Fleetest of all animals in the Chinese menagerie, the horse comes
breezing onto the scene with a whinny and a kick of its hind legs.
This is no domesticated nag, but a wild, free creature, with which
the Chinese sages of old must have been very familiar. And as always
these shrewdest of observers knew exactly what they were talking
about when they designated the sign of the Horse to this part of
their zodiac.
Horse people have an exuberance and a love of life that is probably
without parallel, they hate to be tied to one place and are at their
very best when allowed to follow their own, somewhat erratic course.
The best way to tame a human horse is to flatter him or her,
commenting on the very real intelligence that springs from that
quick brain. The Horse will find some good things to say about you
too, though whether or not he or she will be saying the same things
tomorrow, who can tell? The human Equine is unpredictable,
capricious, flirtatious and as mercurial as they come.
With a Horse around there is a good chance that you will not lack
entertainment, after all this character is the natural actor of the
zodiac; a song, a dance and a wise-crack, all rolled into one.
Taking life seriously for more than five minutes at a time is not
easy for this individual, though he or she is possessed of an
ingenuity that could baffle the steadier Ox or the more emotionally
motivated Goat.
Any horse worth its salt could prove conclusively to you that black
is white, and will then sell you the paint into the bargain. The
Horse can solve most mental puzzles in a flash and does not find it
at all difficult to perform several totally different tasks at the
same time. Romance is this animal's middle name, even if it finds it
a little difficult to remain constant for a protracted period. Human
Horses are resourceful, willing, funny, nervy and kind. Change and
variety are especially important in the lives of these individuals,
who probably have a lower boredom threshold than just about any
other animal in the Chinese Zoo. Conformity is not something that
the average Horse person is particularly interested in and there is
always a radical and different streak. Be happy if your Horse sticks
around, but don't try to pin one down though, all you will see are
the hoof prints in the sand.
