How do the zodiac signs express themselves in love and intimacy? Our original collection features 48 unique descriptions — 24 Chinese and 24 Western — exploring how each sign approaches attraction, passion, and connection.
As a Rat female, you are incredibly sentimental and passionate, all in the same package. Your personal desires cry out for recognition and satiation, but you prefer to take thing slow in the beginning, to be sure that you've found Mr. Right, or at least Mr. Right Now. Once you feel established, your generosity both in and out of bed will know no bounds. There may a tendency for your neediness to increase as the relationship progresses, until your demands become too insistent and your partner heads for the hills. Try implementing a policy of early give-and-take when in repose and see where it leads you. Your lovers will want special instruction -- be sure to let them know exactly where it feels good and how to get there!
The female Ox is quite wary of random assignations -- you realize that sexual experiences can disrupt the routines that you thrive on, and bring new and perhaps unwelcome people and events into your life. You can easily be perceived as frigid. But when you do fall for another, you can be quite frisky in your love-play. You prefer to take one lover at a time, and should there be any emotional repercussions from a disastrous liaison, you might find it difficult to bring yourself to try again. Your forthright nature has a problem when it comes to the intricate games that are associated with the world of romantic intrigue. Your pragmatic streak interferes with sentimentality in all its forms.
As a female Tiger is glittering and glamorous, with tone and grace, you will never lack for a potential bedmate -- the trick for you is choosing among them wisely and, having chosen, getting them all to get along in their sharing of your attentions. Everything with you has to do with love: even the first night together is based on your habit of instant attraction. Things may not always come out in the wash, and then it's time to say good- bye, but the fun you had in the meantime will always turn out to have been worth it in retrospect. Don't get bogged down by the pressure to remain in a highly domestic situation -- you cannot be tamed, and have a very real distaste for the cage, the chair and the whip. You prefer a bit of challenge to your conquests, and, like any good feline, want your prey to be alive and running when you leap to strike.
The female Rabbit is quite nervous regarding the necessary commitment required to truly enjoy the sexual act, balking at even the slightest hint of a future change in her protective and desired routine. You would rather be alone than stuck in an unsatisfactory relationship. You value calm, to the point where many might typify you as an "ice queen." Once you're in, you're in, however, and since you are always willing to listen to opposing views, you will take what time you need to make the arrangement work -- to your satisfaction, of course, as such a goal is paramount. You don't confide in others nearly as well as others confide in you. Your secrets remain your own, and this can have a very titillating effect on those who are romantically interested in you, but this titillating can turn to exasperation in the blink of an eye.
The female Dragon will never be short of admirers, and you don't know the meaning of unrequited love, either. You are very passionate but not to the extent that it will shut down your higher brain functions. You are extremely self-reliant and realize quite well that you don't need another person in order to survive in this world. Although you are often the object of someone else's love, you rarely fall in love in return, and when you do you are universally accepted. You tend to put those you love on a pedestal, and should they ever fall short of your high expectations, they shall topple from their exalted position in your eyes faster than two fingers can snap. Your heart will never be broken because your impermeable ego protects it as though in a sheath of iron.
The female Snake is intensely passionate -- you live for love, as long as they love you more than you love them. You prefer to consider yourself the center of your current flame's existence, and this could produce friction that will explode the relationship. Flirt that you are, you like to make sure that your sexual arsenal is still up-to-date and lethal. You are the queen of affairs and intrigues, and will continue to be so long after you will have been supposed to have "settled down," even if operations have to be conducted on the sly so as to avoid censure. Paradoxically, you expect absolute fealty from your partners, even in the face of your own indiscretions. Should they become too dependent upon you, however, they will lose your respect.
The Horse female is very much in love with the idea of being in love -- in fact, you may be more in love with the idea of being in love than you are with the actual partner you may have chosen for this particular go-round. You are the sort who will fall in love at first sight, grow quickly bored with the arrangement, and spend an inordinately long time figuring a way out of your predicament. You are an exciting yet difficult partner, as you enjoy dramatic scenes and will go out of your way to instigate them, as they add that element of uncertainty that will keep you interested. You are moody, and enjoy your freedom while still demanding support. You are completely at the mercy of your powerful emotions, and you never know which way they'll turn next.
As a Goat female, you are incapable of being objective -- you think that the world revolves around you and your loved ones. You tend to turn a blind eye upon matters that you dislike, in the hopes that they will evaporate without action needing to be taken. You are very sensitive and demand great things from your lovers, but you also have a great deal to offer in return. You are a catalyst of events. You cannot help making concessions over minor matters in order to keep the peace, as you dislike discord in your home. You are a polite and affectionate partner; although you do not like having to bear the burden of compassion should individual troubles arise. You will not be changed by others, as your basic nature is very durable, so they should stop trying.
The female Monkey approaches sex in a very enthusiastic and vivacious manner. In the beginning of any relationship, you will be utterly infatuated with your newfound partner, but as the novelty wears away your excitement will fade. Everything must be kept exciting to keep you interested, or else your constant complaints will end the relationship in a hurry. You are an excitable and unpredictable person, and can cause a great deal of disruption with your frequent mood swings, but that's the way you are and if they can't take a joke they know where they can stuff it. When sufficiently entertained, you are one of the most charming and loveable people around, and it is the responsibility of others, as you see it, to keep you that way at all times
The female Rooster considers the sexual act as a responsibility and a challenge, not to be taken lightly. You pride yourself on your skills in this regard, and will not accept the word "no" as an answer from your potential prey. You like to plan affairs of the heart in advance, and when they don't play out according to your personal timetable you feel confused and betrayed by your own feelings. You are intensely devoted to your loved ones, but this can overflow into a tendency to run them like a railroad to suit your own convenience. You can be cruelly unsympathetic in times of crisis, preoccupied as you are with your designs for the future. Your refusal to trust others with classified information can be a stumbling block in the path of true love.
The female Dog (again, no name-calling, folks) is a warm, kind and generous soul. You have people falling all over themselves to fall in love with you every day, but your suspicious nature doesn't allow you to reciprocate their attentions easily. Should you meet someone who meets your inflated standards, you may allow yourself to fall in love with that person, slowly, over a long period of time. Love may make you uneasy -- you require it to encompass everything within itself, and since it may tend to fall short of your impossible expectations, you keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. Your constant anxiety requires constant reassurances from your partner about everything under the sun. Your pessimism may prove to be contagious!
The female Pig is quite enthusiastic about love. Once you feel you have met someone compatible, you will fall in love quickly and deeply, which will lead to the inevitable physical conjunction. This doesn't bother you, as you have the same natural urges as anyone else, and enjoy satisfying them in a timely manner. Nothing too kinky for you, though -- you prefer variety in other areas of your life, but not this one. You are very warmhearted and open, and excel at creating pleasant environments in which your relationships will thrive. Sentimental to the bone, you may at times overdo the lovey-dovey routine, as you will do anything to please your lover. You should take care not to smother your intended, as some people don't appreciate constant attention.
