What years are the Year of the Goat?

Recent and upcoming Years of the Goat are 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039. The next one is 2039. Because the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, a birthday in January or early February may fall under the previous sign.

What is the Goat's personality like?

The Goat is gentle, creative, and deeply compassionate — a tender-hearted artist who feels everything, avoids the spotlight, and quietly makes the world softer. At their best they are kind, artistic, empathetic, resilient; the flip side can be indecisive, worrier, pessimistic, thin-skinned. The Goat is a Yin sign with a fixed element of Earth (土).

Which signs are most compatible with the Goat?

The Goat gets along best with the Rabbit, Pig, Horse. The one classic clash (六冲) is the Ox, the sign sitting directly opposite in the cycle.

8th sign · 羊

Year of the Goat

羊 · yáng

The Goat is gentle, creative, and deeply compassionate — a tender-hearted artist who feels everything, avoids the spotlight, and quietly makes the world softer.

Element: Earth (土 tǔ)Yin

Birth years

Were you born in a Year of the Goat?

If your birth year is below, you're a Goat — but a January or February birthday may put you under the Horse, since the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year.

1967197919912003201520272039

Personality

What the Goat is like

gentlecreativecompassionatecalm

Strengths

kind
artistic
empathetic
resilient

Watch out for

indecisive
worrier
pessimistic
thin-skinned

Element & polarity

A Yin Earth sign

Every sign carries a fixed element from the 五行 (wǔ xíng, the five elements). The Goat's is Earth (土 tǔ), which shades its character toward the qualities that element suggests.

Its polarity is Yin (阴 yīn) — the signs alternate down the cycle, and each birth year's own element layers on top, so a Goat born in one element's year reads differently from a Goat born in another.

Compatibility

Who the Goat matches

Best matches come from the harmony triangle (三合) and the six-harmony friend (六合); the classic clash (六冲) is the sign directly opposite.

Best matches

Rabbit Pig Horse

Biggest clash

The Ox sits opposite the Goat in the cycle — the pairing tradition says strikes the most sparks.

Fortune

Lucky for the Goat

Lucky numbers

2, 7

Lucky colours

green, red, purple

Suits careers in

artist, designer, teacher, caregiver

FAQ

Goat: common questions

What years are the Year of the Goat?: Recent and upcoming Years of the Goat are 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039. The next one is 2039. Because the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, a birthday in January or early February may fall under the previous sign.
What is the Goat's personality like?: The Goat is gentle, creative, and deeply compassionate — a tender-hearted artist who feels everything, avoids the spotlight, and quietly makes the world softer. At their best they are kind, artistic, empathetic, resilient; the flip side can be indecisive, worrier, pessimistic, thin-skinned. The Goat is a Yin sign with a fixed element of Earth (土).
Which signs are most compatible with the Goat?: The Goat gets along best with the Rabbit, Pig, Horse. The one classic clash (六冲) is the Ox, the sign sitting directly opposite in the cycle.