Chinese Zodiac Sign: Monkey

Years: 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016

The Sign of Monkey is the most versatile Sign in the Chinese zodiac. Clever, curious, and mischievous, they adapt well to changing environments and could be manipulative in order to achieve their own goal. Quick-witty, they have the ability to understand what is happening, and then make a right decision. Monkeys usually have a happy childhood, but bthey could get into upset and confused stage in their mid-age and their plans are often miscarried. As they grow older, Monkeys will be able to increasingly enjoy a simple, everyday life.

People born in the Year of the Monkey are very intelligent and learn things quickly. They have a magnetic personality and often gain support from families and friends. They seem full of fast moving energy and should guard against being an opportunist and distrustful of other people. Monkey have agile minds and many talents, they can master any subjects. Monkeys prefer urban life to rural. They shamelessly acknowledge their attraction to money.

Strengthness

Lively, likable, quick-witty, good problem-solvers, and highly sociable, Monkeys are fascinating conversationalists and attract a wide circle of friends. Highly adaptable, charming, and humor make them very popular. Monkeys possess the ability to read others’ mind. In particular, women born under the Sign of Monkey can play rather subtle games with peers of the opposite sex. Monkeys can be reasonable, faithful, successful, inventive, and loving.

Weakness

Although sociable and diplomatic as Monkeys appear, they can be deceptive too. They tend to hide their opinions of others beneath their friendliness. They can also be hyperemotional, unreasonable, immature, and petty. Too clever for their own good, Monkeys can be tricky, manipulative, and opportunistic.

Monkeys often consider themselves smarter, and they distrust others. Being playful, they have a tendency to hurt feelings of others. Although they are inherently intellectual and creative, Monkeys have trouble exhibiting these qualities, and they usually manage to complicate the lives of others.

People born in the Year of the Monkey will do well as an accountant, banker, engineer, stock trader, jewelers, salesman, inventor, plotter, entertainer, counselor, therapist, writer, journalist, and detective. They have lots of ideas and like to learn new things and can do well just about anything. They need to learn understanding their own limits and avoid gambling or speculating.

The Best Love Match: Rat and Dragon

Monkey and Rat: Mutual interests and talents draw them to each other for a fun and loving relationship. They admire each other for their intelligence and creativity.

Monkey and Dragon: This is an exciting union. While the Dragon appreciates the Monkey’s ingenuity, the Monkey admires the Dragon’s courage and strength. It is worth to remember that the Monkey is the only Sign that can fool the Dragon.

Words of Caution: The Monkey and the Tiger do not get along. Both are highly individualistic, they will have difficult times together. They end up at each other's throats quickly.

Love Affairs

People born under the Sign of Monkey often have a busy love life, filled with tears, passion, humor, and reconciliation. Since Monkeys are not stable type, and they have difficulties to find a satisfactory lover, thus are not quick to settle down in a relationship. However, when they find the perfect partner, they will commit to the love one in every way of life and themselves an active and stimulating partner. Monkeys tend to have lots of children. Though Monkeys’ love life may be complicated, their great sense of humor will save them from disaster. Once Monkeys work out the problems in the relationship, they will be a supportive, adaptable, and dependable partner.

Yin/Yang: YIN
Colors: White, Gold, Blue
Directions: North, Northwest, West