Goat strengths in tradition
- Gentle and kind
- Creative and artistic
- Calm and easygoing
- Loyal to those it trusts
1943 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Water Goat
The 1943 Chinese year ran from Friday 5 February 1943 to Monday 24 January 1944.
Its sign is the Yin Water Goat: 癸未 (Guǐ-wèi) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 4 February 1943? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Horse of 1942.
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:
- 5 February 1943 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Horse before 00:40 China time and Water Goat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Goat.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Water Goat in Chinese astrology
A Water Goat is associated with charm and adaptability, easygoing, perceptive and good at reading people.
The Goat, also called the Sheep or Ram, is the eighth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with gentleness, creativity and calm. Water is the element of depth and adaptability, linked in Chinese tradition with winter, intuition and quiet wisdom.
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 Water Goat every 60 years
← 1942 Water Horse · 1944 Wood Monkey → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1943?
1943 is the Year of the Water Goat (yin Water, 癸未 Guǐ-wèi), from 5 February 1943 to 24 January 1944. Anyone born 1 January – 4 February 1943 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Horse.
What element is 1943 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 癸 (Guǐ). Water years are years ending in 2 or 3 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 1943 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 5 February 1943, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Horse of the 1942 Chinese year; from 5 February 1943 on, it is the Water Goat. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (5 February 1943, 00:40 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1943?
It was on Friday 5 February 1943 (China time). The next one, on Tuesday 25 January 1944, began the Year of the Wood Monkey.