Overview
Summary of Year of the Monkey
The Monkey, or Year of the Monkey, is clever, playful and quick to learn. It is mischievous, curious, adaptable and full of creative ideas.
In Chinese tradition
Meaning by topic
Learns fast, adapts fast
The Monkey learns quickly and is clever, and moving into a new situation causes no snag. The texts say the Monkey is creative too.
Mischievous and curious
Playful and mischievous are a pair of words the texts put together, followed by a curious nature.
The Monkey's colors and partners
The Monkey gets white, blue and gold as auspicious colors. The texts classify the Snake as the Monkey's friend. The Rat and the Dragon are the two years in the same Triple Harmony group as the Monkey. The Tiger is the side that collides, hence the word clash.
Trine · Friend · Clash
Relations with other years
- Trine
Rat · Dragon · Monkey - Friend year
Year of the Snake - Clashing year
Year of the Tiger
Colour · Element
Traditional data
- Lucky colours
- white, blue, gold
- Element
- Clashing year
- Year of the Tiger
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Set beside the Horse, which is very sociable, and the Goat, which is calm and plain, the Monkey is zesty with mischief and quick at learning, while the Rooster is sharp-eyed and the Dog is sincere.
- eager · cheerful · sociableYear of the Horse
- good-hearted · creative · patientYear of the Goat
- clever · playful · quick learner · mischievous · curious · adaptableYear of the Monkey
- diligent · honest · sharp observerYear of the Rooster
- honest · sincere · friendlyYear of the Dog
Frequently asked questions
What is the Monkey especially good at?
Learning fast and adapting well.
Which year collides with the Monkey?
The Year of the Tiger.
Gold is an auspicious color of which zodiac animals?
The Monkey has gold, along with white and blue.