Monkey and Wealth

The folk reading associates the monkey with income from quickness and adaptability rather than from long accumulation. Wealth attributions follow the animal's temperament and are general rather than predictive.

It is one factor among several in the traditional system. The folk reading associates the monkey with income from quickness and adaptability rather than from long accumulation. The year animal is the coarsest of the four pillars — the month, day and hour carry equal weight, and the classical sources never read the year alone. The reading pairs opportunity with instability — the same quality that makes the monkey adaptable makes its income uneven.

The association is with the monkey's attributed resourcefulness applied to resources. It is grouped under Metal (金) in the five-element system.