Year of the Goat
Traditionally associated with care, harmony, and creative cultivation.
- Earthly Branch
- 未 · wèi
- Sequence position
- 8 of 12
- Traditional association
- Goat, Ram, and Sheep all appear in English-language renderings. The underlying Chinese term does not force the same species distinction English does.
Cycle years
- 1931
- 1943
- 1955
- 1967
- 1979
- 1991
- 2003
- 2015
- 2027
- 2039
These labels name the lunisolar year that begins during the listed Gregorian year. January and early-February births may belong to the preceding animal.
What this does—and does not—tell you
The annual animal is one calendar layer. A fuller Chinese astrology reading may also consider the Heavenly Stem and element, month, day, and hour. A year animal alone cannot determine a personality or predict an outcome.
All twelve animal years
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