Chinese Zodiac - Monkey

Monkey ranks ninth position in the Chinese Zodiac. They are cheerful and energetic by nature and usually represent flexibility. People under the sign of the Monkey are wise, intelligent, confident, charismatic, loyal, inventive and have leadership. The weaknesses of the Monkeys are being egotistical, arrogant, crafty, restless and snobbish.

Basic Astrology Elements
Earthly Branch of Birth Year: Shen
The Five Elements: Metal (Jin)
Yin Yang: Yang ([Chinese philosophy] positive/active/male principle in nature)
Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8; Avoid: 2, 5, 9
Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum
Lucky Colors: white, golden, blue; Avoid: red, black, grey, dark coffee

Start Date	End Date	Associated Element	Heavenly Branch
02/06/1932	01/25/1933	Yang Water	Ren Shen
01/25/1944	02/12/1945	Yang Wood	Jia Shen
02/12/1956	01/30/1957	Yang Fire	Bing Shen
01/30/1968	02/16/1969	Yang Earth	Wu Shen
02/16/1980	02/04/1981	Yang Metal	Geng Shen
02/04/1992	01/22/1993	Yang Water	Ren Shen
01/22/2004	02/08/2005	Yang Wood	Jia Shen
02/08/2016	01/27/2017	Yang Fire	Bing Shen
01/26/2028	02/12/2029	Yang Earth	Wu Shen

The monkey is a kind of wise and flexible creature, looks like the human most. The biologist Charles Darwin has written in his book On the Origin of Species that Humans are evolved from apes. So, the monkey can be as clever as the humans to some extent. You can also get this from the Monkey King, the main character in one of the four famous Chinese novels - Journey to the West. By using his wisdom, the Monkey King defeats the evil spirits and ghosts, helping his companions finish the journey to the West successfully.
 
The people born in the year of the monkey are of great intellects and skillful. They are usually good leaders. Quick and intelligent as they are, they can win prizes frequently from childhood, thus, often appreciated by parents and teachers. Besides, they are most in good physical conditions. Not only good in fortune when they are young, but also perfect after middle ages. As they are good at saving up money, they usually live lives without worrying about food and clothing.
 
The people under the sign of the monkey are sometimes a bit quick-tempered. This may hinder them from getting success. So, they should learn to be patient to overcome. They also like to project themselves to attract others. As they have extraordinary ability to distinguish between things, they can always make good decisions. In their families, they are usually considerate and thoughtful. Please click for more about Monkey Personality Traits.

The Monkey people of different elements also have different personalities and fortune:

Click the following links to get personalities and horoscope for the five types of Monkey.  
→ Metal Monkey: 1920 (Feb. 20, 1920 - Feb. 7, 1921) and 1980 (Feb. 16, 1980 - Feb. 4, 1981)
→ Water Monkey: 1932 (Feb. 6, 1932 - Jan. 25, 1933) and 1992 (Feb. 4, 1992 - Jan. 22, 1993)
→ Fire Monkey: 1956 (Feb. 12, 1956 - Jan. 30, 1957) and 2016 (Feb. 8, 2016 - Jan. 27, 2017)
→ Earth Monkey: 1968 (Jan. 30, 1968 - Feb. 16, 1969)
→ Wood Monkey: 1994 (Jan. 25, 1944 - Feb. 12, 1945) and 2004 (Jan. 22, 2004 - Feb. 8, 2005)

 

Best Match: Rat, Dragon, Snake
Worst Match: Tiger, Pig
→ Please click for more about Monkey Compatibility.

Find your compatible zodiac signs according to your month:

Birth Month of the Monkey	Personality of the Monkey	Girl's Match	Boy's Match
Jan.	practical with decisive action	Sheep	Tiger
Feb.	optimistic	Snake	Rat
Mar.	having wide interests	Rat	Sheep
Apr.	positive	Rabbit	Ox
May.	discontent with the present situation	Snake	Horse
Jun.	to hot and cold with others	Sheep	Ox
Jul.	eloquent	Tiger	Horse
Aug.	mannered; well-behaved	Pig	Tiger
Sep.	diffident; lacking self-confidence	Horse	Rabbit
Oct.	energetic and active	Pig	Any
Nov.	having progressive spirit	Sheep	Sheep
Dec.	fun-loving	Rabbit	Horse

► Monkey Yearly Horoscope

2017 Yearly Horoscope Predictions

The Monkey people like the challenge. Therefore, those exciting, speculative and challenging jobs are fit to them. Jobs such as professional sportsmen, stockbrokers, lawyer etc. are ideal ones for them. Besides, jobs like actors, writers, journalists and diplomats could give more room for them to show their ability. In addition, the Monkey are suitable to work in the industries of construction, real estate, hardware, household electrical appliance, catering trade, software, site management, E-commerce, insurance, banking and more.

When selecting a Chinese name for the people born in the year of Monkey, there are some dos and don’ts you need to know which are based on the characters of the Monkey, zodiac compatibility and Chinese five element theories. Let's take a look at what are good and auspicious names for the male and female Monkeys.
→ Auspicious Chinese Names for the Monkey