Goat in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Goat and Horse occupy branches 未 and 午.
Six Harmonies · 六合. Goat (未) and Horse (午) form one of the six fixed harmony pairs, traditionally read as a complementary connection.
Three Meetings · seasons · 三会. Goat and Horse belong to the summer sequence Snake–Horse–Goat, connecting neighbouring seasonal months.
Read Goat with Horse →Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water Goat
Wood Goat
Years: 1955, 2015.
Wood controls the Goat's Earth, bringing a theme of growth that asks an established pattern to make room for change. The Wood Goat reading turns care outward through shared work and encouragement, while its gentleness can make choosing between personal wishes and the needs of a group difficult.
Wood Goat birth dates and next year →Fire Goat
Years: 1907, 1967, 2027.
Fire generates the Goat's Earth, supporting the sign's traditional concern with care, continuity and a welcoming environment. In the Fire Goat reading, creative feeling is expressed more openly: affection becomes a visible gesture, a personal project invites attention and sensitivity sharpens the wish for a warm response.
Fire Goat birth dates and next year →Earth Goat
Years: 1919, 1979, 2039.
An Earth year repeats the Goat's own element, concentrating the traditional association with steadiness, care and attachment to familiar surroundings. The Earth Goat reading emphasizes thoughtful preparation and patient attention to everyday needs, with a tendency to carry concern for others longer than the immediate situation requires.
Earth Goat birth dates and next year →Metal Goat
Years: 1931, 1991.
The Goat's Earth generates Metal, giving the Metal Goat a traditional theme of turning care into a clear and finished form. Creative sensitivity is paired with exacting taste, a carefully kept promise or a firm personal standard, so a gentle manner can conceal considerable resolve about the details.
Metal Goat birth dates and next year →Water Goat
Years: 1943, 2003.
The Goat's Earth controls Water, placing a preference for steadiness beside the year element's association with movement and responsiveness. This reading describes the Water Goat through emotional attentiveness and a vivid imagination, with a recurring pull between keeping a familiar refuge and responding to everyone around it.
Water Goat birth dates and next year →Goat personality traits
Traditional Goat descriptions combine consideration for others with a strong creative streak. The Goat notices the feel of a room, the care behind a gesture and the small choices that make daily life more comfortable. Its quiet manner sits alongside persistence when something matters deeply. Worry and hesitation are the corresponding challenges, especially when keeping everyone at ease makes it difficult to name a personal preference.
Goat: best and difficult matches
Ox: Goat (未) stands six positions opposite Ox (丑), the contrast called a Six Clash in the traditional pairing.
Rabbit: Goat and Rabbit share the Wood trine; Pig completes their three-animal group.
Horse: Goat (未) and Horse (午) form one of the six fixed harmony pairs, traditionally read as a complementary connection.
Pig: Goat and Pig share the Wood trine; Rabbit completes their three-animal group.
All twelve Goat compatibility pairings →Five forms · one twelve-day rhythm
The next Goat days
The branch repeats every twelve days. Its stem advances too, so these five occurrences have five different stem elements before the complete name repeats after sixty days. The Goat branch itself keeps Earth.
Yin Wood
18 September 2026
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未
Na Yin: Sand Metal · 沙中金
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Fire
30 September 2026
Yin Fire Goat · 丁未
Na Yin: Heavenly River Water · 天河水
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Earth
12 October 2026
Yin Earth Goat · 己未
Na Yin: Heavenly Fire · 天上火
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Metal
24 October 2026
Yin Metal Goat · 辛未
Na Yin: Roadside Earth · 路旁土
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Water
5 November 2026
Yin Water Goat · 癸未
Na Yin: Willow Wood · 杨柳木
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The Na Yin name belongs to the complete pillar. It is a separate pairing from the stem’s element and the branch’s fixed element.
Chinese New Year to the final lunar day
Goat years and their exact boundaries
Use the interval, not just the Gregorian year number, for a birthday near January or February. A full Goat element-name returns sixty years later; the animal alone returns after twelve.
丁未 · Yin Fire Goat
1907 Goat year
13 February 1907 through 1 February 1908
己未 · Yin Earth Goat
1919 Goat year
1 February 1919 through 19 February 1920
辛未 · Yin Metal Goat
1931 Goat year
17 February 1931 through 5 February 1932
癸未 · Yin Water Goat
1943 Goat year
5 February 1943 through 24 January 1944
乙未 · Yin Wood Goat
1955 Goat year
24 January 1955 through 11 February 1956
丁未 · Yin Fire Goat
1967 Goat year
9 February 1967 through 29 January 1968
己未 · Yin Earth Goat
1979 Goat year
28 January 1979 through 15 February 1980
辛未 · Yin Metal Goat
1991 Goat year
15 February 1991 through 3 February 1992
癸未 · Yin Water Goat
2003 Goat year
1 February 2003 through 21 January 2004
乙未 · Yin Wood Goat
2015 Goat year
19 February 2015 through 7 February 2016
丁未 · Yin Fire Goat
2027 Goat year
6 February 2027 through 25 January 2028
己未 · Yin Earth Goat
2039 Goat year
24 January 2039 through 11 February 2040
Solar month · clock period
The Goat month and double-hour
Summer branch month
Minor Heat opens the Goat month at 7 July 2026, 09:56:57 UTC+8. It runs until Beginning of Autumn at 7 August 2026, 19:42:43 UTC+8.
These are solar-term instants, not the first days of numbered lunar months.
Follow the whole summer season →13:00–14:59
The Goat double-hour occupies position 8 in the twelve-branch clock. It follows Horse and precedes Monkey. A double-hour label describes a time of day; it does not determine the year or day animal.
The sets containing Goat
Harmony, season, trine and clash
Six Harmonies
Paired branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
Three Harmonies · trines
Wood
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Three Meetings · seasons
Summer · Fire
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Six Clashes
Opposite branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
The stems held inside Goat
Hidden stems are attached to the branch. The visible stem on a particular Goat day is the first character of that day’s two-character name.