Sufficiently confident, he knows how to defend himself with efficacy—but only in case of necessity. He also has the courage to work for all kinds of causes, even the evidently lost ones. Nevertheless, his ambitions and successes do not prevent him from feeling constantly torn between the temptation to seek security and the need of adventure.<\/p>\n
As the Fire Pig is rather credulous and compliant, he often runs the
\nrisk of being exploited by unscrupulous types. When such unfortunate
\nevents occur, his disappointment is great and deep. He cannot believe
\nanyone could be so greedy and dishonest. However, the many setbacks he
\nmay have encountered do not teach him much about distrust and
\nprudence. No matter how many times he is cheated, he regularly remains
\non the lookout for somebody new to help.<\/p>\n
Fire Pigs don’t usually want success for themselves: they love to pull
\nthe strings behind the scene, assisting others in their ascent to
\npower and fortune. They will go to any lengths to see their partners
\nwin. They long to bask in the reflected glory of their own personal
\nwinners. Consequently, Fire Pigs are often givers of love, born
\nnurturers and make wonderful parents and supportive spouses.
\nOccasionally, they do leave; but they never leave for ever \u2014 because
\nthey are too good to do so!<\/p>\n
With all his retrograde thinking, the Fire Pig is none the less an
\nincurable idealist. He strongly believes in the future of mankind and
\nsincerely wishes to work towards political and moral progress, to help
\nestablish brotherhood among men. He dreams optimistically of the
\ntoppling of tyrants, the elimination of borders, the end of racism. In
\nsome ways, he is an enthusiast and a Utopian \u2014 but there is no
\naggressiveness whatsoever in his behavior.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s a very nice horoscope!<\/p>\n
In other vaguely Asian news, last night I made a vegetable stir fry with garlic-ginger sauce, and not only was I able to eat lots of it, but I didn’t feel sick at all for the rest of the night. Ginger is supposed to be good for upset tummies, and it looks like the reputation is entirely earned. I brought some leftovers for lunch today. Yay ginger!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Auntie Nina’s pet name for Baby is “Fire Piglet”, derived from the Chinese horoscope for 2007.\u00a0 Chinese astrology is way more complicated than what you see on the placemats, and I’m certainly no expert, but I do know that in addition to the twelve animal signs, every year is modified both by an element and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}