Year of the Fire Goat
2027 Chinese zodiac sign: Fire Goat
If you were born from February 6, 2027 to January 25, 2028, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Fire Goat. A birthday in 2027 before February 6 still belongs to the Fire Horse of 2026.
Fire Goat
- Element: Fire
- Yin
- First day
- Saturday, February 6, 2027
- Last day
- Tuesday, January 25, 2028
- Place in the animal cycle
- 8 of 12
January and February: if you were born from January 1 to February 5, 2027, your sign is still the Fire Horse of 2026; if you were born from January 1 to 25, 2028, you still belong to the Year of the Fire Goat.
Check your birth date in the calculator2027 in the Chinese calendar
Chinese year 2027 begins on Saturday, February 6, 2027, and ends on Tuesday, January 25, 2028, the day before the Year of the Earth Monkey begins. It has 354 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 2028.
The year opens with the new moon on Saturday, February 6, 2027 at 10:56 a.m. ET, which is 11:56 p.m. China Standard Time, so the date is the same in New York and in Beijing. The annular solar eclipse takes place at this same new moon.
The Lantern Festival, which closes the New Year celebrations, comes on the fifteenth day of the first month, so on Saturday, February 20, 2027. The year's first full moon falls on Saturday, February 20, 2027 at 6:24 p.m. ET. The penumbral lunar eclipse takes place at this same full moon.
It is year 44 of the sixty-year cycle that began in 1984 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.
Lìchūn 2027: when the year begins in Ba Zi astrology
In Ba Zi astrology, the Four Pillars of Destiny, the year 2027 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 Wednesday, February 3, 2027 at 8:46 p.m. Eastern Time. That is 3 days before Chinese New Year, so anyone born between that moment and February 5 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.
Goat personality traits
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.
The element of 2027: Fire
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, 2026 (yang) and 2027 (yin), and comes back every ten years: before that in 2016–2017, next in 2036–2037.
The Fire Goat: animal and element together
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.
Goat compatibility
Trine
The Rabbit and the Pig share its need for warmth and calm. With the Rabbit the Goat shares an eye for beauty, while the Pig gives it kindness and a sense of security.
Secret friend
The Horse gives the Goat courage and draws it out of the house into the world, and the Goat calms the Horse's restlessness. Tradition sees this pair as very harmonious.
Opposite sign
The Ox is the Goat's opposite. It values duty and discipline, so the Goat's need for freedom looks like a whim to the Ox, while the Ox's sternness hurts the Goat.
Born in 2027: your age and your own sign's year
Chinese year 2027 begins on Saturday, February 6, 2027. Children born in it celebrate their first běnmìngnián, the year of their own sign, in 2039, when they turn 12.
Other Goat years
The Goat comes back every 12 years, each time with a different element. The exact combination of 2027, the Fire Goat, returns every 60 years: in 1967, 2027 and 2087.
| Year | Sign | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Metal Goat | 02/17/1931 – 02/05/1932 |
| 1943 | Water Goat | 02/05/1943 – 01/24/1944 |
| 1955 | Wood Goat | 01/24/1955 – 02/11/1956 |
| 1967 | Fire Goat | 02/09/1967 – 01/29/1968 |
| 1979 | Earth Goat | 01/28/1979 – 02/15/1980 |
| 1991 | Metal Goat | 02/15/1991 – 02/03/1992 |
| 2003 | Water Goat | 02/01/2003 – 01/21/2004 |
| 2015 | Wood Goat | 02/19/2015 – 02/07/2016 |
| 2027 | Fire Goat | 02/06/2027 – 01/25/2028 |
The year before and the year after
The Chinese zodiac is a cultural tradition more than two thousand years old, not a science. We calculate the dates and signs precisely, but read the personality descriptions as food for thought, not as a prophecy.
Frequently asked questions
What Chinese zodiac sign is 2027?
In the Chinese calendar 2027 is the Year of the Fire Goat: a yin sign with the Fire element. That Chinese year runs from February 6, 2027 to January 25, 2028, so anyone born in that window has the Fire Goat sign.
What is my Chinese zodiac sign if I was born in January or February 2027?
The date of Chinese New Year decides it, and in 2027 that date is February 6. If you were born from January 1 to February 5, 2027, your sign is still the Fire Horse of 2026; from February 6 on, your sign is the Fire Goat.
When does 2027 begin in Ba Zi astrology?
At the moment of lìchūn, when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Wednesday, February 3, 2027 at 8:46 p.m. Eastern Time. That is 3 days before Chinese New Year, so anyone born between that moment and February 5 still has the Fire Horse sign in the lunar calendar but already the Fire Goat sign in Ba Zi.
When is Chinese New Year 2027?
Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027, the day of the new moon by the date in Beijing. The new moon comes at 11:56 p.m. China Standard Time; in New York it falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027 at 10:56 a.m. ET. The next New Year, which opens the Year of the Earth Monkey, falls on Wednesday, January 26, 2028.
Is 2027 a yin or yang year?
2027 is a yin year, because Chinese tradition gives yang to even years and yin to odd ones. Yin is inward energy: receptive, patient and attentive. The Goat is always yin, and from one Goat year to the next only the element changes: after the Year of the Fire Goat comes the Year of the Earth Goat in 2039.
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