RAT
General
This is a challenging year for those who are born in the year of the rat. There will be hiccups, delays or even failure ahead. This will not imply that you should stop whatever you plan for. It will just be that you need to be extra cautious. Your resilience and intelligence will be an asset this year. You might not get as much help from others and have to rely on yourself most of the time and you will also need to be careful in whom you might trust to prevent being set up by others. Further, there might also be tension with your partner. There will also be indications of legal problems that might even result in a custodial sentence. Thus, you might want to be cautious with regard to any legal matters and might avoid taking any risks that might place you in such a predicament, notwithstanding the attractiveness of any returns. You might have the tendency to fall ill and be involved in accidents. There might also be the indications of death in the family or of friends. Aside from taking care of your own health and safety, you might also want to keep watch over your friends and family. It might not be easy to make a lot of money this year and as such you might want to save instead.
Career
In terms of your career, there will be more challenges than ever. There will be delays, failures or tasks being abandoned. In additional to the difficulty of receiving the necessary support, more office politics than usual will exist. Sudden unforeseen crisis might also arise. Hence, it would be advisable to thread with care and maintain a low profile. If you need to sign any documents, you might want to exercise extra care when doing so and also might not want to push your luck when taking risks or challenging the law as there will be a likelihood of ending up with a custodial sentence. Reaping short-term benefits by infringing the law will result in serious consequences. Where there are traffic fines or small legal issues, it will be best to settle them before they become too complicated. You might also want to be careful in terms of whom you might trust at work to avoid being framed or being given misleading information. It might be better to collect sensitive or important information by yourself. Although it might be difficult to get the returns of all your hard work, you will want to be more patient this year and not to be too hard on yourself.
If you are doing business, you might like to keep a low profile and adopt conservative and well-tested methods. There might also be a high tendency of betrayals and backstabbing and you might not want to put too much trust in people, especially if they might have conflicting interest with yours. You might also not want to share confidential information such as opportunities and your client list with others. Tension with business partners that might result in legal disputes will be a possibility. There will also be a need to have contingency plans and a greater buffer as there will be more sudden crisis erupting this year. Flexibility of having both more time and resources to cope with these problems will be required. You might want to place extra care with regard to legal and corporate matters. If there are areas that you are unfamiliar with, you might need to seek help from professionals to avoid breaking the law.
Wealth
There will be difficulties in making a lot of wealth this year. Aside from having difficulty to save, there will also be indications of overspending. A portion of such spending might be due to impulse buying. Although you might be very tempted to take certain risks in order to reap some quick returns, it will be best to avoid taking such risks. How much you might be able to save will also depend on how well you can avoid legal problems. Apart from legal issues, you might also need to use your money to keep you out of other troubles.
Relationship
There might be a lot of tension and instability in your relationship. One of the main reasons will be due to the exceeding challenges and stress that you will be facing this year that will affect your treatment of your partner and you might want to avoid taking it out on your partner. Be patient and let your partner understand the difficulties you are faced with. This will be a good time to determine the strength of your relationship. You will certainly be able to make good use of the encouragement and the support your partner will be able to provide by keeping your communication channels open. Accepting help and support from your partner is not to be seen as a sign of weakness.
Health
You will be accident-prone this year. This might be due to your lack of patience and having too much on your mind and you might want to avoid participating in any high-risk activities. If you feel that you are tired or easily distracted by your thoughts, smses or emails, you should avoid driving or operating machinery. Your health will also be unstable and this will be related to stress, frustration and your hectic lifestyle. Aside from your own health and safety, there might be a death in the family or of friends.
People
There will be a lot of backstabbing, betrayals or even outright confrontations with others this year. You might want to exercise caution when dealing with others. Using defensive techniques without putting yourself at a disadvantage, you might want to be careful in keeping confidential and sensitive information. Further, you might also want to keep your personal documentation in order for when you might require it. Even when others might be quite harsh or treat you rudely, you might want to avoid getting into a confrontation. Take a step back and plan your strategy carefully.
