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Birth Hour: 19
Your Chinese Astrology Signs:

Year Fire Rabbit
Month Fire Horse
Day Earth Rat
Hour Water Dog

Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1 --- General Information
Section 2 --- The Five Stages of Life
Concluding Remarks
Appendix: Chinese Astrology -- An Overview
Appendix: The Chinese Calendar

Section 2 --- The Five Stages of Life

The five stages of life are Birth, Youth, Maturation, Adulthood, and Retirement. These represent the time from conception to the beginning of formal education, the years of formal education (not including going back to school later in life), the period of full transition to adulthood, the mature stage of adulthood, and a person's later years. Before addressing how you fare in each of these periods, here is some general information on the Rabbit:

The Rabbit seeks peace above all else, so your early years should be peaceful. This depends, of course, on the quality of your family life. If there is a lot of turmoil, you could be off to a rough start. One thing is certain, you won't be the cause of it.

More than your peers you are likely to try to fit in, be it in the classroom or the office. As with your youth, you will experience a lot of peace, by design. As you grow older you will become more adept at avoiding unpleasantly. Life will be as smooth as your efforts at this are effective.

Your later years have the potential to be the most calm, as you no longer have to face the stresses associated with striving for success in school and career. If you are fortunate enough to avoid health issues, this will be a peaceful and, probably, satisfying time.

In the following discussion you will often come across the term, chi. This concept is very important in Chinese thought. What you need to know is that it refers to your energy level or life force.

Birth

The first stage of life, includes the time beginning with your conception and lasting until you begin your formal education, that is, to about age five or six. Since you can't do a whole lot crawling around in your crib, some of the following comments pertain to your potential rather than what you might achieve at this time.

This is an extremely low chi period for you. You will find it difficult to take advantage of opportunities and to deal with problems. This makes for a rough start in life and could lead to slow development.

By the way, normal, strong and weak in this context refer to your chi. Think of chi as energy or life force. This can vary significantly throughout your life and has a major impact on your ability to achieve your goals at each stage.

Metal rules this stage, which is also under the influence of Wealth. The best ways for you to make money are the buying and selling of goods and, or, services. This is a very weak indicator for you and probably denotes difficulty with finances during this stage and maybe even in the future .

You should also know that elements in combination can be either constructive, as in this order: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, etc., or destructive, Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, Metal, Wood. Adjacent elements in the first list are favorable and those in the second unfavorable.

Your ruling element, Wood, is also the natural element for this stage of life. This is the most favorable possibility. Furthermore, this situation exists at each stage, thus ensuring you benefit from the various forces operating at different times in your life. It can more than make up for a low, element rating.