🐒 申 · sign 9 of 12

The Monkey (猴 Hóu) — Personality, Matches & Years

Clever, playful, inventive and quick. Monkeys solve by cleverness what others solve by force.

Birth Years

2040, 2028, 2016, 2004, 1992, 1980, 1968, 1956 …

Branch 申, governing the hours 15:00–16:59 and the season of late summer playfulness. If you were born in January or February, confirm your sign with a full BaZi calculation — the lunar new year moves.

Career & Working Style

Engineering, comedy, trading, product — anywhere improvisation wins.

Best & Hardest Matches

Six & Three Harmony (best matches): Rat Dragon Snake

Clash & harm (needs work): Tiger Pig

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Lucky Profile

Lucky numbers: 4, 9 · Lucky colors: white, blue, gold · Lucky flowers: chrysanthemum, crape myrtle

Beyond the Zodiac

Your animal is only the year branch — one slice of the chart. See your full four pillars with the BaZi calculator or your star palaces with Zi Wei Dou Shu.