Chinese zodiac 1956
Year of the Fire Monkey
12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957
Born in 1956? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1956 it falls on 12 February 1956.
- 12 February to 31 December 1956
- π Fire Monkey
- and on to 30 Jan 1957
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The Fire Monkey at a glance
Animal
π Monkey
Said to be clever, curious, playful.
Element
η« Yang Fire
Linked with passion and drive. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Monkey years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Fire Monkey years nearest to this one are 1896 and 2016.
Who gets on with the Monkey
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Monkey sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.