One cell of 144
Scorpio + Year of the Monkey
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Scorpio meets the Year of the Monkey, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Scorpio born in the Year of the Monkey?
A Scorpio born in the Year of the Monkey is the Elephantnose Fish. The month and day set the Scorpio half, the birth year sets the Monkey half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Elephantnose Fish for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Scorpio half
Scorpio holds October 23 to November 21, fixed Water under Mars. You read what sits under the surface. Whatever you decide to keep, you keep completely, and the door closes without a sound. Read Scorpio 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 Scorpio and the Monkey make together
Scorpio brings a depth that keeps its own counsel. The Monkey year brings the trick of climbing out of the box. One animal holds both, and its name is the Elephantnose Fish.
You sense the true mood of a room before anyone names it, reading the field underneath the words.
The Monkey runs in a trine with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Scorpio season, those years give the Tarsier and the Gila Monster, 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 Elephantnose Fish the same as being a Scorpio?
Scorpio is half of it. The Elephantnose Fish is the specific crossing of Scorpio 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 Elephantnose Fish's trine?
The Monkey runs with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Scorpio dates, those years give the Tarsier and the Gila Monster, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Elephantnose Fish's.
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Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.