Born in 2016: the Fire Monkey
If you were born in 2016, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Monkey 猴, and the year's Heavenly Stem is Bing, which gives the year its element: Fire. So a full 2016 reading is a Fire Monkey. People born in 2016 turn 10 years old in 2026 (or have already, depending on the birthday).
The one exception: January and February birthdays
The Chinese zodiac year does not start on January 1. In 2016, Lunar New Year fell on 2016-02-08. Anyone born in 2016 before that date belongs to the previous year's animal — use the homepage finder with an exact birth date and it handles the boundary for you.
Fire Monkey personality, briefly
Witty, inventive and impossible to bore, the Monkey treats every problem as a puzzle with a shortcut hidden in it. Monkeys learn fast and joke faster, though their cleverness occasionally outruns their patience. The Fire stem is traditionally said to shade that character — Fire adds warmth, visibility and a shorter fuse. One sentence is all a birth year can honestly carry; the rest is entertainment.
| Birth year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Monkey 猴 |
| Heavenly stem / element | Bing · Fire |
| Position in 60-year cycle | 33 of 60 |
| Lunar New Year 2016 | 2016-02-08 |
| Age turned in 2026 | 10 |
| Lucky numbers | 4, 9 |
| Lucky colours | white, blue, gold |
Read the full Year of the Monkey profile, or test a pairing on the compatibility matrix.
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