- Animal
- 🐐 Goat (羊)
- Element
- Earth 土 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 己未 · Jǐ Wèi
- Year starts
- January 28, 1979 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 15, 1980
- Age in 2027
- turns 48
- 2027 Tai Sui
- its own sign year (Ben Ming Nian)
The Earth Goat personality
A steadier, more practical Goat with quiet loyalty and strong follow-through.
The Earth Goat stands out from other Goat years by being more grounded, measured, and consistent. Goat energy is usually gentle, artistic, and sensitive to atmosphere, but the Yin Earth stem adds patience, realism, and a stronger need for stability. Compared with a Wood Goat’s idealism or a Fire Goat’s emotional intensity, the Earth Goat tends to move more carefully and build trust step by step.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐐 Goat & 🐎 Horse. Three Harmony partners: 🐐 Goat & 🐇 Rabbit, 🐐 Goat & 🐖 Pig. Clash: 🐐 Goat & 🐂 Ox.
A Goat born in 1979 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is its own sign year (Ben Ming Nian) for the Goat. See the month-by-month forecast in Goat horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1979?
1979 is the Year of the Earth Goat (己未, Jǐ Wèi). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 28, 1979 to February 15, 1980.
What element is 1979 in Chinese astrology?
Earth (土), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 己 and its Earthly Branch is 未 (Goat).
Is someone born in January 1979 a Goat?
Born in January or early February 1979, before January 28, 1979? Then your sign is the Earth Horse of 1978.
Who is a Earth Goat compatible with?
Traditionally the Goat pairs best with the Horse, Rabbit, Pig and finds the Ox most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1979?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Goat it is its own sign year (Ben Ming Nian). A person born in 1979 turns 48 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.