Chinese zodiac · Year of the Goat
The Earth Goat: 1979, 2039, 2099
己未 · Ji wèi · Yin Earth stem on the Earth branch
A Earth Goat year pairs the Heavenly Stem 己 (Ji, yin Earth) with the Earthly Branch 未 (wèi, the Goat). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Earth Goat years are 1979, 2039, 2099. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Earth Goat different from a Wood Goat or a Fire Goat. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Earth Goat is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Earth Goat is practical and dependable, the artist who also keeps the studio running.
The Earth Goat of 1979 is practical and dependable, the artist who keeps the studio running, and the tradition reads the Earth stem on an Earth branch as the Goat at its steadiest.
In BaZi terms the Earth stem sits on a Earth branch, the same element twice. Practitioners read a matched pair as a year with one clear voice: the Goat's nature amplified rather than argued with, strong in its own direction and short of counterweight. Whatever the Goat does, this year does more of it.
The rest of the Goat’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Goat page.
Earth Goat years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 28 January 1979 | 15 February 1980 | 4 February 1979 |
| 2039 | 24 January 2039 | 11 February 2040 | 4 February 2039 |
| 2099 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2099 |
The next Earth Goat year is 2039. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Earth Goats
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Earth Goat start?
- The 1979 Earth Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 28 January 1979 and ran to 15 February 1980. The 2039 Earth Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 24 January 2039 and ran to 11 February 2040. 2099 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1979: 4 February 1979; 2039: 4 February 2039; 2099: 3 February 2099), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Earth Goat personality?
- The Earth Goat is practical and dependable, the artist who also keeps the studio running. In BaZi terms the Earth stem sits on a Earth branch, the same element twice. Practitioners read a matched pair as a year with one clear voice: the Goat's nature amplified rather than argued with, strong in its own direction and short of counterweight. Whatever the Goat does, this year does more of it.
- When is the next Earth Goat year?
- 2039. The pair of stem 己 and branch 未 recurs every sixty years.