1967 Chinese zodiac sign: Fire Goat

Chinese year 1967 begins on Thursday, February 9, 1967, and ends on Monday, January 29, 1968, the day before the Year of the Earth Monkey begins. It has 355 days, or 12 lunar months: each month starts on a new moon, so it is 29 or 30 days long. The next leap year, with a thirteenth month, comes in 1968.

The year opens with the new moon on Thursday, February 9, 1967 at 5:44 a.m. ET, which is 6:44 p.m. China Standard Time, so the date is the same in New York and in Beijing.

The Lantern Festival, which closes the New Year celebrations, comes on the fifteenth day of the first month, so on Thursday, February 23, 1967. The year's first full moon falls on Friday, February 24, 1967 at 12:43 p.m. ET.

It is year 44 of the sixty-year cycle that began in 1924 with the Wood Rat. In Chinese this year is called 丁未 (dīngwèi): the heavenly stem 丁 gives the element and the earthly branch 未 the animal.

In Ba Zi astrology, the Four Pillars of Destiny, the year 1967 begins not at the lunar New Year but at the moment of lìchūn (立春, “start of spring”), when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Saturday, February 4, 1967 at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time. That is 5 days before Chinese New Year, so anyone born between that moment and February 8 still has the Fire Horse sign in the lunar calendar but already the Fire Goat sign in Ba Zi.

This page and the calculator give your sign by the lunar calendar.

The Goat, also called the Sheep or the Ram because its Chinese name, 羊 (yáng), means both goat and sheep, is the sign of sensitivity and imagination. It is gentle and empathetic, with the soul of an artist.

Passion, courage and a need for action. Fire adds temperament and charisma, along with a tendency to flare up.

The Fire element covers two years in a row, 1966 (yang) and 1967 (yin), and comes back every ten years: before that in 1956–1957, next in 1976–1977.

The Fire Goat has more courage and expressiveness than other Goats. Fire adds confidence and warmth, so it is readier to show the world its creative work and to fight for what it wants. It is warmhearted and intuitive. Its emotions can be stormy, though, and its moods change faster than the weather.

In 2026, people born in 1967 turn 59 years old. The Year of the Fire Horse is running now, which tradition counts as a secret friend's year for the Goat. People born in 1967 reach their next běnmìngnián, the year of their own sign, in 2027, when they turn 60 years old.

The Goat comes back every 12 years, each time with a different element. The exact combination of 1967, the Fire Goat, returns every 60 years: in 1907, 1967 and 2027.