Goat (zodiac)

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Goat
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"Goat" in regular Chinese characters

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 dateEnd dateHeavenly branch
13 February 19071 February 1908 Fire Goat
1 February 191919 February 1920 Earth Goat
17 February 19315 February 1932 Metal Goat
5 February 194324 January 1944 Water Goat
24 January 195511 February 1956 Wood Goat
9 February 196729 January 1968 Fire Goat
28 January 197915 February 1980 Earth Goat
15 February 19913 February 1992 Metal Goat
1 February 200321 January 2004 Water Goat
19 February 20157 February 2016 Wood Goat
6 February 202725 January 2028 Fire Goat
24 January 203911 February 2040 Earth Goat
11 February 205131 January 2052 Metal Goat
29 January 206316 February 2064 Water Goat
15 February 20754 February 2076 Wood Goat
3 February 208723 January 2088 Fire Goat
21 January 20998 February 2100 Earth Goat

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
Lucky Colors:green, red, purple; Avoid: gold, brown
Season:Summer

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Wen Huang, "Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram?" Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. 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
  3. 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."
  4. "Chinese Zodiac – Sheep / Goat / Ram". Travel China Guide. TravelChinaGuide.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. Sagart, Laurent (1999). "25.5: Goats and Sheep". The Roots of Old Chinese. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 194–195.
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  7. Ankita Varma, "Sheep muscle in on Year of the Goat", The Straits Times, Singapore, Jan 27, 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 'Year of the Sheep' or 'Year of the Goat'?, CJV Lang. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Fran Wang, "Big Yang Theory: Chinese year of the sheep or the goat?", AFP, Asia One News, Feb 16, 2015. Retrieved 19 Feb. 2015.
  12. Space.com, Lunar New Year's Asian Barnyard Demystified (Video). Retrieved 23 Feb. 2015
  13. Mark Swofford. "When Is Chinese New Year". pinyin.info. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. Hale, Gill, The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui, New York: Barnes and Noble Books (2002). ISBN   0-7607-3741-X, p. 20
  15. Hale, p. 244

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