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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.
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
( 羊 ) is the eighth sign of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac
Chinese zodiac
The Shēngxiào , better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year mathematical cycle...
related to the Chinese calendar
Chinese calendar
The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It is not exclusive to China, but followed by many other Asian cultures as well...
. The Year of the Goat is associated with the earthly branch
Earthly Branches
The Earthly Branches provide one Chinese system for reckoning time.This system was built from observations of the orbit of Jupiter. Chinese astronomers divided the celestial circle into 12 sections to follow the orbit of Suìxīng . Astronomers rounded the orbit of Suixing to 12 years...
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:- 13 February 1907 – 1 February 1908: FireFire (Wu Xing)Fire , is the prosper of the matter, or the matter's prosperity stage. Fire is the second phase of Wu Xing.Fire is yang in character. Its motion is upward and its energy is expansive...
Goat - 1 February 1919 – 19 February 1920: EarthEarth (Wu Xing)Earth , is the changing point of the matter. Earth is the third one of Wu Xing.Earth is a balance of both yin and yang, the feminine and masculine together. Its motion is inward and centering, and its energy is stabilizing and conserving. It is associated with the color yellow and the planet...
Goat - 17 February 1931 – 5 February 1932: Metal Goat
- 5 February 1943 – 24 January 1944: WaterWater (Wu Xing)Water , is the low point of the matter, or the matter's dying or hiding stage. Water is the fifth stage of Wu Xing.Water is the most yin in character of the Five elements. Its motion is downward and inward and its energy is stillness and conserving...
Goat - 24 January 1955 – 11 February 1956: Wood Goat
- 9 February 1967 – 29 January 1968: FireFire (Wu Xing)Fire , is the prosper of the matter, or the matter's prosperity stage. Fire is the second phase of Wu Xing.Fire is yang in character. Its motion is upward and its energy is expansive...
Goat - 28 January 1979 – 15 February 1980: EarthEarth (Wu Xing)Earth , is the changing point of the matter. Earth is the third one of Wu Xing.Earth is a balance of both yin and yang, the feminine and masculine together. Its motion is inward and centering, and its energy is stabilizing and conserving. It is associated with the color yellow and the planet...
Goat - 15 February 1991 – 3 February 1992: Metal Goat
- 1 February 2003 – 21 January 2004: WaterWater (Wu Xing)Water , is the low point of the matter, or the matter's dying or hiding stage. Water is the fifth stage of Wu Xing.Water is the most yin in character of the Five elements. Its motion is downward and inward and its energy is stillness and conserving...
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” |
| Season and months | Summer, July |
| Fixed element | Fire |
| Stem | Negative |
| Lunar Month Dates | July 7 – August 7 |
| Gemstone | Emerald Emerald Emerald is a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness... |
| Color | Pink, Purple |
| Roughly equivalent western sign | Cancer Cancer (astrology) Cancer is the fourth astrological sign in the Zodiac. It is considered a water sign and one of four cardinal signs. Cancer is ruled by the Moon. Individuals born when the Sun is in this sign are considered Cancerian individuals... |
| Polarity | Yin Yin and yang In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang , which is often referred to in the West as "yin and yang", is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only... |
| Ruling Countries |  Kenya,  Cambodia,  Belize,  Libya,  Greece,  Panama |