One cell of 144
Sagittarius + Year of the Monkey
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Sagittarius meets the Year of the Monkey, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Sagittarius born in the Year of the Monkey?
A Sagittarius born in the Year of the Monkey is the Coati. The month and day set the Sagittarius half, the birth year sets the Monkey half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Coati for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Sagittarius half
Sagittarius runs from November 22 to December 21, mutable Fire under Jupiter. You aim past the visible horizon. The far thing pulls you harder than the near thing, every single time. Read Sagittarius 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 Sagittarius and the Monkey make together
Sagittarius brings the pull of the far horizon. The Monkey year brings the trick of climbing out of the box. The Coati is what the two look like sharing one body.
You range wider than anyone in your circle by day and still know exactly which troop is actually yours.
The Monkey runs in a trine with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Sagittarius season, those years give the Sandgrouse and the Frigatebird, 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 Coati the same as being a Sagittarius?
Sagittarius is half of it. The Coati is the specific crossing of Sagittarius 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 Coati's trine?
The Monkey runs with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Sagittarius dates, those years give the Sandgrouse and the Frigatebird, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Coati's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.