Chinese zodiac
π Monkey
Found the shortcut before anyone finished reading the map.
- clever
- playful
- curious
- restless
Monkeys solve the puzzle sideways, out of boredom with the obvious approach as much as cleverness. Keep one entertained and you get real ingenuity. Leave one bored and they'll go looking for their own entertainment instead.
The wit is a genuine defense mechanism as much as a party trick: a joke lands before a feeling has to. In relationships attraction comes easily, and the real test is whether a partner can hold a Monkey's interest once the novelty of each other has worn off.
At best / what to watch for
At their best: Turns a dead-end into a workaround nobody else saw.
Watch for: Getting bored with the good thing once it stops being new.
Who the Monkey matches
Best natural match: Snake. Natural allies: Dragon and Rat. Hardest match: Tiger.
Which years are Monkey years?
1944 Β· 1956 Β· 1968 Β· 1980 Β· 1992 Β· 2004 Β· 2016 Β· 2028
Born in January or February? You may belong to the year before, because the animal changes at Lunar New Year, not January 1.
Not sure if youβre actually the Monkey?
The Chinese zodiac year turns over on the lunar new year, not January 1. If you were born in late January or February, the year printed on most sites can be wrong.
Check my exact animal (free)The other eleven
Same birthday, different system: your Western star sign.
The other chart
Why two Monkeys can be so different
The zodiac animal uses one fact about your birth: the year. Saju, the Korean birth chart, uses the year, month, day and hour, weighed as five elements. That is why two Monkeys born twelve years apart can come out very differently.
See my Saju chart (free)