Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Do you know which Chinese Lunar New Year animal you are?

The year of the Fire Horse is upon us, and with it, the summons to shake loose from stagnation and go full speed, bare back and mane loose into the waiting winds of destiny. Yee-haw. The Horse is ...

Chinese Zodiac , Animals and Elements. HowStuffWorks recently offered readers a crash course on the Chinese zodiac. . Sometime before 1000 B.C.E., the Chinese developed a complex astrological system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Both the Western and Chinese zodiac systems have 12 'signs' (at least the majority of which are animals). Each sign provides ...