Goat strengths in tradition
- Gentle and kind
- Creative and artistic
- Calm and easygoing
- Loyal to those it trusts
1955 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Goat
The 1955 Chinese year ran from Monday 24 January 1955 to Saturday 11 February 1956.
Its sign is the Yin Wood Goat: 乙未 (Yǐ-wèi) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–23 January 1955? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Horse of 1954.
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:
- 24 January – 3 February 1955: Wood Goat by Chinese New Year, Wood Horse by Lichun.
- 4 February 1955 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Horse before 22:17 China time and Wood Goat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Goat.
- 5 February 1956 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Goat before 04:12 China time and Fire Monkey from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Goat.
- 6–11 February 1956: Wood Goat by Chinese New Year, Fire Monkey by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Wood Goat in Chinese astrology
A Wood Goat is said to be especially kind and generous, with a strong wish to help and a gentle sense of humour.
The Goat, also called the Sheep or Ram, is the eighth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with gentleness, creativity and calm. Wood is the element of growth and new beginnings, linked in Chinese tradition with spring, generosity and steady expansion.
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 Wood Goat every 60 years
← 1954 Wood Horse · 1956 Fire Monkey → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1955?
1955 is the Year of the Wood Goat (yin Wood, 乙未 Yǐ-wèi), from 24 January 1955 to 11 February 1956. Anyone born 1–23 January 1955 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Horse.
What element is 1955 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 乙 (Yǐ). Wood years are years ending in 4 or 5 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 1955 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 24 January 1955, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Horse of the 1954 Chinese year; from 24 January 1955 on, it is the Wood Goat. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1955, 22:17 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1955?
It was on Monday 24 January 1955 (China time). The next one, on Sunday 12 February 1956, began the Year of the Fire Monkey.