Arnab

Fine-grained and sensitive with a naturally good temper. They love group life, treat everyone with courtesy and are universally liked. Their weakness is jealousy, and emotion easily clouds their judgement.

Rabbits have the sweetest disposition of the twelve: gentle, quiet, courteous, elegant, quick, meticulous, kind, simple and responsible. People generally prefer them to the other signs. At work they are conscientious and meticulous, with a high sense of duty.

At home they are loving but firm with children — neither indulgent nor partial, wanting only that they grow up well. They hold their parents' kindness close and repay it in every way they can; coming home, they bring cheer and dissolve gloom.

In society they return courtesy with courtesy, speak plainly and keep their word. They keep a cautious distance from new acquaintances and let time prove who is trustworthy. School-day friends are treasured for life.

Rabbit men are personable and easy in manner, always with a gentle smile and real courtesy — soft outside, firm inside. They handle messy matters methodically and never lose heart over setbacks. Rabbit women are graceful and gentle, with a pure heart and skilful hands in music, painting, sewing or cooking; their elegance shames anything coarse.

They are the most loyal in love: slow to fall, deaf to flattery, but once they recognise genuine feeling and a worthy person, they give themselves completely.