Monkey people are always fun-loving, clever, cheerful and energetic. Highly sociable, they are talkative and attract a wide circle of friends. Extremely inquisitive and versatile, they are eager to learn. However, they lack persistence and patience. They hate monotony and boredom.

A born diplomat and self-preservationist, the Monkey can save himself from the dilemma. He is a persuasive talker. He is also opportunistic and quick to grasp opportunities. That's why he has a good chance of being successful. The Monkey can succeed in any profession, especially politics, diplomacy, and selling.

In matters of love, the Monkey is passionate and falls in love easily. However, driven by his innate curiosity and desire for new experience, he will get tired of the relationship. Although his love life may tend to be complicated, he will assume family responsibilities and may have a lot of children.

Information taken from The 7th Planet

MONKEY

SUMMER is your season.
AUGUST is your month.

Personality:
Of all the animals of the Chinese zodiac, your are the most intelligent. Your pranks, finesse, and craftiness get you out of the most delicate situations without a scratch. Particularly at ease in public and at parties with beautiful people, you are charming, surprising, and entertaining with the faces you make, and your irresistible, funny stories. You can also laugh at yourself with astonishing lucidity. Your character is that of a "happy pessimist" and you adapt easily to any context - and not without a certain amount of cunning. Confronted by a muscle-bound adversary, you use servility and flattery to lead him by the nose. Your skillfulness in the art of manipulation has no equal and you easily play the actor to soothe those around you. Crocodile tears and shameless lies are part of your daily bread. If you are caught, you have the good grace to recognize the error of your ways and can make others forgive you. You jump from branch to branch, from problem to problem, with an incredible degree of fickleness that borders on childishness. It is difficult to keep you in one place; at the least sign of boredom, you swing to another tree. But behind your mimics and gestures hides an old monkey that the Chinese name The Wise One. Your fault: You want to be first at any price...

Work:
Ambitious, inventive, and gifted, you work on all fronts with incredible speed. You constantly need new projects to undertake and daring challenges. You are resourceful in business, skillful in negotiations, and insatiable in all that you do. Your good humor easily motivates the troops. While success comes to you easily, it quickly becomes difficult for you to manage. Success goes to your head and you become arrogant and mean to those around you. No - one would hesitate slipping a banana peel under your feet - a pirouette and you're gone!

Money:
You love money because it is an exterior sign of your value. A Monkey never works "for nothing" - all the more since you spend your money to create a comfortable, luxurious life for your family. You love to make them happy by giving them sumptuous gifts and often buy expensive, impractical presents on the spur of the moment. You don't hoard money and claim that you will never be lacking in anything. You are lucid and lucky.

Love:
Passion exalts your imagination so you dislike the routine of everyday life. You idealize your partner but can't bear that they are only human with faults and manias like everyone else. But you can't live alone. You are an eternal adolescent, in love with the stars and with a taste for seduction. You are gifted in seducing and ravaging hearts with no sense of guilt. Being funny, imaginative, and mischievous are your favorite arms. To seduce you, a person must tell you that you are the best, surprise you every day, laugh at your jokes, and never yawn with boredom.

The Monkey in the year of the Horse: the Monkey needs humility!
The already lively Monkey will be even more excitable in the year of the unpredictable Horse. The energy will be as entertaining as a circus performance with the Monkey balancing impressively on the galloping Horse's back. Although the Monkey will find the atmosphere stimulating he may become a little exhausted from the constant parade of social events and matters he must apply his quick mind to. The intellectual Monkey will absorb a wealth of information and negotiate a few learning curves in this communicative Horse year. The Monkey finds his own opinion unquestionable and values his ability to recognize and take advantage of a good deal. In this Horse ruled year, the Monkey is advised to play fair or else be served a lesson in values from the honest Horse who will gladly expose the Monkey's self-adulating and crafty ways.
The Monkey will be fortunate to receive many opportunities to use his skills, ingenuity and experience throughout this year however he must seize the moment or let the opportunities pass him by. This is not a year where the Monkey will be given second chances and in this regard, his calculating mind will help him make perfect spontaneous decisions. By observing the Horse's ethic of fair play, the Monkey's reward will be advancement, profit and respect.
This is a year where the Monkey can build valuable friendships however he must be willing to meet others half way. By holding staunchly to his ideals he may unwittingly deter others from his presence. Openness is the key and this appealing manner will attract and enhance friendships, love and romantic moments. This is a particularly favourable year for single Monkeys to realize joy in their heart, while partnered Monkeys will see their love through an appreciative new view.
Overall, the year of the Horse will be busy and demanding for the Monkey. By observing a little humility he can realize the valuable contribution relationships of all kinds play in his life and will benefit accordingly.

Information taken from Yahoo Chinese Astrology