Goat strengths in tradition
- Gentle and kind
- Creative and artistic
- Calm and easygoing
- Loyal to those it trusts
1919 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Goat
The 1919 Chinese year ran from Saturday 1 February 1919 to Thursday 19 February 1920.
Its sign is the Yin Earth Goat: 己未 (Jǐ-wèi) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–31 January 1919? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Earth Horse of 1918.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 1–4 February 1919: Earth Goat by Chinese New Year, Earth Horse by Lichun.
- 5 February 1919 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Horse before 04:24 China time and Earth Goat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Goat.
- 5 February 1920 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Goat before 10:12 China time and Metal Monkey from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Goat.
- 6–19 February 1920: Earth Goat by Chinese New Year, Metal Monkey by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Earth Goat in Chinese astrology
Earth is the Goat's own fixed element, so an Earth Goat is said to be the steadiest and most dependable Goat, careful and loyal.
The Goat, also called the Sheep or Ram, is the eighth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with gentleness, creativity and calm. Earth is the element of stability and balance, linked in Chinese tradition with the turning points between the seasons.
Goat challenges in tradition
- Prone to worry
- Can be indecisive
- Needs reassurance
- Avoids confrontation
Traditions, not predictions. The Goat in love and at work · The five elements
Other Goat years
The Earth Goat every 60 years
← 1918 Earth Horse · 1920 Metal Monkey → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1919?
1919 is the Year of the Earth Goat (yin Earth, 己未 Jǐ-wèi), from 1 February 1919 to 19 February 1920. Anyone born 1–31 January 1919 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Earth Horse.
What element is 1919 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 己 (Jǐ). Earth years are years ending in 8 or 9 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 1919 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 1 February 1919, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Earth Horse of the 1918 Chinese year; from 1 February 1919 on, it is the Earth Goat. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (5 February 1919, 04:24 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1919?
It was on Saturday 1 February 1919 (China time). The next one, on Friday 20 February 1920, began the Year of the Metal Monkey.