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SpineOut : February March 2016
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ZODIAC ANIMAL ATTRIBUTE SAYING RAT Wisdom Wisdom without industriousness leads to triviality. OX Industriousness Industriousness without wisdom leads to futility. TIGER Valor Valor without caution leads to recklessness. RABBIT Caution Caution without valor leads to cowardice. DRAGON Strength Strength without flexibility leads to fracture. SNAKE Flexibility Flexibility without strength leads to compromise. HORSE Forging ahead Forging ahead without unity leads to abandonment. G OAT Unity Unity without forging ahead leads to stagnation. MONKEY Changeability Changeability without being constant leads to foolishness. ROOSTER Being constant Being constant without changeability leads to woodenness. DOG Fidelity Fidelity without amiability leads to rejection. PIG Amiability Amiability without fidelity leads to immorality. The 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac are in a fixed order according to Chinese Yin and Yang Theory and perceived attributes. The yin or the yang of the animals is defined based on the odd or even number of their claws (or toes, hoofs). The animals are then arranged in an alternating yin-yang sequence. Usually an animal has the same number of claws on its front and rear legs. However the rat has four toes on its front legs and five on its hind legs. As the old saying goes, ‘a thing is valued in proportion to its rarity’, so the Rat ranks first of the 12 zodiac animals. The12 animal attributes
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