The Chinese horoscope · the twelve animals·8th of twelve
The Goat
羊yáng
- Branch 未 · wèi
- Fixed element: Earth
- yin
- Hour: 13:00 to 15:00
- Direction: SSW
In a word
Sensitive, creative, made for gentleness.
What tradition attributes to it
- Imagination, taste, a real artistic streak.
- Gentle, generous, they take care of their own.
- They feel the mood of a room the moment they walk in.
- Discreet, they prefer peace to victory.
- They grow attached to places, to objects, to the habits that reassure.
The other side
- Indecision: they wait for the others to settle it.
- They worry a great deal, often over nothing.
- They let themselves be carried, and sometimes kept.
In love
Romantic, tender, they need reassurance and protection. They give a great deal; it has to come back, or they wilt without saying so.
At work
In their element in what gets made and what looks after people: the arts, decoration, care, teaching. They need a kind setting; raw competition puts them out.
What helps
Make one decision on your own today, however small, without asking anyone. Hold it until evening.
By the element of the year
- Wood Goat: the most generous, trusting, sometimes too much so.
- Fire Goat: bolder, more expressive, daring to be seen.
- Earth Goat: more practical and more stable, keeping their feet on the ground.
- Metal Goat: more ambitious, prouder, hiding real determination.
- Water Goat: the most sensitive, needing to be carried a little.
The Year of the Fire Horse
This year for the Goat
The animal of the year is its secret friend (liùhé): the pair that, according to tradition, gets along without showing it. A year when help comes from unexpected places, without being asked for.
The element of the year feeds its own (Wood feeds Fire, Fire makes Earth): a year that carries rather than takes.
Chinese tradition reads the year by comparing this animal with the year's animal, then their two elements. It describes a mood, not events.
The years of the Goat
- February 17, 1931 → February 5, 1932Metal Goat辛未
- February 5, 1943 → January 24, 1944Water Goat癸未
- January 24, 1955 → February 11, 1956Wood Goat乙未
- February 9, 1967 → January 29, 1968Fire Goat丁未
- January 28, 1979 → February 15, 1980Earth Goat己未
- February 15, 1991 → February 3, 1992Metal Goat辛未
- February 1, 2003 → January 21, 2004Water Goat癸未
- February 19, 2015 → February 7, 2016Wood Goat乙未
- February 6, 2027 → January 25, 2028Fire Goat丁未
- January 24, 2039 → February 11, 2040Earth Goat己未
From Chinese New Year to the last day of the Chinese year. If your birthday falls in January or early February, your animal is often the one from the year before: check your birth date in the list.
With the others
- Its affinity triangle: the Rabbit and the Pig. Three animals four years apart, who understand one another without effort, says tradition.
- Its secret friend: the Horse. The quiet pair, the one that gets along without showing it.
- Its opposite: the Ox, six years apart, directly across on the wheel of the twelve animals. Not a ban: a difference in pace, one you can learn to work with.
Traditional affinities, not verdicts. Two people are two whole charts, not two birth years.
And you?
Your sign is based on the actual date of Chinese New Year, and your birth time gives your animal of the hour.
See my sign