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NewYeaarsEdition200912_june_july_2009.qxd 16/12/2009 2:32 PM Page 29 29 2010 The Year of the Tiger 29 2010 The Year of the Tiger 2010 The Year of The 2010 The Year of The Tiger in the Chinese Tiger in the Chinese Calendar Calendar Continued from Page 26 Continued from Page 26 AT HOME WITH THE TIGER Tigers take pride in being different than others and generally illustrate their originality best in their homes. Tigers can utilize their atmosphere with color and light. A Tiger’s home will be filled with exotic treasures from trips past and will include items such as Tibetan prayer mats or African carvings, confirming their desire to travel to distant places. CAREER AND FINANCE THE TIGER ON THE JOB A quickness and an alert intelligence make Tigers fast learners. Tigers need a challenge. Add this to them being easily bored and it explains why Tigers tend to change characters of their business partners can also be spirits of even the most depressed or lonesome careers more often than other Chinese Animals. very useful. individual they meet. Because of that attitude, Some Tigers don’t change their occupations Tigers have no problem making new friends. frequently enough and thus tend to juggle jobs Tigers ruled by Benefit From Are Antagonistic Actually, a Tiger person without a friend is quite all at the same time. Most Tigers are natural to miserable and sad. Like the Dragon, the born leaders who perform best knowing they are Monkey, and the Rat, Tigers are most working towards positions of power and - Metal Earth Dogs Fire Oxen comfortable surrounded by friends and family. influence. - Water Metal Pigs Earth Snakes As friends, Tigers are exceptionally - Wood Water Tigers Metal Roosters warm and incredibly generous with their time, MONEY AND THE TIGER - Fire Wood Horses Water Rats attention and money. Friends are always - Earth Fire Dragons Wood Monkeys welcome in a Tiger’s home and will most often Tigers depend on luck. They like to be greeted with a cup of coffee, an ear, a tissue, spend money, and also to share it. They can be Leisurely activities and pleasures an open mind and an open wallet. Few friends quite impulsive spenders because they know could be as caring and affectionate, as quirky they can always make more. Somehow, as luck LIKES AND DISLIKES and surprising, or as genuinely interested as the would have it, they discover the end of the Tiger. rainbow just before complete bankruptcy. They Since Tigers are born under the same are willing to lose a fortune in their lifetime, if Animal Sign, they often share likes and dislikes. Compatible Friends it means they will wind up with two. Following are similar likes and dislikes of the Tiger personality. Best Friends: Horses and Dogs TIGER CAREERS Tigers like: Mortal Enemy: Monkeys Those born in the Year of the Tiger share - Color Preference: Mid-green the same kinds of goals and objectives in life. - Gems and Stones: Ruby, Diamond, Cat’s Eye TIGER PARENTS AND BABIES The occupations best suited for the Tiger are - Suitable Gifts: Exotic cookbooks, travel listed below: guides, sports gear, mystery or crime novel, Tiger parents are quite similar to the extreme sport lessons characters of their wildlife counterparts. They TIGERS MAKE EXCELLENT: - Hobbies and Pastimes: Amateur theater, will walk through fire to protect their children extreme sports, loud parties, intriguing or to defend them to others. As warm and - Actors vacations affectionate as they are, they can become fierce - Comedians - Tigers Dislike: Not getting enough recognition and defensive when their kids are at stake. They - Chauffeurs for their efforts. Being inferior to others at lavish their offspring with treats and spoil them - Musicians work, impolite people with generosity. Tiger parents can be fun as - Race Car Drivers kittens, playing family games and getting great - Pilots THE TIGER ON VACATION enjoyment from it. On the whole, they enjoy - Artists their children's company, having a good laugh - Writers Tigers like to live on the edge, to travel and sharing a funny joke. Still, adult Tigers will - Flight Attendants long distances conquering thrills and fears along become enraged if one of their children has - Travel Agents the way. Never the homebody, Tigers prefer gone too far, or is disrespectful. As open- - Advertising Agents activity and excitement to relaxing days by the minded and liberal as they are, they will not, - Office Managers ocean reading a good book. They leave on a under any circumstances, tolerate bad manners, whim and return when they are ready to plan or a lack of respect for other adults. CONGENIAL BUSINESS PARTNERS their next vacation. Action-filled getaways are (Continued on Page 32) sure to get a Tiger away for a long time! Whether Tigers are compatible with THE ‘X’ ZONE RADIO SHOW their business partners depends on whether their FRIENDS AND ENEMIES IS AVAILABLE signs are harmonious or antagonistic to those of FOR iPODS AT their business partners. 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