Principle Qualities

Reflective, organised, alert and wise.

Principle Defects

Jealous and obstinate. Does not listen to a word one says to him.

Work

Wilful, determined. Believes in physical and mental ecomomy, organising and calculating his actions without any waste of effort and energy.

Best Role

Professor of philosophy. He adores Greek and Latin.

Worst Role

Assembly-line worker; it would literally make him ill.

Money

Ambiguous. Not very economical, although circumspect. Likes to please himself and lives from day to day, counting on luck, chance and his intelligence.

Luck

To be born on a warm summer day. A Snake born in winter on a stormy night will be in danger all his life.

Cannot Live Without

Pleasing others.

Adores

Ornamentation and long nightly confidences in bed.

Detests

To be taken or set up as an example.

Leisure Activities

He likes to repaint the walls, change his posessions round and spend tranquil weekends in the country playing classical music and reading.

Favourite Places

The desert; dry, wild stretches of land under a limpid sky - and his own home.

Colours

Red and green.

Plants

A rock-garden, ferns.

Flowers

Heather, thistle.

Skills

Professor, philosopher, teacher, pschiatrist, psychologist, diplomat, ambassador, astrologer, clairvoyant, head of personnel - and all professions requiring the skill of divination.

The childhood of the Snake will be happy, but only if calmness reigns within his family, otherwise this age will be critcal. His youth will be free of problems. On the other hand, in maturity he will be at the mercy of all kinds of passions and his emotional life will often be unstable. In old age he will finally profit from his wisdom, although the fires of love will die slowly and are likely to cause him problems for a long time.