2040 Chinese zodiac
猴 Metal Monkey · yang
Born between 12 February 2040 and 31 January 2041: you are a Metal Monkey. Born in 2040 but before 12 February 2040: your sign is that of 2039, the Earth Goat.
The year
- New Year : 12 February 2040
- Ends : 31 January 2041
- Animal : Monkey
- Element : Metal (yang)
The Metal element
determination, rigour, uprightness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
庚申 gēng shēn
Year 57 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1980 and 2100.
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.