The monkey wrench that’s firmly in your hand at present might become the spanner in the works at the start of the year. We don’t like to advertise how many ways the Tai Sui can track down wanted targets, but we’ve seen your poster p-ape-red up all over the place. No need to go ape though, it should settle down as the year progresses, and you’ve quite the collection of invisible friends hanging out with you this year.

Fire Monkey:
04 Feb 2016 – 02 Feb 2017
05 Feb 1956 – 03 Feb 1957
Wood Monkey:
04 Feb 2004 – 03 Feb 2005
05 Feb 1944 – 03 Feb 1945
Water Monkey:
04 Feb 1992 – 03 Feb 1993
05 Feb 1932 – 03 Feb 1933
Metal Monkey:
05 Feb 1980 – 03 Feb 1981
05 Feb 1920 – 03 Feb 1921
Earth Monkey:
05 Feb 1968 – 03 Feb 1969
05 Feb 1908 – 03 Feb 1909

Fortune direction:

South-East

Augmenting your fortune:

Lucky Five-Emperor Cash Strings

Lucky number:

Lucky colour:

  White

  Health

This year is looking like being quite a lot of gibbon take. The most likely danger will come from the effects of striving in other areas putting undue pressure on your health. What to do? Relax more and be certain that the apes of wrath are firmly locked in their cages. Giving stress a wide berth is a good strategy, that said, make sure when you’re out having fun, or even at home playing with family, that you don’t accidentally slide down the banana-ster.

  Wealth

You might send up some hot-air-baboons to survey the financial landscape this year but when it comes time to shake out the tree of money it’s likely that the chimps will fall where they may. You’ll need to be ape-solutely well-prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that will come your way, particularly in the second-half of the year.

  Love

The lonesome sound of the Lonely Morning Star might be wafting in through your windows this year, given a chance it’ll play havoc with your relationships and leave you hanging around alone. To make sure that those you care about don’t turn into sour gr- gr- gr-apes, keep your private life away from those who like to pry, mate. That done, this year should find you quite ape-pealing and it’ll be up to you for where that goes.

  Career

The quarter you’re most likely to see substantive gains this year is this one. The Annual Harmony Star is visiting, bringing prospects of cooperation on the work front, and cooperation that could also turn romantic for those with an eye out for such. The star also means that if there is any gorilla warfare at work this year, you shouldn’t end up as a monkey’s uncle.

Guiding hexagram from the Yi-Jing (Book of Changes)

Judgement:
Dispersion. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers one to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Image:
The wind drives over the water: the image of Dispersion. Thus the kings of old sacrificed to the Lord and built temples.
The Forest of Changes:
Princess Ji Ji of Lu was anxious, gazing for some sign of him from the city walls. She waited all day to sundown but never saw the prince from Qi.
Verdict:
Perseverance and dispersion are apt to pull you in different directions. Will the prince from Qi come or not? Only he will know. Your interests lie in controlling what you can and worrying less about what you can’t. You may not have the wherewithal to build a temple, but you can certainly construct something beneficial for yourself.

Feng Shui Index 2025 report

Year of the Wood Snake

Sorcerer: Dr James Greenbaum
Sorcerer's apprentice: Susan Zhang
Wand bearer: Forest Chan
Director/Editor: Yukti Vidyarthi
Translation editor: Melanie Ng
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Launched in 1992 as a Chinese New Year card, the CLSA Feng Shui Index is a light-hearted outlook for the Hong Kong market and a well-loved firm tradition. Please note that this guide is not a research report.