Your Chinese Horoscope 2013: What the year of the snake holds in store for you

Theyear2013istheChineseYearoftheSnake-whatwillthismeanforyou?Thiscompleteguidecontainsallthepredictionsyouwillneedtotakeyouintotheyearahead-anintriguingyearcontainingdrama,surpriseandmuchpersonalpossibility.TheancientartofChineseastrology,whichpredatestheWesternzodiac,isadetailedsystemofdivinationthathasbeeninuseintheOrientforthousandsofyears.ThedepthofitswisdomandtheaccuracyofitscharacteranalysisandpredictionhascaughttheimaginationoftheWesternworldinrecentyearsandledtoarapidriseinitspopularity.Thispopularandenlighteningbestsellingguide-nowinits26thyear-includes:*Everythingyouneedtoknowaboutthe12signsoftheChinesezodiac*AnexplanationoftheFiveElements:metal,water,wood,fireandearth,andwhichonegovernsyoursign*Individualpredictionstohelpyoufindlove,luckandsuccess*WhattheYearoftheSnakehasinstoreforyou,yourfamily,yourlovedonesandfriends.十二生肖，是中国传统文化的重要部分，由12种源于自然界的动物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪组成，用于记年，顺序排列为子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、巳蛇、午马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戌狗、亥猪。在中华文化圈内被广泛使用。有诸多描写十二生肖的文学作品。同时，十二生肖还被用于中药药材和动画片名称。蛇，十二生肖之一，配地支的“巳”[Snake]。如：蛇年(即巳年)。