Goat (zodiac)

The Goat ( 羊 ) is the eighth sign of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Goat is associated with the earthly branch symbol 未.

Years and the Five Elements

Persons born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Goat", characteristics of the Goat are tempered by one of the five Chinese elements overlaying a 5-year cycle of characteristics on the original 12-year cycle. They the following elemental sign:^[1]

13 February 1907 – 1 February 1908: Fire Goat
1 February 1919 – 19 February 1920: Earth Goat
17 February 1931 – 5 February 1932: Metal Goat
5 February 1943 – 24 January 1944: Water Goat
24 January 1955 – 11 February 1956: Wood Goat
9 February 1967 – 29 January 1968: Fire Goat
28 January 1979 – 15 February 1980: Earth Goat
15 February 1991 – 3 February 1992: Metal Goat
1 February 2003 – 21 January 2004: Water Goat
19 February 2015 – 7 February 2016: Wood Goat

Traditional Goat attributes and associations

Attribute
Zodiac	8th
Ruling hours	1pm – 3pm
Direction	South-Southwest
Motto	“I Depend”^[2]
Season and months	Summer, July
Fixed element	Fire
Stem	Negative
Lunar Month Dates	July 7 – August 7
Gemstone	Emerald
Color	Pink, Purple
Roughly equivalent western sign	Cancer
Polarity	Yin
Ruling Countries	Kenya, Cambodia, Belize, Libya, Greece, Panama