One cell of 144
Aquarius + Year of the Monkey
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Aquarius meets the Year of the Monkey, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is an Aquarius born in the Year of the Monkey?
An Aquarius born in the Year of the Monkey is the Raven. The month and day set the Aquarius half, the birth year sets the Monkey half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Raven for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Aquarius half
Aquarius runs from January 20 to February 18, fixed Air under Saturn. You stand a step outside the circle on purpose. From there the pattern is visible, and someone has to be the one who says it. Read Aquarius in the Western wing.
The Monkey half
The Monkey is the ninth branch and runs with the Rat and the Dragon, the quick and inventive third of the wheel. You solve the box by climbing out of it. Recent Monkey years are 1992, 2004 and 2016. Read the Year of the Monkey.
The crossing
What Aquarius and the Monkey make together
Aquarius brings the view from one step outside the circle. The Monkey year brings the trick of climbing out of the box. The Raven carries both at once.
You plan ahead, keep score, and play the long prank, and clever is the smallest word they have for it.
The Monkey runs in a trine with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Aquarius season, those years give the Sonoran Desert Toad and the Mantis Shrimp, the two crossings whose engines run closest to yours.
The boundary
Born near the boundary?
The Chinese year does not turn on January 1. It turns at the lunar New Year, somewhere between late January and mid February, so a birthday in those weeks can belong to the animal before this one. The year finder checks the real date for any year you give it.
Common questions
Questions about this crossing
Is the Raven the same as being an Aquarius?
Aquarius is half of it. The Raven is the specific crossing of Aquarius with the Year of the Monkey, one cell out of 144. Two people can share a Sun sign and carry different animals, because the birth year changes the second half.
What if I was born in January or February of a Monkey year?
The Chinese year turns at the lunar New Year, which lands between late January and mid February. A birthday in those weeks can belong to the previous animal, so the year finder checks the real boundary before the grid names your crossing.
Which crossings share the Raven's trine?
The Monkey runs with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Aquarius dates, those years give the Sonoran Desert Toad and the Mantis Shrimp, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Raven's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.