Yin Water · 癸未 · 60-year cycle
Water Goat Chinese Zodiac: 1943, 2003 Years
Water Goat years in this calendar are 1943, 2003. The latest Water Goat year is 2003; the next is 2063, a 60-year return. 2026 is not a Water Goat year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Water Goat years
A birthday belongs to the Water Goat year only within one of these intervals. The days before Chinese New Year belong to the previous animal. Dates below cover this calendar’s 1902–2049 year archives.
1943: Water Goat
5 February 1943 – 24 January 1944
癸未 · Guǐ Wèi
Lunar months and festivals of 1943 →2003: Water Goat
1 February 2003 – 21 January 2004
癸未 · Guǐ Wèi
Lunar months and festivals of 2003 →
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What Water adds to the Goat
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.
The year’s visible stem is Guǐ 癸, Yin Water; the Goat branch 未 retains its fixed Earth element.
The Goat’s traditional character →Water 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 →