Im a Monkey 1956 ( double Aries), 2016 was awful (family difficulties & job), will 2017 be better?

Mary,
It proves that a Fire Monkey doesn't have a good year in a Fire Monkey year. It is too much fire.
I'm afraid that 2017 will have similar outcome for you, as it is Fire year as well, although you may notice a slight improvement in comparison to last year. I wouldn't recommend to you playing the lottery this year. Good luck.