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According to Chinese Horoscope calendar, 2016 is the year of the Red Monkey and its first day is on February 4, 2016, but not the Chinese New Year Day. Chinese New Year Day of Red Monkey Year is on February 8, 2016 which changes year-to-year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. The year 2016 is the 4713th Chinese Year which belongs to the Fire Group (Chinese Elements: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth) Therefore, 2016 is the Red Fire Monkey year. (ChineseFortuneCalendar)
The Monkey years are as follows: 1920,1932,1944,1956,1968,1980,1992,2004,2016
Monkey is the ninth animal in the 12 Chinese zodiac signs and each animal has its own lucky and unlucky signs. For the year of the monkey here are the Lucky Signs:
- Lucky numbers: 4 and 9
- Lucky days: the 14th and 28th of any Chinese lunar calendar month
- Lucky colors: white, blue, gold
- Lucky flowers: chrysanthemum, crape-myrtle
- Lucky directions: north, northwest, west
- Lucky months: Chinese lunar months 8 and 12
Unlucky Signs:
- Unlucky colors: red, pink
- Unlucky numbers: 2 and 7
- Unlucky directions: south, southeast
- Unlucky months: Chinese lunar months 7 and 11
Money: Great unexpected fortune will find its way to Monkeys in 2016, so they will not have to worry about food and clothes. The best months for them to make their fortune will be the second and twelfth Chinese lunar months, during which they should make full use of their time to invest and cash in. They should avoid gambling, speculating, and collecting illegal or greedy gains, or they will lose everything they have, especially in the third Chinese lunar month. They should also guard against becoming poor due to greed. Monkeys should not show off their wealth, or they will be persecuted by others. (ChinaHighlights)
Career: Monkeys can have prosperous careers in 2016, if correctly aligned with the Tai Sui star. They will be able to make breakthroughs, if they focus on their career and discipline themselves. If not, they will hardly achieve anything. They shouldguard against untrustworthy people and discipline themselves in order to avoid trouble. The luckiest months for them will be the second, fifth, and twelfth Chinese lunar months, during which they should seize opportunities instead of missing them. Good career choices for monkeys are accounting and banking, science, engineering, stock market trading, air traffic control, film directing, jewelry, and salesmanship.(ChinaHighlights)
Health: Monkeys will suffer from minor illnesses; however, they will not come to much harm if they are careful. If they take their medicine, the symptoms will lessen. They should be aware of traffic safety as they go about their daily routine, and never take risks. Great attention should also be paid to food safety to ensure illness is avoided. Their health horoscope is never above neutral, but worst in the fourth and tenth Chinese lunar months. (ChinaHighlights)
Love: Monkeys’ relationships will be rather colorless in 2016. The more they long for a relationship, the harder it will be for them to get one. They may encounter a romantic relationship if it happens naturally, especially in the seventh and twelfth Chinese lunar months. They will have a happy ending if they seize the right opportunities.
- Best with: Ox or Rabbit
- Worst with: Tiger or Pig
- Good Friend: Snake (ChinaHighlights)
| Type of Monkey | Year of Birth | Characteristics |
| Wood Monkey | 1944, 2004 | Always ready to help others. Compassionate, with strong self-esteem, but stubborn |
| Fire Monkey | 1956, 2016 | Ambitious and adventurous, but irritable |
| Earth Monkey | 1908, 1968 | Frank, optimistic, and fearless |
| Gold Monkey | 1920, 1980 | Smart, quick-witted, and confident, but also irritable and stubborn |
| Water Monkey | 1932, 1992 | Smart, quick-witted, fond of being in the limelight, but haughty |
Sources: China Highlights | Chinese Fortune Calendar
