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People born under this sign are endowed with tremendous wisdom. Profound thinkers, they prefer to rely on their own intellect rather than trust the judgement of others. Fired with intense determination, they seldom have to worry about money - they're usually rich! Yet they can be stingy and hate to make loans. Snake men are handsome, snake women are beautiful - and both are vain. They are sometimes tempted into extra marital affairs with the result that they have unhappy marriages. Snake men and women have an annoying habit of overdoing whatever they do, including helping others.

Principal qualities: Reflective, organised, alert and wise.
Principal defects: Jealous and obstinate. Does not listen to a word one says to him.
In work: Wilful, determined. Believes in physical and mental economy, organising and calculating his actions without any waste of effort and energy.
Best role: Professor of philosophy. He adores Greek and Latin.
Worst role: Assembly-line worker; it would literally make him ill.
Money: Ambiguous. Not very economical, although circumspect. Likes to please himself and lives from day to day, counting on luck, chance and his intelligence
Luck: To be born on a warm, sunny day. A snake born in winter on a stormy night will be in danger all his life.
Cannot live without: Pleasing others.
Adores: Ornamentation and long nightly confidences in bed.
Detests: To be taken in or be set up as an example.
Leisure activities: He likes to repaint the walls, change his possessions round and spend tranquil weekends in the country playing classical music and reading.
Favourite places: The desert; dry wild stretches of land under a limpid sky - and his own home.
Colours: Red and green.
Plants: A rock-garden, ferns.
Flowers: Heather, thistle.
Skills: Professor, philosopher, teacher, diplomat, ambassador, astrologer, clairvoyant, head of personnel - and all professions requiring the skills of divination.