Chinese New Year Parade

While I was in San Francisco, I passed through Chinatown where they were preparing for the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. My friend, Sara, and I stopped to watch them walk by with their lavish decorations. That's when she turned to me and said, "You know, we're both the year of the Snake." What did that mean exactly? I pondered the question and was stunned by the accuracy of this description (*from: The Year of the Snake):

People born in the Year of the Snake are deep. They say little and possess great wisdom. They never have to worry about money; they are financially fortunate. Snake people are often quite vain, selfish, and a bit stingy. Yet they have tremendous sympathy for others and try to help those less fortunate. Snake people tend to overdo, since they have doubts about other people's judgment and prefer to rely on themselves. They are determined in whatever they do and hate to fail. Although calm on the surface, they are intense and passionate. Snake people are usually good-looking and sometimes have marital problems because they are fickle. They are most compatible with the Ox and Rooster.