Chinese zodiac
π Goat
Softest voice in the room, hardest to actually push.
- gentle
- creative
- sensitive
- quietly resolute
Goats absorb the mood of everyone around them and still end up exactly where they meant to go. The gentleness is real, and the direction underneath it doesn't move nearly as much as people assume.
That sensitivity runs both ways. Goats notice everyone else's mood instantly, but take much longer to say when their own has shifted. In relationships they need real reassurance, offered before it's asked for. By the time a Goat brings up a problem out loud, they have usually been sitting with it for a while.
At best / what to watch for
At their best: Makes the whole room more comfortable without trying to.
Watch for: Absorbing everyone's mood until their own gets lost in the mix.
Who the Goat matches
Best natural match: Horse. Natural allies: Pig and Rabbit. Hardest match: Ox.
Which years are Goat years?
1943 Β· 1955 Β· 1967 Β· 1979 Β· 1991 Β· 2003 Β· 2015 Β· 2027
Born in January or February? You may belong to the year before, because the animal changes at Lunar New Year, not January 1.
Not sure if youβre actually the Goat?
The Chinese zodiac year turns over on the lunar new year, not January 1. If you were born in late January or February, the year printed on most sites can be wrong.
Check my exact animal (free)The other eleven
Same birthday, different system: your Western star sign.
The other chart
Why two Goats can be so different
The zodiac animal uses one fact about your birth: the year. Saju, the Korean birth chart, uses the year, month, day and hour, weighed as five elements. That is why two Goats born twelve years apart can come out very differently.
See my Saju chart (free)