Year of the Tiger

This is definitely an explosive year. It usually beings with a bang and ends with a whimper. A year earmakred for war, disagreement and disasters of all kinds. Bit it will also be a big, bold year. Nothing will be done on a small, timid scale. Everything , good and bad, can and will be carried to extremes. Fortunes can be made and lost. If you take a chance, gamble for high stakes, but understand that the odds are stcked against you.

People will do drastic and dramatic things on the spur of the moment. It is not surprising that Watergate and the dram of Nixon's resignation culminated in the hotheaded year of the Tiger. Tempers will flare all around and it will be a trying time for diplomacy. Like the Tiger, we will tend to charge without thinking and end up regretting our rashness.

Friendships, joint ventures and deals requiring mutual trust and cooperation made at this time are brittle and will easily broken. However, the forceful and vigorous Tiger year can also be used to inject new life and vitality into lost causes, sinking ventures and drab or failing industries. It will likewise be a time for massive change, for the introduction of new and bold, especially highly controversial ideas.

The fiery heat of the Tiger's year will no doubt touch everyone's life in spite of its negative aspects, we must realize that it could have a cleansing effect. Just as intense heat is necessary to extract precious metals from their ores, so the Tiger year can bring out the best in us.

Just one brief word of advice for this unpredictable year. "Hang on to your sense of humor and let things sizzle out!"