- Animal
- 🐒 Monkey (猴)
- Element
- Fire 火 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 丙申 · Bǐng Shēn
- Year starts
- February 12, 1956 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 30, 1957
- Age in 2027
- turns 71
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Fire Monkey personality
Quick-minded Monkey with fire in the engine and little patience for slow lanes.
Fire gives the Monkey sign extra heat, speed, and showmanship. All Monkeys are clever, alert, and good at spotting angles, but Fire Monkeys tend to act faster on what they see. Compared with Metal, Water, Wood, or Earth Monkey years, this one is more outspoken, more competitive, and more willing to take a visible risk.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐒 Monkey & 🐍 Snake. Three Harmony partners: 🐒 Monkey & 🐀 Rat, 🐒 Monkey & 🐉 Dragon. Clash: 🐒 Monkey & 🐅 Tiger.
A Monkey born in 1956 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a neutral year with Tai Sui for the Monkey. See the month-by-month forecast in Monkey horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1956?
1956 is the Year of the Fire Monkey (丙申, Bǐng Shēn). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 12, 1956 to January 30, 1957.
What element is 1956 in Chinese astrology?
Fire (火), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 丙 and its Earthly Branch is 申 (Monkey).
Is someone born in January 1956 a Monkey?
Born in January or early February 1956, before February 12, 1956? Then your sign is the Wood Goat of 1955.
Who is a Fire Monkey compatible with?
Traditionally the Monkey pairs best with the Snake, Rat, Dragon and finds the Tiger most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1956?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Monkey it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 1956 turns 71 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.