Chinese horoscope Rat
Tuesday, October 13, 2026Today, a day of the Metal Monkey
The Monkey’s day aligns with your trio, creating a harmonious atmosphere that encourages you to move forward together, and the Metal element energizes your Water, bringing a fresh flow of vitality. Under the Golden Coffer star the Rat enjoys an opening day perfect for new beginnings and meetings, and at work your efforts are rewarded.
What brings you luck today
Day at a glance
Auspicious day- Day's star
- Golden Coffer
- Tone of the day
- Open A day for fresh starts and meetings.
- Lunar mansion
- the Wings (翼) Unfavourable
- Lucky direction
- East
- Sign the day clashes with
- Tiger
Good for
- getting married
- honouring the ancestors
- making a wish
- hoping for a child
Better avoided
- setting up a bed
Day's animal
Metal Monkey It forms a triad with your sign: an allied day that backs your efforts.
The Rat in brief
Clever, charming and quick-witted, the Rat reads people fast, adapts easily and keeps an ambitious eye on the next opening.
Defining traits
- clever (Confirmed by 6 independent sources)
- quick-witted (Confirmed by 4 independent sources)
- adaptable (Confirmed by 3 independent sources)
The dots show how many independent sources agree on the trait, up to five.
- Colours
- blue
- gold
- green
- Numbers 1 · 2 · 3 · 6 · 8
- Flowers lily, african violet
- Directions northeast, southeast
- Seasons winter
Best matches
Strengths and weaknesses, lucky charms, love matches: the sign's full portrait in the encyclopedia.
The full Rat profileAbout this horoscope
The daily horoscope follows the Chinese almanac (黄历), the traditional calendar that rates every day: its auspicious or inauspicious star, its tone, the activities it favours or advises against, and how the day's animal meets your sign. It is one reading for everyone born under the Rat, not your personal chart.