There are twelve traditional animal zodiac signs in Chinese Astrology, each with its own positive and negative personality traits. They are listed here below.
Rat (considered a symbol of wealth and good luck)
Positive Personality Traits
Quick-witted
Good taste and style, well-groomed in public
Natural charm, has an active social life
Negative Personality Traits
Motivated by own interests, which often include money, relationships may have a material cause
Greedy, may overeat or hoard money
Hoarders but can be generous to people close to them
Can be quick-tempered and sharp-tongued
Curious and always seeking out new knowledge
Positive Personality
Traits
Steadfast and solid
Born leader with good organization skills
Dependable and responsible
Methodical, approach projects in a step-by-step manner
Never lose sight of their goal
Tireless workers who are detail-oriented and perfectionists
Trustworthy, caring and honourable
Enjoys helping others
Negative Personality Traits
May be too serious or incapable of loosening up
Tends to become introverted in a crowd
Stubborn, dogmatic and have no concept of when to back down
Judgmental nature that keeps them from
getting close to others
Remembers old grudges, but can forgive them
Materialistic to some extent
Positive Personality
Traits
Born leaders with dominant personality
Charming and fun to be around, but also enjoy some privacy
Noble, warm-hearted and generous
Willing to take risks
Negative Personality Traits
Ambitious and likes to be in control, to the point of being dictatorial and insensitive
Experience mood swings and often feel things more intensely than others
React poorly under stress and are prone to emotional outbursts
Positive Personality Traits
Attractive, extremely popular
Compassionate nature
Sentimental
Love of material luxury at home
Discerning and analytical of others’
nature and of situations
Dislike arguments and conflicts, will
do a lot for peace
Negative Personality Traits
Timid
May become pessimistic about life
Tend to move through life's lessons at a slow, contemplative pace
Will try anything to avoid a fight, may be bullied by others
Positive Personality
Traits
Warm hearted, giving, intelligent and tenacious
Determined to attain his goals
Possess a certain natural, charming charisma
Strong leadership qualities
Negative Personality Traits
May become egoistic
Opportunistic in gaining power
Bad loser
Positive Personality
Traits
Diplomatic and sociable
Can be both sociable and introvert
Tend to be thrifty
Has a retiring nature underneath the charm
Philosophical and intuitive mind
Possessed of a keen intelligence
Negative Personality Traits
Insecure deep down and tend to be a jealous, possessive lover which may alienating loved ones
May trusts his gut instincts more than logic
Positive Personality
Traits
Energetic, good with money and likes to travel
Yearns for freedom
Crave love and intimacy
Witty and sociable
Self-reliant
Willing to work
Knows how to motivate others
Negative Personality Traits
Impatience can cause him to be insensitive to others' needs
Tend to be myopic and may rashly rush headlong into their endeavours
Positive Personality
Traits
Extremely creative
Hard for others to understand him
Tend to be disorganized
Tend to finding plenty of riches in their own imagination and not materialistic luxuries
Appearances are important to them
Extremely empathetic, sensitive to others’ needs and feelings
Negative Personality Traits
Oversensitive, need to feel loved and admired, lacks self-confidence
Dependent on others
Ever-changing moods
Positive Personality Traits
Charming and energetic
Has a very fun-filled social life
Witty and sharp minded
Extremely independent
Non-conformist and revolutionary thinking
Enjoys novelty and variety
Tolerant of everyone, makes friends with everybody
Negative Personality
Traits
Have a show-off side
First interest is pursuing his own pleasure
May be too carried away and hurt others
Nosy and meddling due to curiosity
Positive Personality
Traits
Practical and resourceful
Conservative, prefer to stick to a proven method than to take risks
Observant, thus impossible to fool
Straightforward and honest
Extremely perfectionist
Negative Personality Traits
Expect to be in perfect control, especially over their appearance and what happens around them
Uncompromising and inflexible in his thoughts and actions
Does not bear criticism well
Positive Personality
Traits
Loyal, dependable, faithful and honest and always stick to their firm codes of ethics
Strong sense of justice, willing to act to right someone else’s injustice
Honest and has a strong sense of integrity
Discerning nature
Enjoys being physically active
Unselfish and sincere service to others
Acute sense of duty
Extremely patient
Controls his feelings well
Negative Personality Traits
A little untrusting
Stubborn and dogmatic
Encounters mood swings often
May be judgmental and coarse
May have irrational worries and overly high standards
Moral obligation may cause tension between friends, very critical of others
Positive Personality
Traits
Nice personalities, care about their friends and family, love to help others
Perfectionist
Magnanimous
Meek and never aggressive
Modest and without ambition
Negative Personality Traits
Naïve, refusal to see others’ faults lead them to being deceived easily
Loves luxuries too much
Too emotional, so much so that it gets in the way of his endeavours
Daydreams quite a lot
A little dependent on others
The Concepts of Chinese Astrology
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