The twelve Animal Signs

for Men

Horse man
His physical background

The male Horse is distinctively manful - there is no possibility of mistaking him for a gynandrous person, even when he is wearing long hair and an Indian tunic in the fashion of many hippies. He is prominently muscular and sinewy, especially in his neck, arms, and thighs. Few men would be as hirsute as this type: He has a luxuriant beard and dense hair on most parts of his body.

Women, or at least the more "female" ones, often find him strikingly attractive in physical appearance. His bearing has a certain elegance and nobility associated with sportiness. His manner is frank and open, his movements quick, his gestures decided and vigorous. He displays much self-confidence and feels at home everywhere. There is an undeniable air of robust health about him.

This subject is commanding in stature, with a well-built, tall, and athletic profile. He is possessed of broad shoulders, a thrown-out chest, powerful buttocks, and unusually long legs. A few Horses belong to the shorter category; in this instance they almost invariably begin to go stout around the age of fifty and show precocious baldness, as was the case with Nikita Khrushchev.

The Horse man has a somewhat square face due to his protruding jaws. His features, which are not very regular, make a striking contrast with his fine, straight, aristocratic nose. His forehead is noticeable for its breadth and bordered with anarchic, unruly locks of hair which bear witness to his resolutely nonconformist temperament. His eyes are very bright and alive with a malicious gleam. His mouth, already big, appears to be bigger still owing to his full, fleshy lips; it is indeed the mouth of a gourmand! People around him could not help noticing his presence because of his big booming manly voice and ready thunderous peals of laughter.

While not keen on making a spectacle of himself like his Dragon brother, he tends to be showy in dress and manner, just to underline his disregard for convention and formality. If he is incessantly restless and unable to keep still, it is certainly because he refuses, consciously or unconsciously, to be simply a member of the herd.

The native is endowed with a basically sound constitution and an appreciable health capital. So long as he lives correctly and wisely there is nothing he should fear on the physical plane and he is allowed to envision a happy old age. Probably his sole weak point is his liver; but this alone can give rise to a host of troubles, which may be as important as they are varied, if he does not take necessary precautions on a permanent basis.

This man's worst enemy, as can be guessed, is his excessive greediness. He tends to eat and drink well beyond tolerable limits. He has a marked preference for what his fragile liver precisely is afraid of - delicacies, deep-fried foods, dishes cooked in sauce, wines, aperitifs, liqueurs, cigars, and the like. The more he advances in years, the more compulsive his greediness becomes, and, if he has not trained to successfully resist his penchant, he will most probably fall a victim to plethoric disorders and acne rosacea in his middle age. More than anyone else, he is directly and wholly responsible for the physical condition of the last part of his life.

This is an emotional person whose reactions bear all the more adversely on his neurovegetative system as they are swift and strong. As a consequence he often suffers from faulty digestion and disorders resulting from an inadequate elimination of waste. Sometimes he reacts at the cutaneous level, showing boils, herpes, or eczema, when he is greatly annoyed or has to repress his natural aggressivity.

The native is also liable to troubles in his hips and thighs and may be bothered by cramps or muscular contractions in these regions as well as by coxalgia and sciatica. Such miseries are not really important, and there is not much he can do about them except being careful when he exerts himself.

The advice to be given him is simple enough and proceeds from sheer common sense. First of all, he should not overeat under any circumstances; he would have to pay dearly and immediately for all excess he has indulged in. Secondly, he should refrain from all foods that are difficult to digest due either to their very natures or the way they are cooked. Thirdly, it is in his interest to eat every kind of fresh green vegetables and fruits; meats and fishes should be barbecued, not fried; Chinese stir-fried dishes seem to suit him best.

There is practically no need to counsel him to have sufficient sleep and physical activity. He loves sleeping - his sleep is almost always profound and highly refreshing - but does not tend to oversleep. He hates inactivity and a sedentary life and so is keen on flexing his muscles. He can do any kind of sport, but his preference goes to equitation - is it because he is a Horse? Besides, he is a fanatic of all branches of athletics.