Abt a couple of mths ago, my fren sent me this email abt the zodiac for 2006. Hence, I've decided to extract the contents of the email and paste it here for easier reading, instead of forwarding everyone the same email. It's gonna be quite long though, as it features analysis of the luck of all 12 animals for the year 2006. Enjoy reading, but dun take it too hard if it doesn't bode well yeah? It's only for reference purposes anyway, hehe...

Rat

Overall Forecast
A Rat in the year of Dog should only work hard and wait for an improvement in the unfavourable luck. You could try to set up business and seize the best opportunity for its development. Do not overwork as it may harm your health. In view of the unstable emotional luck, show more concern towards your spouse.

Health
Being in the unfavourable health, you must not overwork. Be careful of the relapse of old illness and get immediate medical treatment if you feel unwell. Health luck will worsen in April and the second half of the year.

Career
You will make some profit from your business. For the working class, good relationships with the superiors will certainly help in your promotion. In trade, mutual trust between the business partners is essential.

Love
The unfavourable health and wealth luck will make you moody. Married couples should show more concern with each other. The quarrels between lovers will be solved amicably.

Wealth
No heavy investments or risky means for fast profit is encouraged. Handle your finance carefully. Do not act as guarantor or borrow money.

Ox

Overall Forecast
Being ruled by the outspoken and invariable character, the Ox is easily disturbed over small matters. You may fall into the traps of people whom you trust. In the year of the Dog, it is more favourable to males than to females. Health luck is moderate.
Your career luck will be very smooth without any obstacles and will bring prosperity. However, businessmen should be alert of vile person’s pitfalls and must not act as guarantor and stay away from others affairs. Take precaution of the attack of cold or epidemic disease. Married couples will enjoy a very sweet conjugal love.

Health
The health of the Ox is not so good, particularly the females, due to their weakness resistance. Take the necessary health protection. Should any old illness relapse, go for medical treatment immediately. Young Ox should keep away from smoking and wine completely. Take care of traffic safety.

Career
Career and work are very good without obstructions but you must not trust people easily to avoid being conned. It is not advisable for employees to change job this year.

Love
Married couples will enjoy their conjugal life even better than ever. Wealth You will make considerable income. Perhaps you can allocate a little
However, they should be careful of involvement of a third party which will damage their happy family. Lovers may proceed with their marriage plan.
part of the finance for a more comfortable living environment and keep the rest as reserve fund for business expansions.

Wealth
You will make considerable income. Perhaps you can allocate a little
part of the finance for a more comfortable living environment and keep the rest as reserve fund for business expansions.

Tiger

Overall Forecast
Luck in 2006 for the Tiger will be moderate. Seize the best opportunity and give full play to your talents to achieve great success. However, people are sick of your arrogance. Unless you change this attitude and be modest to other, you will be left alone and helpless. Be careful of water danger and twisting injury. The good wealth luck permits of property investment. Try your best to mediate your family problems.

Health
There should be no problem with your health in year 2006, but control smoking and drinking as well as sex. Be careful of water danger and beware of injuries of twisting or sharp objects in February and August.

Career
Tiger will have plenty of opportunities to show their talents. Students will achieve excellent results from hard work. Avoid politics so as to achieve a smooth career development. Do things legally, take precaution of business swindles and do not take any risky speculation.

Love
Under unstable emotional luck, your frequent social entertainments may create resentment of your spouse, to whom you must show more concern. Lovers should not quarrel too often as it may leads to seperation.

Wealth
No windfalls will be expected apart from the considerable normal income. Do not attempt any risky act to avoid lawsuits though this year of the Dog is good for the Tiger to make diversified investments.

Rabbit

Overall Forecast
The obstructions in the career luck in 2005 shall bring forward to 2005 and still do not permit heavy investment. Fortunately, the lucky stars and the persons of eminence appear and help solve the problems encountered. You are advised to keep calm and close communication with your superiors and colleagues for career development. Take note of food hygiene and maintain sleeping habits. Young people should not involve in other’s disputes. Handle your finance with care.

Health
General, health is quite good but beware of epidemic disease and respiration or intestinal illness. Second half of the year will like bring problem to your health.

Career
Under the shinning of lucky stars in year 2006, career development will be carried out smoothly. Yet, you should still be prepare for any obstacles ahead and be alert of the changing situation. It is prospective for the young to go for business with the help of eminent persons. Employees must keep close communication with their superiors and colleagues for gossips and disputes.

