Monkey (1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004) - People born in the Year of the Monkey are the erratic geniuses of the cycle. Clever, skillful, and flexible, they are remarkably inventive and original and can solve the most difficult problems with ease. There are few fields in which Monkey people wouldn't be successful but they have a disconcerting habit of being too agreeable. They want to do things now, and if they cannot get started immediately, they become discouraged and sometimes leave their projects. Although good at making decisions, they tend to look down on others. Having common sense, Monkey people have a deep desire for knowledge and have excellent memories. Monkey people are strong willed but their anger cools quickly. They are most compatible with the Dragon and Rat.
The Rooster/Scorpio's insatiable drive crushes all before it, friend and foe alike. You don't have many of the former due to their incredibly high casualty rate, and you don't have many of the latter because you mow them down like chaff at every chance you get. If you don't ease up and cut some corners once in a while you're going to end up in the trunk of a car with six bullets in your head. No one really believes that you're chicken, so stop trying to prove your bad Rooster self time and time again -- we get the point already! You'll never find the perfect partner you've been searching for unless you tone down your Scorpion-generated intensity a notch or two. Until then you'll just keep scaring everyone away with the spooky amplitude of your overflowing heart. The Metal Element combines with the Rooster Sign to produce a real self-starter. The Metal Rooster can overcome the habitual Rooster hesitancy towards action, although you are still very concerned with appearances. You are even more intensely private and withdrawn, and it takes a great deal for a person to get you to let them into your personal space, but once they're in, look out! You're a raging hurricane of love unchained! A sense of freedom is necessary to you, although it is not always necessary to accompany it with the real thing. Watch out that you don't swallow too much of your own nervous energy -- it could come back to haunt you in the form of renal failure. -Scorpio/Metal rooster