Monkey and Snake in love
Intellectually exciting and attractive. Trust has to be built deliberately.
Six harmonies — secret friends
Monkey and Snake Compatibility
Monkey and Snake compatibility: they sit 3 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Six harmonies — secret friends”. We score it 88%.
- Relation
- Six harmonies Liu He, 六合
- Steps apart
- 3 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Monkey year
- 2028 starts Jan 26, 2028
- Next Snake year
- 2037 new year in late Jan or Feb
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Six harmonies — secret friends
88%
Are the Monkey and Snake compatible?
Snake and Monkey form one of the six harmonies, though they also appear together in the Tiger–Snake–Monkey punishment group. Both are highly intelligent and strategic — the Snake through depth and patience, the Monkey through speed and wit. Admiration is strong; so is the temptation to outmanoeuvre each other.
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Working together
A formidable strategic combination when they share a goal.
Where it goes wrong
Secrecy and one-upmanship turning into suspicion.
Over time
How a Monkey–Snake relationship usually unfolds
- At first. One of the six harmonies, though with its own tension: two clever minds intrigue each other at once.
- Once settled. A sharp, private partnership where trust has to be built deliberately.
- What keeps it working. Open cards — no secrets kept for advantage — since both can read the other too well.
Fixed elements
Metal Monkey, fire Snake
generating · controlling
The Snake’s fire melts the Monkey’s metal — heat that can forge metal or melt it. On the controlling cycle the Snake sets the limits for the Monkey.
The fixed element belongs to the animal and never changes; the element of a birth year (wood, fire, earth, metal or water) rotates every two years — see the years below.
On the twelve-year wheel
Where the Monkey and the Snake sit on the wheel
- Monkey–Snake, 3 steps apart: Liu He, the six harmonies.
- San He triangles. Snake with the Ox and the Rooster (dashed); Monkey with the Rat and the Dragon.
- Clash axes. Snake–Pig; Monkey–Tiger.
- Secret friends. The Monkey and the Snake are each other’s Liu He partner.
- Six harms. Monkey and Pig; Snake and Tiger — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Monkey and the Snake sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
Lunar years run 353 to 385 days, so the Monkey ends up with 33 more days than the Snake over the 108-year table: 3,310 against 3,277. As a pairing, three positions apart, they make up 1.394% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Monkey and a Snake can only be these numbers of years apart:
3
years apart
9
years apart
15
years apart
21
years apart
27
years apart
33
years apart
39
years apart
45
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Monkey | Snake | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Monkey 2016 | Water Snake 2013 | 3 years apart |
| Fire Monkey 2016 | Wood Snake 2025 | 9 years apart |
| Wood Monkey 2004 | Metal Snake 2001 | 3 years apart |
| Wood Monkey 2004 | Water Snake 2013 | 9 years apart |
| Water Monkey 1992 | Earth Snake 1989 | 3 years apart |
| Water Monkey 1992 | Metal Snake 2001 | 9 years apart |
| Metal Monkey 1980 | Fire Snake 1977 | 3 years apart |
| Metal Monkey 1980 | Earth Snake 1989 | 9 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Monkey or a Snake.
Monkey
1956 · 1968 · 1980 · 1992 · 2004 · 2016Snake
1965 · 1977 · 1989 · 2001 · 2013 · 2025Cite this page
AstroHot. “Monkey and Snake Compatibility in the Chinese Zodiac.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/compatibility/monkey/snake/
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