Year of the Monkey
Traditionally associated with ingenuity, play, and quick adjustment.
- Earthly Branch
- 申 · shēn
- Sequence position
- 9 of 12
- Traditional association
- The Monkey is ninth. Folklore and popular personality readings add layers beyond the calendrical animal; those layers are not uniform across all Chinese communities.
Cycle years
- 1932
- 1944
- 1956
- 1968
- 1980
- 1992
- 2004
- 2016
- 2028
- 2040
These labels name the lunisolar year that begins during the listed Gregorian year. January and early-February births may belong to the preceding animal.
What this does—and does not—tell you
The annual animal is one calendar layer. A fuller Chinese astrology reading may also consider the Heavenly Stem and element, month, day, and hour. A year animal alone cannot determine a personality or predict an outcome.
All twelve animal years
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