Goat strengths in tradition
- Gentle and kind
- Creative and artistic
- Calm and easygoing
- Loyal to those it trusts
2015 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Goat
The 2015 Chinese year ran from Thursday 19 February 2015 to Sunday 7 February 2016.
Its sign is the Yin Wood Goat: 乙未 (Yǐ-wèi) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 18 February 2015? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Horse of 2014.
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:
- 4 February 2015 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Horse before 11:58 China time and Wood Goat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Horse.
- 5–18 February 2015: Wood Horse by Chinese New Year, Wood Goat by Lichun.
- 4 February 2016 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Goat before 17:45 China time and Fire Monkey from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Goat.
- 5–7 February 2016: 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
← 2014 Wood Horse · 2016 Fire Monkey → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2015?
2015 is the Year of the Wood Goat (yin Wood, 乙未 Yǐ-wèi), from 19 February 2015 to 7 February 2016. Anyone born 1 January – 18 February 2015 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Horse.
What element is 2015 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 or early February 2015 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 19 February 2015, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Horse of the 2014 Chinese year; from 19 February 2015 on, it is the Wood Goat. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2015, 11:58 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 2015?
It was on Thursday 19 February 2015 (China time). The next one, on Monday 8 February 2016, began the Year of the Fire Monkey.