2027 for the Monkey
In the year of the Fire Goat, which begins on 6 February 2027, the Monkey and the Goat are an average match, friendly in the traditional grid. In the restraining cycle Fire melts Metal, so practitioners read a Fire year as one that tests the Monkey’s Metal: refining, and uncomfortable while it lasts.
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The Monkey in a Goat year
The grid lists the Monkey and the Goat as an average, friendly match, and practitioners read the year as one with no strong pull from the year’s animal. The weight falls on the elements instead: a Fire year meets the Monkey’s Metal, which practitioners read as a refining season.
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Love and work for the Monkey in 2027
In love the Monkey’s wit charms easily, and practitioners counsel depth over cleverness in a gentle year: one honest conversation counts for more than many clever ones.
At work the Monkey’s problem-solving shines, and the refining Fire of the year rewards finishing and polishing its ideas rather than chasing new ones.
The five kinds of Monkey in a Fire year
Each Monkey year also carries an element of its own, from the year’s heavenly stem, so there are five kinds of Monkey, and practitioners read each one against 2027’s Fire by its birth element.
A Water Monkey, born in 1932 or 1992, carries the element that dampens Fire, and practitioners read the year as one it can steady for others, at some cost to its own warmth.
A Wood Monkey, born in 1944 or 2004, carries the element that feeds Fire, and practitioners read the Fire year as one that draws on it: a good season for kindling other people’s plans, and a reason to guard its own reserves.
A Fire Monkey, born in 1956 or 2016, shares the year’s own element, which practitioners read as strong momentum: easy to begin things, harder to rest, with a temper to watch.
An Earth Monkey, born in 1968, is fed by the year, since Fire produces Earth, and practitioners read support and steadiness for it, with the caution not to take on too much simply because it comes easily.
A Metal Monkey, born in 1980, meets the element that melts Metal, which practitioners read as a refining year: pressure that shapes, best met with patience.
The Monkey in the tradition
Folk tradition gives the Monkey cleverness, curiosity and a talent for solving problems, the animal of quick hands and quicker ideas. Its branch is 申.
In the traditional tables the Monkey is yang, belongs to the 1st trine and has Metal as its fixed element. Its best matches in the grid are the Rat and Dragon (its trine) and the Snake (its harmony); its offending opposite is the Tiger, and its harming pair the Pig.
Metal meets Fire
Fire is the element of 2027’s stem 丁, yin fire, and Metal is the Monkey’s own, so for the Monkey the year is read as Metal meeting Fire.
The cycles are the ones Wikipedia’s article on the five elements gives: Wood feeds Fire, Fire produces Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal collects Water and Water nourishes Wood, while Water dampens Fire and Fire melts Metal.
Were you born in a Monkey year?
| Years | Element | Stem and branch |
|---|---|---|
| 6 February 1932 to 25 January 1933 | Water Monkey | 壬申 |
| 25 January 1944 to 12 February 1945 | Wood Monkey | 甲申 |
| 12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957 | Fire Monkey | 丙申 |
| 30 January 1968 to 16 February 1969 | Earth Monkey | 戊申 |
| 16 February 1980 to 4 February 1981 | Metal Monkey | 庚申 |
| 4 February 1992 to 22 January 1993 | Water Monkey | 壬申 |
| 22 January 2004 to 8 February 2005 | Wood Monkey | 甲申 |
| 8 February 2016 to 27 January 2017 | Fire Monkey | 丙申 |
| 26 January 2028 to 12 February 2029 | Earth Monkey | 戊申 |
| 12 February 2040 to 31 January 2041 | Metal Monkey | 庚申 |
The animal changes at the Chinese New Year, so a January or early February birthday may belong to the year before. The dates are those of the sexagenary table in Wikipedia’s article on the Chinese zodiac.
For the Monkey in 2027
- Finish one clever idea instead of starting three.
- Use your problem-solving for a friend’s difficulty.
- Accept one correction without arguing.
- Which of my ideas deserves finishing?
- Where does cleverness keep me from depth?
- What am I being refined for?
Common questions
Is 2027 a good year for the Monkey?
The tradition promises the Monkey neither a good year nor a bad one. By the compatibility grid the Monkey and the Goat are an average match, friendly in the traditional grid, and by the elements the Monkey’s Metal meets the year’s Fire; practitioners read the Monkey’s year through both, as a season to reflect on rather than a verdict.
What are the Monkey years?
In the table from 1924 to 2043: 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028 and 2040. Each Monkey year begins at that year’s Chinese New Year, not on 1 January.
When does the Monkey’s next year come?
On 26 January 2028, an Earth Monkey year.
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