Goat ( zodiac ) - wikipedia Goat ( zodiac ) The Goat ( Chinese : 羊 ; pinyin : yáng ) is the eighth of the 12 - year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The sign is referred to as the Ram or Sheep sign, since the Chinese word yáng is more accurately translated as Caprinae, a taxonomic subfamily that includes both goats and sheep. The Year of the Goat is associated with the 8th Earthly Branch symbol, 未 ( wèi ). Contents 1 Goat or Sheep 2 Characteristics 3 Years and the Five Elements 4 Chinese zodiac Goat 5 Basic astrology elements 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading Goat or sheep The Chinese word yáng refers both to goats and sheep, with shānyáng specifically goats and miányáng sheep. In English, the sign ( originally based on a horned animal ) may be called either. The interpretation of goat or sheep depends on culture. In Vietnamese, the sign is mùi, which is unambiguously goat. In Japan, on the other hand, the sign is hitsuji, sheep ; while in Korea and Mongolia, the sign is ram or sheep. Within China, there may be a regional distinction with the zodiacal yáng more likely to be thought of as a goat in the south, while tending to be thought of as a sheep in the north. Characteristics The Chinese commonly regard sheep as an auspicious animal, and the year of the sheep, therefore, heralds a year of promise and prosperity. `` Yáng '' ( 羊 ) is a component of another written Chinese characters `` xiang '' ( 祥 ), which means auspiciousness, and the two were interchangeable in ancient Chinese, according to one source. It is also a part of the character `` shan '' ( 善 ), which counts kindness and benevolence as among its meanings. Individuals born in the zodiac year have been supposed to share certain characteristics with other individuals also born in years of the same animal sign. Similarly, years sharing the same animal sign have been supposed to share certain characteristics, repeating over their 12 / 60 year cycle. The shared characteristics in this case are traits attributed to goats. Due to the lunisolar nature of the traditional Chinese calendar system, the zodiacal year does not align with the Gregorian calendar : new years are determined by a system which results in each new year beginning on a new Moon sometime between late January to mid-to - late February. Goat aspects can also enter by other chronomantic factors or measures, such as hourly. In Chinese astrology, Goats are described as peace - loving, kind, and popular. With the addition of the Wood element, the Goat characteristic is thought to love peace and to be helpful and trusting, but yet also to be clinging and of a nature resistant to change. Years and the Five Elements People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the `` Year of the Goat '', while also bearing the following elemental sign : Start date End date Heavenly branch 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 6 February 2027 25 January 2028 Fire Goat 24 January 2039 11 February 2040 Earth Goat Chinese zodiac Goat Sign Best Match Average No Match Goat Goat, Pig, Rabbit Dog, Tiger, Horse, Dragon, Monkey, Rat, Snake, Rooster Ox Basic astrology elements Earthly Branches of Birth Year : Wei The Five Elements : Earth Yin Yang : Yin Lunar Month : Sixth Lucky Numbers : 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 ; Avoid : 6, 8 Lucky Flowers : carnation, primrose, flower Lucky Colors : green, red, purple ; Avoid : gold, brown Season : Summer See also Goat Bovidae in Chinese mythology List of Chinese terrestrial ungulates References ^ Jump up to : Wen Huang, `` Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram ? '' Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2015. Jump up ^ Theodora Lau and Laura Lau, Chapter 8 : `` The Sheep : The Eighth Sign of the Lunar Cycle '', The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes, pp. 193 - 220, Harper Collins, 1979 ( paperback edition December 2010 ) ISBN 978 - 0061990915 Jump up ^ A Lunar New Year With a Name That 's a Matter of Opinion, Chris Buckley, New York Times, Feb. 18, 2015 : `` The reason is that the word for the eighth animal in the Chinese zodiac 's 12 - year cycle of creatures, yang in Mandarin, does not make the distinction found in English between goats and sheep and other members of the Caprinae subfamily. Without further qualifiers, yang might mean any such hoofed animal that eats grass and bleats. '' Jump up ^ `` Chinese Zodiac - Sheep / Goat / Ram ''. Travel China Guide. TravelChinaGuide.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014. Jump up ^ Sagart, Laurent ( 1999 ). `` 25.5 : Goats and Sheep ''. The Roots of Old Chinese. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 194 -- 195. ^ Jump up to : Celebrating The Lunar New Year Archived February 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, Dec. 20 2001 ; in earlier form here Archived 2015 - 02 - 16 at the Wayback Machine... Retrieved 15 Feb. 2015. Jump up ^ Ankita Varma, `` Sheep muscle in on Year of the Goat '', The Straits Times, Singapore, Jan 27, 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015. ^ Jump up to : ' Year of the Sheep ' or ' Year of the Goat ' ?, CJV Lang. Retrieved 8 February 2015. Jump up ^ Erica Pearson, Lunar New Year celebrations to welcome year of ' any ruminant horned animal ', New York Daily News, February 7, 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015. Jump up ^ Victor Mair quoted in Sonnad, Nikhil ( 19 February 2015 ). `` Happy lunar new year ! But is it the year of the sheep or something else ? ''. Quartz. Retrieved 14 March 2018. Jump up ^ Fran Wang, `` Big Yang Theory : Chinese year of the sheep or the goat ? '', AFP, Asia One News, Feb 16, 2015. Retrieved 19 Feb. 2015. Jump up ^ Space.com, Lunar New Year 's Asian Barnyard Demystified ( Video ). Retrieved 23 Feb. 2015 Jump up ^ Mark Swofford. `` When Is Chinese New Year ''. pinyin.info. Retrieved 19 Feb 2015. Jump up ^ Hale, Jill, The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui, New York : Barnes and Noble Books ( 2002 ). ISBN 0 - 7607 - 3741 - X, p. 20 Jump up ^ Hale, p. 244 Further reading Neil Somerville ( 2002 ). Your Chinese Horoscope for 2003. HarperCollins. p. 368. ISBN 9780007131495. Kassy Lee : The Year of the Untranslatable Animal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goat ( zodiac ). 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Question: what animal is 1967 in the chinese zodiac
Answer: Goat