Monthly horoscope

Monthly Chinese horoscope —
every sign, every solar month

16 months · September 2026 to December 2027 · months begin at the solar terms

In saju a month is not a calendar month: it runs from one solar term to the next, and each one carries a pillar of two characters, the way a year does. These pages read every solar month for all twelve signs — how the month’s branch meets yours, which days in it harmonize or clash with you, and what the month’s stem means for each of the ten Day Masters. This month is the Rooster month (Sep 7 – Oct 7).

By sign — every month for one animal

子Rat 丑Ox 寅Tiger 卯Rabbit 辰Dragon 巳Snake 午Horse 未Goat 申Monkey 酉Rooster 戌Dog 亥Pig

How to read a month

Start with the month pillar. Its branch is one of the twelve animals, and the same relationships that decide zodiac compatibility — six harmony, trine, clash, punishment, harm — decide how the month treats your sign. Its stem carries one of the five elements and colors the whole month: a Yang Fire month is loud and visible, a Yin Water month quiet and inward. Then look at the days: within any month, a handful of days harmonize with your sign and two or three clash with it, and those are worth knowing when you plan a meeting, a trip or a signature.

All of this reads one character of your chart, the year branch. The chart calculator gives you the other seven, and today’s reading compares each day with your Day Master and Day Branch rather than with your animal alone.

FAQ

Why do these months start on the 4th to the 8th instead of the 1st?

Because a saju month runs from one solar term to the next. The twelve jie terms — Start of Spring, Awakening of Insects and so on — fall between the 4th and the 8th of each calendar month, and the month pillar changes at that moment. Every page gives the exact time.

How are the best and care days worked out?

Every day carries a pillar from the sixty-day cycle. A day whose branch forms a six harmony or a trine with your sign is listed as a best day; a day whose branch clashes with it is a care day. They are the same relationships the yearly and monthly readings use, applied one day at a time.

Is this the same as a daily or yearly horoscope?

It sits between them. The yearly pages read your sign against the year’s branch, these pages against the month’s, and the day pillar calendar against each day. A saju chart layers all three over eight characters of your own, which is what the calculator and today’s reading do.

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Monthly Chinese horoscope — every sign, every solar month

By sign — every month for one animal

How to read a month

FAQ

Monthly Chinese horoscope —
every sign, every solar month