Neil Somerville - The Rat in 2016 - Your Chinese Horoscope

Contents Cover Title Page Copyright About the Author Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgements Introduction The Chinese Years Welcome to the Year of the Monkey The Rat 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

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First published by Thorsons 2015

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© Neil Somerville 2015

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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.

TO ROS, RICHARD AND EMILY

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

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Title Page Contents Cover Title Page Copyright About the Author Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgements Introduction The Chinese Years Welcome to the Year of the Monkey The Rat 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

Copyright Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright About the Author Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgements Introduction The Chinese Years Welcome to the Year of the Monkey The Rat 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 Thorsons An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published by Thorsons 2015 FIRST EDITION © Neil Somerville 2015 A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2015 Cover photographs © Shutterstock Neil Somerville asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green Source ISBN: 9780007588251 Ebook Edition © June 2015 ISBN: 9780008138073 Version: 2015-02-22

About the Author About the Author Contents Cover Title Page Copyright About the Author Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgements Introduction The Chinese Years Welcome to the Year of the Monkey The Rat 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 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 Dedication Contents Cover Title Page Copyright About the Author Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgements Introduction The Chinese Years Welcome to the Year of the Monkey The Rat 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 TO ROS, RICHARD AND EMILY

Epigraph Epigraph Contents Cover Title Page Copyright About the Author Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgements Introduction The Chinese Years Welcome to the Year of the Monkey The Rat 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 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