative Rooster. Why is there no budget for the homeless? How come they don’t raise the minimum wage? Who made oil prices go up? Big business and its rapacious need to squelch the underDOG give you distemper. My advice? Wait it out in a state of cloud cuckoo LOVE. Find yourself a laugh-a-minute Tiger or a heady Horse to worship and adore. They will return your zealous ardor - in spades! |
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Pig
This is a year of rest and respite for Pigs. The Rooster’s spartan policies don’t satisfy your lusty appetites. You are a voracious consumer of “luxe.” But you are also wise. You know that tightening your belt will help diminish your spreading waistline. Okay. So you won’t be able to buy that Antique diamond or eat foie gras for breakfast every day. But the bottom line is that the Rooster’s enforced thrift suits your sense of what is right. Distract yourself. Take up with a graceful Goat or seduce a lithe and lissome Cat/Rabbit. Luxuriate in passion. Sex is about the only thing that can keep a Pig’s mind off dessert. |
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