2016 Chinese zodiac
猴 Fire Monkey · yang
Born between 8 February 2016 and 27 January 2017: you are a Fire Monkey. Born in 2016 but before 8 February 2016: your sign is that of 2015, the Wood Goat.
The year
- New Year : 8 February 2016
- Ends : 27 January 2017
- Animal : Monkey
- Element : Fire (yang)
The Fire element
passion, radiance, boldness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
丙申 bǐng shēn
Year 33 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1956 and 2076.
The Monkey in one line
Clever and inventive, it finds a way out of anything.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.