Chinese zodiac · Year of the Goat
The Water Goat: 1943, 2003, 2063
癸未 · Gui wèi · Yin Water stem on the Earth branch
A Water Goat year pairs the Heavenly Stem 癸 (Gui, yin Water) with the Earthly Branch 未 (wèi, the Goat). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Water Goat years are 1943, 2003, 2063. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Water 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 Water Goat is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Water Goat is the most sensitive and the most easily influenced, and the one who needs a firm friend nearby.
The Water Goat of 2003 is the most sensitive and the most easily influenced, and the tradition's advice for it is a firm friend nearby.
In BaZi terms the Earth branch controls the Water stem: Earth restrains Water in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Goat's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
The rest of the Goat’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Goat page.
Water 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 5 February 1943 | 24 January 1944 | 5 February 1943 |
| 2003 | 1 February 2003 | 21 January 2004 | 4 February 2003 |
| 2063 | outside the table | … | 4 February 2063 |
The next Water Goat year is 2063. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Water Goats
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1943
- Jim MorrisonAmerican singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors
- Robert De NiroAmerican actor
- George HarrisonEnglish musician and member of the Beatles
- Louise GlückU.S. poet and Nobel laureate
- Mick JaggerBritish singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
- Julio IglesiasSpanish singer and lawyer
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Water Goat start?
- The 1943 Water Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 5 February 1943 and ran to 24 January 1944. The 2003 Water Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 1 February 2003 and ran to 21 January 2004. 2063 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1943: 5 February 1943; 2003: 4 February 2003; 2063: 4 February 2063), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Water Goat personality?
- The Water Goat is the most sensitive and the most easily influenced, and the one who needs a firm friend nearby. In BaZi terms the Earth branch controls the Water stem: Earth restrains Water in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Goat's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
- When is the next Water Goat year?
- 2063. The pair of stem 癸 and branch 未 recurs every sixty years.