What it is
The 9th sign. Its 9 makes it adapt and copy.
Monkey years add up to 3, 6 or 9.
Its hours each day: 3 pm to 5 pm.
As a person
The cleverest sign and the quickest with a joke. Learns by copying.
Takes things apart and makes them better, but seldom creates from scratch.
Must have fun, and its teasing can go too far.
Shines as a deputy rather than the boss, unless its numbers bring 1 energy.
Short on self-discipline; does best when someone drives it on.
As a year
You are a Monkey if you were born in one of these spans:
- 6 Feb 1932 to 25 Jan 1933
- 25 Jan 1944 to 12 Feb 1945
- 12 Feb 1956 to 30 Jan 1957
- 30 Jan 1968 to 16 Feb 1969
- 16 Feb 1980 to 4 Feb 1981
- 4 Feb 1992 to 22 Jan 1993
- 22 Jan 2004 to 8 Feb 2005
- 8 Feb 2016 to 27 Jan 2017
Each span runs from one Chinese New Year to the day before the next. New Year falls between 21 January and 20 February, so a birth date before 21 February can belong to the sign before.
Good for Monkeys, Dragons and Rats.
The enemy year of every Tiger.
Next Monkey years: 26 Jan 2028 to 12 Feb 2029; 12 Feb 2040 to 31 Jan 2041; 1 Feb 2052 to 18 Feb 2053.
As a month
The Monkey month runs 7 Aug to 6 Sep each year. Anyone born in it carries a smaller dose of the Monkey. It is the enemy month for everyone born in the Tiger month.
Friends and enemy
Friends: Rat and Dragon, the other two corners of its triangle. Inside this triangle the Dragon gets on better with the Monkey than with the Rat.
Enemy: Tiger, straight across the wheel. For a Monkey, Tiger years are for holding back. The Tiger month is a lesser caution, unless the Monkey was born in a Tiger, Horse or Dog month. For a Monkey born in the Monkey month it is the full enemy month: hold big starts in it.
No soulmate sign. The method names one soulmate pair only: Rat and Ox.
Friends
Enemy