Love
Married couples should be tolerant to each other to avoid the intrusion of a third party that will destroy your family harmony. Lovers are advised not to have cold wars as this may lead to break-off.

Wealth
You need to plan properly in handling finance and control spending. Do not attempt any risky speculation. Be careful in dealing with your finance in the second half of the year.

Dragon

Overall Forecast
Dragon will be in conflict with Tai Sui in year 2006. The assembly of so many unfortunate stars will definitely bring low luck. The only thing you should do is to keep calm and be patient in your doings and wait for a breakthrough of the difficult situation. Beware of injury or traffic accident.
Financial problems may arise and you should save some money for rainy days. You will have to solve certain family disputes and treasure the conjugal relationship with your spouse.

Health
Health is quite moderate but may get worst in February, April and second half of the year when accident will easily happen. Do some exercise and control your diet. Take care of the aged members in the family.

Career
Due to the low luck brought by the unfavourable stars, you will encounter obstructions to your career and work. Keep calm and patient in dealing with matters. Businessmen are advised to do things step by step and do not involve in illegal transaction for quick money.

Love
Young Dragons are not encourage to start a relationship in early age. Married couples should show concern to their family members. Be careful of ex-martial affair which will ruin the family. The singles should handle emotional problems with care.

Wealth
You will have steady income but be careful in handling your finance in order not to be in debt. Do not attempt any investment in September.

Snake

Overall Forecast
In the excellent luck brought by the lucky stars, you will carry out your work smoothly and have lots of opportunities for career developments and investments. Also, under the influence of the stars, plus their hard work, students will achieve excellent results. To maintain good healt, you must not indulge in sexual lusts and minimize smoking and drinking. You must take precaution of business swindles.

Health
Do not indulge in drinking ad sex in your social entertainments but take more time to rest. Be careful of twisting injury. Arrange for prompt medical treatment of your spouse’s sickness.

Career
The shine of the assembled favourable stars will bring a greater career luck. This is the best time for carrying out business and investments. With their creative ideas, intelligence and hard work, teenagers will ascertain of excellent results. For the young Snake who long for further overseas studies will have their wish accomplished.

Love
Married couples will enjoy their conjugal love. Show more concern to your spouse for even better relationship. There may be good news from the lovers in the second half of the year. Young Snake should make gradual emotional progress.

Wealth
Under excellent wealth luck, there are good prospects for investment provided you have a proper planning and make the right choice. Handle your finance carefully and control spending.

Horse

Overall Forecast
Horse may encounter setback in year 2006. With your high caliber, you will have all your undertakings successfully carried out except that you should take preliminary precaution of the disturbance of mean persons. Wealth will come from all sources. However, you must not act as guarantor or allow any loan arrangement. Sudden changes may happen to those born in 1978.

Health
Control smoking and drinking. Be careful of the respiratory or intestinal ailments. Youngster must avoid bad influence.

Career
Any setbacks or obstructions will be likely caused by vile people, therefore judge people wisely. Do not overtrust people and deal with your finance personally. Keep good relationships with your subordinates in order to achieve better performance.

Love
In the year of gossips and disputes, vile person will cause damages to lovers and married people. Be tolerant and mediate the problems with your spouse.

Wealth
Wealth may not be so good as it may appear. Make some savings and control your spending. Special strategies are necessary in the competitive business. Little windfalls may be expected, especially for those born in 1930 and 1966.
Best wealth luck will be in lunar months of January, April, May September and November during which considerable income will be expected. Apart from making some savings, you are advised to allocated a part towards charitable contributions.

Goat

Overall Forecast
Shining stars will bring very good luck in your career and investments. Youngster should not be proud to avoid making enemies. Perhaps businessmen should consider oversea markets. Employees need to be careful not to make mistakes in documents. Avoid drinking. Both wealth and windfalls luck is very good. Emotionally, you will enjoy a very sweet and happy life.

Health
The Goat may be inclined in drinking and sex which must be controlled. Diet control is important to the aged especially those with ulcer sickness.
Career In the best career luck, everything will go on smoothly-particularly your business expansions, in spite of so many competitors. But you must plan strategies in preparation for an occasional change in situation. For employees, any change of job or transfer of position will be in good prospects.

Love
Love luck is good. To maintain the conjugal love of the married couples is by means of mutual trust and understanding and they should not be ruined by rumours.

Wealth
Both wealth and windfalls luck are very good. You must not spend extravagantly and be prepared for the down times. Beware of thefts. Make donation if possible.

