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About the Author

Neil Somerville is one of the leading writers in the West on Chinese horoscopes. He has been interested in Eastern forms of divination for many years and believes that much can be learned from the ancient wisdom of the East. His annual book on Chinese horoscopes has built up an international following and he is also the author of

What’s Your Chinese Love Sign?

(Thorsons, 2000; HarperElement, 2013),

Chinese Success Signs

(Thorsons, 2001) and

The Answers

(Element, 2004).

Neil Somerville was born in the year of the Water Snake. His wife was born under the sign of the Monkey, his son is an Ox and daughter a Horse.

Dedication

TO ROS, RICHARD AND EMILY

Epigraph

As we march into a new year,

we each have our hopes, our ambitions and our dreams.

Sometimes fate and circumstance will assist us,

sometimes we will struggle and despair,

but march we must.

For it is those who keep going,

and who keep their aspirations alive,

who stand the greatest chance of securing what they want.

March determinedly,

and your determination will, in some way, be rewarded.

Neil Somerville

Contents

Cover

Title Page

About the Author

Dedication

Epigraph

Acknowledgements

Introduction to

Your Chinese Horoscope 2017

The Chinese Years

Welcome to the Year of the Rooster

The Snake

Appendix

Relationships between the Signs

Your Ascendant

How to Get the Best from Your Chinese Sign and the Year

A Closing Thought

Other Titles in this Series

About the Publisher

Acknowledgements

In writing

Your Chinese Horoscope 2017

I am grateful for the assistance and invaluable support that those around me have given.

I would also like to acknowledge Theodora Lau’s

The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes

(Harper & Row, 1979; Arrow, 1981), which was particularly useful to me in my research.

In addition to Ms Lau’s work, I commend the following books to those who wish to find out more about Chinese horoscopes: Kristyna Arcarti,

Chinese Horoscopes for Beginners

(Headway, 1995); Catherine Aubier,

Chinese Zodiac Signs

(Arrow, 1984), series of 12 books; E. A. Crawford and Teresa Kennedy,

Chinese Elemental Astrology

(Piatkus Books, 1992); Paula Delsol,

Chinese Horoscopes

(Pan, 1973); Barry Fantoni,

Barry Fantoni’s Chinese Horoscopes

(Warner, 1994); Bridget Giles and the Diagram Group,

Chinese Astrology

(HarperCollins

Publishers

, 1996); Kwok Man-Ho,

Complete Chinese Horoscopes

(Sunburst Books, 1995); Lori Reid,

The Complete Book of Chinese Horoscopes

(Element Books, 1997); Paul Rigby and Harvey Bean,

Chinese Astrologics

(Publications Division, South China Morning Post Ltd, 1981); Ruth Q. Sun,

The Asian Animal Zodiac

(Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1996); Derek Walters,

Ming Shu

(Pagoda Books, 1987) and

The Chinese Astrology Workbook

(The Aquarian Press, 1988); Suzanne White,

The New Astrology

(Pan, 1987),

The New Chinese Astrology

(Pan, 1994) and

Chinese Astrology Plain and Simple

(Eden Grove Editions, 1998).

In addition, I would like to record my thanks to all at HarperCollins who have helped with the editing, production and promotion of

Your Chinese Horoscope

over the years, as well as to thank my current editor, Carolyn Thorne, for her input and my copy editor, Lizzie Henry, for her wonderful work over so many years.

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