One cell of 144
Taurus + Year of the Monkey
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Taurus meets the Year of the Monkey, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Taurus born in the Year of the Monkey?
A Taurus born in the Year of the Monkey is the Ringtail. The month and day set the Taurus half, the birth year sets the Monkey half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Ringtail for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Taurus half
Taurus holds April 20 to May 20, fixed Earth under Venus. You build slowly and keep what you build. Once you have decided a thing is good, the argument is over, whether or not anyone else has noticed. Read Taurus 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 Taurus and the Monkey make together
Taurus brings the weight that keeps a thing standing. The Monkey year brings the trick of climbing out of the box. Put both in one creature and you get the Ringtail.
You test the foothold twice before you trust it, and once you trust it, nothing talks you back down that wall.
The Monkey runs in a trine with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Taurus season, those years give the Aardwolf and the Galápagos Tortoise, 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 Ringtail the same as being a Taurus?
Taurus is half of it. The Ringtail is the specific crossing of Taurus 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 Ringtail's trine?
The Monkey runs with the Rat and the Dragon. Held to the same Taurus dates, those years give the Aardwolf and the Galápagos Tortoise, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Ringtail's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.