Monkey

Overall Forecast
Luck is very unstable in year 2006 for the Monkeys. The presence of so many unfavourable stars and the downcast career luck will make you unable to give full play to your capability. Keep calm and be realistic in your doings. Perhaps you can learn and strengthen your knowledge of other skills for a break through of the preadolescents. Take health protection of your unfavourable health. Beware og injuries and be cautions when driving.
The faint wealth luck will bring you steady income but not windfalls. Do not attempt any risky speculation. Handle your finance carefully and ensure of a well-balance income and expenditure. Pay attention to your emotional relationship with family members.

Health
Health is not so good in year 2006. The Monkey will get sick easily due o the weak resistance and sentimental moods. Be cheerful and take rest.

Career
Under unstable career luck and other unexpected complications, you are only to keep calm and pragmatic in dealing with business. Working class needs to absorb other skills to strengthen your superior’s recognition of your work.

Love
Control your mood to improve relationship with friends and family. Married couples need to be tolerant to each other. Lovers should also care for each other to avoid misunderstanding.

Wealth
Saving money to meet extra expenditure. Your expenditure will be higher than the revenues your can generate in year 2006. Take care of your finance in January, February, July and October.

Rooster

Overall Forecast
This year is the time for the Rooster to shine their career achievements in the prosperous wealth luck. However, even in the presence of lucky stars in the life cycle, their success will still be ruined by their rash, impatience characters and lack of proper planning. Improve this weakness and be cautions in all documents like contracts in order to meet the excellent wealth luck, beware of epidemic or infectious disease. The luck this year is not so favourable to the females "Rooster". There is nothing special in the emotional luck but you may have to spend some money on the health problem.

Health
As there is a unfavourable star in your life cycle, take care of health condition. Apart from taking note of food hygiene, do some exercises and take sufficient rest.

Career
There shows considerable progress and prospective investments in the career development. Ensure of modest attitudes, steady tactics and proper planning. Handle your finance and legal documents personally. Love Generally, emotional luck is not so optimistic. Lovers will have to spend more time in their family life but be careful of the gossips caused by the mean person which may destroy your family bond.

Wealth
Wealth is very good. Profit will be made from investments and other dealings through proper channel. For the working class, you will receive gratitude apart from salary raise. When helping others, beware of being used by them to avoid financial loss.

Dog

Overall Forecast
This year is the year of the Dog for those who born in the year of Dog (i.e. the so-called "own life’s year – every 12th year meet) and the presence of so many unfavourable stars in the life cycle will bring obstructions though the career luck shows quite stable. Try not to have dispute with other. Keep calm and patient in your business dealings and watch the changing situation. Pay special attention to those born in 1958. Handle your finance and emotional problems carefully.

Health
The appearance will not looks promising as it will brings not only injuries, accidents but illness. Control smoking and drinking. Take care of elderly and children in your family.

Career
Deal with all matters carefully in the typical luck cycle this year. In business, take note of the internal personal disputes though the eminent person may appear and help overcome the difficulty in the second half of the year. Teenagers are to avoid bad company and influences. In the case of work class, improve your personnel relationship for work progress. Love Your unstable moods will be the main course for disputes with people which will only result in you being left alone helpless. Be patient and tolerant in dealing with your partner.

Wealth
You will have steady income but not any windfall. The unstable wealth luck does not permit of any speculation activity, so do not spend unnecessary. Be careful not to fall into business or sexual traps.

Pig

Overall Forecast
In year 2006, the Pig shall wipes away all the bad influences of the previous year. This is the best time for you to carry out your projects as planned. Even in the fluctuating wealth luck, you will still manage to make tremendous profits. Working class should not be arrogant over your excellent work performance to invite others’ jealously. Married couples must not involve in irregular affairs. Health is quite moderate. Beware of water danger to children and outdoor accident.

Health
Do not overwork but take care of your health. Special attention should be drawn to your blood pressure or heart problems. Health will even be less promising during Chinese New Year and at the end of the year.

Career
The excellent luck will bring you prosperous profits from your well performed business. White collar personnel may be posted to higher position so that you can show out your talent.
Love In the good emotional luck you will have better personnel relationship. You will enjoy the conjugal love with your spouse but be careful of the involvement of a third person. Lovers may be in process of forming their own home while the singles may come across with someone of their dream.

Wealth
Wealth luck may not be as good as it may look, but you will have steady income. It is advisable to save some money for urgent needs. The wealth luck is more favourable to the working class who may sometimes receive surprise benefits in additional to their salary raise.
Good wealth luck will be expected from beginning of the year but will be down from the middle of the year.