Year of the Monkey: Personality, Element and Stones
Monkey is the sign of the workaround. Fast, inventive, and chronically under-challenged.
How this sign is usually described
- Solves it sideways while everyone else is reading the manual.
- Loses interest the moment the problem is understood.
- Socially fluent, emotionally evasive.
- Needs a harder problem, not more discipline.
Stones often chosen for this sign
Birth years
1944 · 1956 · 1968 · 1980 · 1992 · 2004 · 2016 · 2028 · 2040
Lucky colours, numbers and directions
Colours white and gold; numbers 4 and 9; the west-south-west.
Signs it tends to get on with
Rat · Dragon · Snake
Stones often chosen for this sign
Common questions
Does Monkey lack commitment?
No — Monkey lacks difficulty. Give it a problem that resists and the attention is not the issue.
Which stone suits Monkey?
Clear quartz for the restart habit, silver obsidian for the part that needs to be honest about what is blocked.
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