Monkey Chinese Zodiac

Personality, strengths, compatibility and birth years

The Chinese zodiac assigns each year one of twelve animals on a repeating cycle, set by your birth year rather than your birth date. The animal describes temperament and the company you keep easily — it is a separate system from Western star signs, and the two rarely say the same thing.

Personality

The Monkey is the zodiac's genius trickster — brilliant, inventive, and endlessly entertaining. Your mind works faster than most people can follow, and your problem-solving ability is off the charts. You turn every obstacle into a game you intend to win.

Strengths

Sharp, smart, curious, creative, versatile, sociable, confident

Challenges

Arrogant, cunning, restless, sarcastic, deceptive, opportunistic

Best matches

Rat, Dragon, Snake

Birth years

1944 (from 25 Jan), 1956 (from 12 Feb), 1968 (from 30 Jan), 1980 (from 16 Feb), 1992 (from 4 Feb), 2004 (from 22 Jan), 2016 (from 8 Feb), 2028 (from 26 Jan).

A Chinese year begins at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January, so the dates above are where each year actually starts. Born before that date and you belong to the previous year's animal — Aethera works this out from your full birth date.

Lucky numbers

4, 9

Lucky colours

White, blue, gold

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The other eleven animals

RatOxTigerRabbitDragonSnakeHorseGoatRoosterDogPig