On February 8, 2016, we will enter into the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese calendar.  Are you a monkey and what does that mean?

If you were born in the following years, you are a 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.

So does that mean when someone sings Happy Birthday to you and they say, “You look like a monkey and you act like one, too”, that they are really paying you a compliment?

And so goes River’s contemplation of the month.  😀