- Animal
- 🐐 Goat (羊)
- Element
- Metal 金 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 辛未 · Xīn Wèi
- Year starts
- February 15, 1991 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 3, 1992
- Age in 2027
- turns 36
- 2027 Tai Sui
- its own sign year (Ben Ming Nian)
The Metal Goat personality
Refined, steady, and sharper-edged than most Goats.
The Metal Goat stands apart from other Goat years by mixing the Goat’s soft social instincts with Yin Metal’s precision, pride, and inner toughness. A typical Goat is gentle, artistic, and sensitive to atmosphere, but Xin Wei adds stronger standards, better self-control, and a more private streak. This is still a caring, relationship-aware sign, yet it is less drifting and less openly vulnerable than a Wood or Water Goat.
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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 1991 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 1991?
1991 is the Year of the Metal Goat (辛未, Xīn Wèi). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 15, 1991 to February 3, 1992.
What element is 1991 in Chinese astrology?
Metal (金), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 辛 and its Earthly Branch is 未 (Goat).
Is someone born in January 1991 a Goat?
Born in January or early February 1991, before February 15, 1991? Then your sign is the Metal Horse of 1990.
Who is a Metal 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 1991?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Goat it is its own sign year (Ben Ming Nian). A person born in 1991 turns 36 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.