Chinese zodiac · Year of the Goat
The Wood Goat: 1955, 2015, 2075
乙未 · Yi wèi · Yin Wood stem on the Earth branch
A Wood Goat year pairs the Heavenly Stem 乙 (Yi, yin Wood) with the Earthly Branch 未 (wèi, the Goat). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Wood Goat years are 1955, 2015, 2075. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Wood Goat different from a Fire 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 Wood Goat is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Wood Goat is the most trusting and the most generous, with a heart that others sometimes lean on too hard.
The Wood Goat of 2015 is the most trusting and the most generous, and the tradition reads it as the Goat with a heart others sometimes lean on too hard.
In BaZi terms the Wood stem controls the Earth branch: Wood restrains Earth in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the element on top holding the animal in check, so the Goat's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
The rest of the Goat’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Goat page.
Wood 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 24 January 1955 | 11 February 1956 | 4 February 1955 |
| 2015 | 19 February 2015 | 7 February 2016 | 4 February 2015 |
| 2075 | outside the table | … | 4 February 2075 |
The next Wood Goat year is 2075. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Wood Goats
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1955
- Bill GatesAmerican businessman, investor, and philanthropist
- Steve JobsAmerican entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc
- Leo XIV267th Pope of the Catholic Church
- Tim Berners-LeeEnglish computer scientist
- Jair Bolsonaro38th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
- Mel GibsonAmerican actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Wood Goat start?
- The 1955 Wood Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 24 January 1955 and ran to 11 February 1956. The 2015 Wood Goat year began at Lunar New Year on 19 February 2015 and ran to 7 February 2016. 2075 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1955: 4 February 1955; 2015: 4 February 2015; 2075: 4 February 2075), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Wood Goat personality?
- The Wood Goat is the most trusting and the most generous, with a heart that others sometimes lean on too hard. In BaZi terms the Wood stem controls the Earth branch: Wood restrains Earth in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the element on top holding the animal in check, so the Goat's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
- When is the next Wood Goat year?
- 2075. The pair of stem 乙 and branch 未 recurs every sixty years.