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Asian Aggravation Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/20/2014
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

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The cache is not at the posted coordinates. You will need to know your Chinese Zodiac in order to find this cache. If you attended the Southside Gang July 2014 Meet and Greet (GC57RGV), then you already have a head start! Otherwise, the Internet can be your friend.

In Chinese astrology the zodiac of twelve animal signs represents twelve different types of personality. The following are the twelve zodiac signs in order and their characteristics. Look up your birthday from the Chinese Zodiac Chart (or for a cleaner version, you can look at the same chart on wikipedia) to determine your appropriate animal year.

Rat: Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, vindictive, mendacious, venal, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming.

Ox: Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.

Tiger: Unpredictable, rebellious, colorful, powerful, passionate, daring, impulsive, vigorous, stimulating, sincere, affectionate, humanitarian, generous. Can be restless, reckless, impatient, quick-tempered, obstinate, selfish.

Rabbit: Gracious, kind, sensitive, soft-spoken, amiable, elegant, reserved, cautious, artistic, thorough, tender, self-assured, astute, compassionate, flexible. Can be moody, detached, superficial, self-indulgent, opportunistic, lazy.

Dragon: Magnanimous, stately, vigorous, strong, self-assured, proud, noble, direct, dignified, zealous, fiery, passionate, decisive, pioneering, ambitious, generous, loyal. Can be arrogant, imperious, tyrannical, demanding, eccentric, grandiloquent and extremely bombastic, prejudiced, dogmatic, over-bearing, violent, impetuous, brash.

Snake: Deep thinker, wise, mystic, graceful, soft-spoken, sensual, creative, prudent, shrewd, ambitious, elegant, cautious, responsible, calm, strong, constant, purposeful. Can be loner, bad communicator, possessive, hedonistic, self-doubting, distrustful, mendacious.

Horse: Cheerful, popular, quick-witted, changeable, earthy, perceptive, talkative, agile mentally and physically, magnetic, intelligent, astute, flexible, open-minded. Can be fickle, arrogant, anxious, rude, gullible, stubborn.

Ram: Righteous, sincere, sympathetic, mild-mannered, shy, artistic, creative, gentle, compassionate, understanding, mothering, determined, peaceful, generous, seeks security. Can be moody, indecisive, over-passive, worrier, pessimistic, over-sensitive, complainer, wise.

Monkey: Inventor, motivator, improviser, quick-witted, inquisitive, flexible, innovative, problem solver, self-assured, sociable, polite, dignified, competitive, objective, factual, intellectual. Can be egotistical, vain, selfish, reckless, snobbish, deceptive, manipulative, cunning, jealous, suspicious.

Rooster: Acute, neat, meticulous, organized, self-assured, decisive, conservative, critical, perfectionist, alert, zealous, practical, scientific, responsible. Can be over zealous and critical, puritanical, egotistical, abrasive, opinionated.

Dog: Honest, intelligent, straightforward, loyal, sense of justice and fair play, attractive, amicable, unpretentious, sociable, open-minded, idealistic, moralistic, practical, affectionate, dogged. Can be cynical, lazy, cold, judgmental, pessimistic, worrier, stubborn, quarrelsome.

Pig: Honest, simple, gallant, sturdy, sociable, peace-loving, patient, loyal, hard-working, trusting, sincere, calm, understanding, thoughtful, scrupulous, passionate, intelligent. Can be naïve, over-reliant, self-indulgent, gullible, fatalistic, materialistic.

In Chinese astrology the animal signs assigned by year represent what others perceive you as being or how you present yourself. It is a common misconception that the animals assigned by year are the only signs, and many western descriptions of Chinese astrology draw solely on this system. In fact, there are also animal signs assigned by month (called inner animals), day, and hours of
the day (called secret animals). In calculating your true Chinese zodiac, it is important to also know the time of your birth. To sum it up, while a person might appear to be a dragon because they were born in the year of the dragon, they might also be a snake internally and an ox secretively. These are all considered critical for the proper use of Chinese astrology.

An individual’s monthly animal sign is called their inner animal and is concerned with what motivates a person. Since this sign dictates a person’s love life and inner persona, it is critical to a proper understanding of the individual’s compatibility with other signs. Refer to the Inner Animal chart to obtain your inner animal.


The Chinese zodiac is also used to label times of day, with each sign corresponding to a “large hour” which is a two-hour period (24 divided by 12 animals). It is therefore important to know the exact time of birth to determine it. The secret animal is thought to be a person’s truest representation, since this animal is determined by the smallest denominator: a person’s birth hour. As this sign is based on the position of the sun in the sky and not the time of your local clock, it is important to compensate for daylight saving time. However, some online systems already compensate for daylight saving time, and astrologers may compensate your time for you oblivious to the fact that you’ve compensated it yourself, leading to an inaccurate reading. The large-hour in which a person is born is their secret animal. It is a person’s own true sign which their personality is based on.

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Use the following legend to solve for the final coords:

1 = RAT

2 = OX

3 = TIGER

4 = RABBIT

5 = DRAGON

6 = SNAKE

7 = HORSE

8 = RAM/SHEEP/GOAT

9 = MONKEY

10 = ROOSTER

11 = DOG

12 = PIG/BOAR

Additional info:

Andrew’s birthday = 9/4/12

Mykel’s birthday = 5/7/06

Christina’s birthday = 1/14

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Here's how to solve for the final coords. Let's do an example, I was born at 2:57PM on 4/15/72. To get my Chinese Zodiac sign, look up my birthday from the Chinese Zodiac Chart (or for a cleaner version, you can look at the same chart on wikipedia). You'll notice that 4/15/72 falls under the year of the Rat. To get my Inner animal, use the Inner Animal chart on this page and you will see that 4/15 is a Dragon. To get my Secret animal, use the Secret Animal chart on this page and you will see that 2:57PM is a Ram. So my Chinese Zodiac sign is a Rat, and I am a Dragon internally and a Ram secretively.

A = Manny Pacquiao's Chinese Zodiac sign (bday 12/17/78 makes him a Horse=7) - Bruce Lee's Chinese Zodiac Sign (bday 11/27/40 makes him a Dragon=5). 7-5=2, hence A=2.

B = Jamie Chung's Chinese Zodiac sign - Arnel Pineda's Chinese Zodiac sign

C = Pat Morita's Chinese Zodiac sign - Lucy Liu's Chinese Zodiac sign

D = Jet Li's INNER animal - Jackie Chan's INNER animal

E = Mykel's Chinese Zodiac sign - Vern Yip's INNER animal

F = SECRET animal of someone born at 6:54PM - SECRET animal of someone born at 10:00AM

G = Brandon Lee’s INNER animal + Christina’s INNER animal

H = Andrew's INNER animal - Lea Salonga's INNER animal

I = Add my SECRET animal to my Chinese Zodiac sign

J = Rob Schneider’s Chinese Zodiac sign - Lou Diamond Phillips’ INNER animal

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Final coords: N 33 AB.CDE W 084 FG.HIJ

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FTF gets a Chinese yin yang ball keychain thinga-majig or whatever else they want from the swag.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

FTF honors go to: GPSFergie5!!!

FTS (solve) honors go to: Cachundheit!!!

So you want to solve Quicker Response? Use this: VV.V = 34.2

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: V hfrq jvxvcrqvn gb ybbx hc nyy bs gur oveguqnlf. Uvqr: Ybpx naq ybpx haqre gur erzanagf bs n qbjarq ybt.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)