MONKEY
Monkey keywords: Quick wit, many talents, lack of inhibition.
Monkey correlates to the Western sign Leo.
Monkey Lunar Calendar
1908 – February 2 to January 21, 1909 Yellow Earth Monkey
1920 – February 20 to February 7, 1921 White Metal Monkey
1932 – February 6 to January 25, 1933 Black Water Monkey
1944 – January 25 to February 12, 1945 Green Wood Monkey
1956 – February 12 to January 30, 1957 Red Fire Monkey
1968 – January 30 to February 16, 1969 Yellow Earth Monkey
1980 – February 16 to February 4, 1981 White Metal Monkey
1992 – February 4 to January 22, 1993 Black Water Monkey
2004 – January 22 to February 8, 2005 Green Wood Monkey
2016 – February 8 to January 27, 2017 Red Fire Monkey
2028 – January 26 to February 12, 2029 Yellow Earth Monkey
Hours of the Monkey are 3 pm – 5 pm
Monkey in Love
In relationships, Monkey is most compatible with another Monkey, Rat, or Dragon. Snake is also compatible. Tiger is least compatible. Your best months are April, May, August, and December. Your best season is late summer. Questions? Schedule your personal horoscope with Susan Levitt for your Chinese Four Pillars chart plus your complete Western chart.
Monkey in 2026 Fire Horse Year
Time to entertain, be extravagant, and live it up! After serious Snake year 2024, Monkey has some catching up to do for more fun and creativity in life, and bringing the wit and sparkling energy that only Monkey can provide. Both you and Horse are lively and strong, so Horse’s passionate Fire suits you to pursue your ambitions and make progress. There’s enough bold action this year to keep you busy, although avoid too much multi-tasking to not become scattered. Like Horse, you’ll do as you please this year.
The element Fire empowers the 1956 Fire Monkey to create a brighter blaze. Fire strengthens the 1968 Earth Monkey because Fire is the “mother” of Earth; after Fire burns it creates ash that is more Earth. Fire melts Metal so stay steady and take care of yourself for the 1980 Metal Monkey. The 1992 Water Monkey has an advantage this year because Water can control and extinguish Fire. The 2004 or 1944 Wood Monkey could be in the role of the nurturer or caregiver this year because Wood is the “mother” of Fire. Wood is fuel for Fire, so the Wood Monkey benefits by keeping boundaries and not overgiving.
Monkey Personality
Monkey is ingenious, sharp, clever, alert, extremely entertaining, mercurial, and aggressive. Monkey embodies strong leadership potential and easily wins trust. Insistent on being the leader, Monkey won’t allow anyone else dictate what to do. Uninhibited Monkey rarely gets embarrassed by anything, and freely and fearlessly is expressive in all areas of life.
In addition to acute mental alertness, Monkey also possesses physical stamina. Monkeys are good with their hands, and have skills and dexterity with machines. Monkey naturally possesses technological talents, and can easily master new concepts. In short — Monkey can do anything!
In Asia, the birthrate skyrockets in a Monkey year (as in Dragon year). A male Monkey child is preferred but a female Monkey is also very strong. She succeeds by accepting her yang nature and applying it to achievement in the world. Monkey is generous and sensitive, and loves to help others.
In personal relationships, Monkeys can be playful and romantic, yet they may treat relationships as games and have trouble staying committed for an extended period of time. Impatient Monkey gets bored quickly and is constantly looking for distracting excitement, stimulation, and new games. Monkey runs hot and cold in relationships, and has a rigid caste system for judging others. Either you are high on Monkey’s list and a valued player, or you’re not; either you contribute to Monkey’s advancement, or you don’t.
Astute Monkey must be aware to not indulge in what Buddhists call “monkey mind” of jump to a branch, grab a banana, peel it, take a bite, drop it, then jump to the next branch — on and on in a useless cycle. Monkey experiences many flashes of brilliant insights. May they use them wisely and suffer from monkey-mind tail chasing.
Fire Monkey has the Fire qualities of reason, expressiveness, aggressiveness, leadership, and a proper sense of etiquette.
Earth Monkey has the Earth qualities of stability, honesty, practicality, industry, prudence, reliability, kindness, and loyalty.
Metal Monkey has the Metal qualities of righteousness, independence, strong will, intensity, uprightness, determination, and ability to focus.
Water Monkey has the Water qualities of sensitivity, drive, effectiveness, creativity, passion for life and sex, valuing family and close contacts, and the potential to attract.
Wood Monkey has the Wood qualities of boldness, creativity, enthusiasm, idealism, imagination, planning, decision making, steadfastness, benevolence, and competitiveness.
Monkey Year
The year of the Monkey is a time of courage, action, anarchy, and true devotion to even the wildest of schemes. Success can be attained in business, politics, and real estate. Everyone wants to work the shrewdest angle, get the best deal, and win big. Now is the time to start new endeavors, for many are destined to succeed under lucky Monkey’s influence. Luck is not with the dull or slow witted this year. Monkey will take all the peanuts and leave only the shells.
Tao Te Ching verse for Monkey
Thirty spokes join together to make a wheel
but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a vessel
but it is the emptiness inside that makes it useful.
We hammer wood for a house
but in the empty space is where we live.
We work with being
but non-being is what we use.
(Stephen Mitchell translation)
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