One cell of 144
Leo + Year of the Monkey
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Leo meets the Year of the Monkey, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Leo born in the Year of the Monkey?
A Leo born in the Year of the Monkey is the Regal Jumping Spider. The month and day set the Leo half, the birth year sets the Monkey half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Regal Jumping Spider for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Leo half
Leo runs from July 23 to August 22, fixed Fire under the Sun. You warm whatever faces you. The heat stays lit whether or not anyone is clapping, and people quietly plan their winters around it. Read Leo 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 Leo and the Monkey make together
Leo brings a heat that holds the center of the room. The Monkey year brings the trick of climbing out of the box. The Regal Jumping Spider is what the two look like sharing one body.
You watch the whole room before you move, and when you finally jump, you land exactly where you aimed.
The Monkey runs in a trine with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Leo season, those years give the Golden Lion Tamarin and the Rhinoceros Hornbill, 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 Regal Jumping Spider the same as being a Leo?
Leo is half of it. The Regal Jumping Spider is the specific crossing of Leo 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 Regal Jumping Spider's trine?
The Monkey runs with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Leo dates, those years give the Golden Lion Tamarin and the Rhinoceros Hornbill, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Regal Jumping Spider's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.