The twelve Animal Signs

for Women

Ox (Buffalo) woman
Her physical background

The Buffalo woman is generally lacking in elegance and sophistication. Her style is simple and straightforward. Her entire physical appearance unmistakably bears witness to her homeliness.

This woman is as a rule of middle height; but her legs are short, and her arms long. Thickness characterizes every part of her body - she has pulpy protruding lips, a thick neck, sloping and voluminous shoulders, an ample bosom, well developed hips and rounded thighs. Unlike her masculine counterpart, whose gait could be considered graceful, she walks rather heavily, swaying from side to side in the manner of ducks.

With age she tends to become distinctly overweight even though she may have been careful about her diet, and some middle-aged natives of this sign distinguish themselves by their corpulence.

The Buffalo woman is rather plain-featured, with her face remaining expressionless most of the time. In compensation, her big eyes are beautiful, lively, and have a particular sparkle when she laughs. Her mouth is unusually large and sensual.

Despite her little glamorous aspect, she is perhaps as much graced by nature as many other members of her own sex. One should take into account her exclusive means of seduction. Her fleshy physique and creamy complexion would make the delight of Rubens and all painters of his school. Her soft, warm and sexy voice could help her easily become a popular crooner or, at a more modest level, hold her interlocutors breathless.

The Buffalo-born woman is unfeminine in the sense that she does not care a straw about charming or seeking by artificial means to make herself loved. She shows no particular interest in her physical appearance, and refuses to be a slave of the fashions or waste much of her time before her mirror. Somewhat indifferent to perfumes, cosmetics, beautiful dresses and other charm devices, she generally contents herself with the simple, earthy essentials, despising frivolity and dressing exactly the way expected of "honorable" women. Given her extreme simplicity and self-effacing manners, it would be surprising if she could ever attract the limelight in society.

Her disdain for frivolousness is sometimes carried so far as to degenerate into carelessness and even foolishness. For instance, she tends to indulge in alimentary excesses simply out of unconcern for her figure. Loving food and drink of all kinds, especially sweets, starch and dishes cooked in sauce, she sees no serious reason for depriving herself of such delights. Her uncontrolled greediness, coupled with her natural aversion for physical exercise, cannot fail to put her health in jeopardy. In fact, as is the case with the male half of the sign, many Buffalo women suffer from a variety of ills directly connected with an over-abundant diet - obesity, plethora, engorgement, hypercholesterolemia and numerous cardiovascular disorders - which could have been avoided with some motivation.

In general the Buffalo female is attributed with a robust physical constitution, but with a marked predisposition to overweight. So long as she lives wisely, making good use of her habitually solid common sense, she has nothing to fear for her health. Many of her troubles can be accounted for by her propensity toward intemperance. In all logic, she should get down to keeping her appetite under tight control - by eating and drinking with strict moderation, avoiding carbohydrates such as fats and sweet things as far as possible, and giving preference to low-calorie foods. She must constantly keep in mind that any excess or imprudence can have deleterious repercussions. She must also fight against her penchant for a sedentary life and force herself to practice some kind of sport on a regular basis; jogging, cycling and swimming seem to suit her best.

In many instances the Buffalo woman is bothered by minor gynecological troubles from her adolescence till her menopause. They are probably not due to a psychological cause since she gracefully accepts her feminity and is even proud of it, but more likely to a faulty functioning of her endocrine system. She would be well advised to get herself treated by a specialist every time symptoms of a hormonal imbalance appears; any negligence could entail far-reaching consequences and hamper her full enjoyment of life.