Chinese zodiac · Year of the Goat
The Fire Goat: 1967, 2027, 2087
丁未 · Ding wèi · Yin Fire stem on the Earth branch
A Fire Goat year pairs the Heavenly Stem 丁 (Ding, yin Fire) with the Earthly Branch 未 (wèi, the Goat). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Fire Goat years are 1967, 2027, 2087. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Fire Goat different from a Wood Goat or a Earth 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 Fire Goat is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Fire Goat has more courage and more flair than the others, creative and readier to take the stage.
1967 Fire Goats have more courage and more flair, and the tradition's creative Goat readier to take the stage fits the year of the Summer of Love.
In BaZi terms the Fire stem feeds the Earth branch: Fire produces Earth in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the stem spending itself on the branch, so the Goat's qualities are well supported from above while the stem itself is drained. A generous year for the animal, at some cost to the element on top.
The rest of the Goat’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Goat page.
Fire 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 9 February 1967 | 29 January 1968 | 4 February 1967 |
| 2027 | 6 February 2027 | 25 January 2028 | 4 February 2027 |
| 2087 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2087 |
The next Fire Goat year is 2027. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Fire Goats
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Fire Goat start?
- The 1967 Fire Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 9 February 1967 and ran to 29 January 1968. The 2027 Fire Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 6 February 2027 and ran to 25 January 2028. 2087 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1967: 4 February 1967; 2027: 4 February 2027; 2087: 3 February 2087), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Fire Goat personality?
- The Fire Goat has more courage and more flair than the others, creative and readier to take the stage. In BaZi terms the Fire stem feeds the Earth branch: Fire produces Earth in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the stem spending itself on the branch, so the Goat's qualities are well supported from above while the stem itself is drained. A generous year for the animal, at some cost to the element on top.
- When is the next Fire Goat year?
- 2027. The pair of stem 丁 and branch 未 recurs every sixty years.