1943 Chinese Zodiac: Water Goat

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1943?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1943. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1943 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1943 – February 4, 1943	Water Horse 马
February 5, 1943 – December 31, 1943	Water Goat 羊

The full 1943 lunar year continues into 1944, through January 24, 1944. A birthday on February 4, 1943 belongs to the Horse; a birthday one day later, on February 5, 1943, belongs to the Goat.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Goat is 1943?

1943 is a Water Goat year. Its stem-branch name is 癸未 (guǐ-wèi): the heavenly stem 癸 carries yin water, and the earthly branch 未 corresponds to the Goat.

Zodiac animal: Goat · 羊
Year element: Water
Stem & branch: 癸未 · guǐ-wèi
Lunar year length: 354 days

Goat personality in tradition

Yáng can refer to a goat or sheep; English lists may also say Ram. The sign is often linked with kindness and harmony.

The phrase “kind & creative” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1943. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属羊。

Wǒ shǔ yáng. “I was born in the Year of the Goat.”

Goat compatibility in folklore

Goat, Pig and Rabbit form a traditional harmony group of three. Ox sits opposite Goat, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

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03 / A closer look at the dates

1943 lunar calendar at a glance

This Goat year contains 12 lunar months and 354 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1944.

Lunar months of 1943: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 5, 1943	March 5, 1943	29
Month 2	March 6, 1943	April 4, 1943	30
Month 3	April 5, 1943	May 3, 1943	29
Month 4	May 4, 1943	June 2, 1943	30
Month 5	June 3, 1943	July 1, 1943	29
Month 6	July 2, 1943	July 31, 1943	30
Month 7	August 1, 1943	August 30, 1943	30
Month 8	August 31, 1943	September 28, 1943	29
Month 9	September 29, 1943	October 28, 1943	30
Month 10	October 29, 1943	November 26, 1943	29
Month 11	November 27, 1943	December 26, 1943	30
Month 12	December 27, 1943	January 24, 1944	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Goat

The Goat returns every 12 years; the same Water Goat combination returns every 60. These are the other Goat years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1907Fire Goat 1919Earth Goat 1931Metal Goat 1955Wood Goat 1967Fire Goat 1979Earth Goat 1991Metal Goat 2003Water Goat 2015Wood Goat 2027Fire Goat 2039Earth Goat 2051Metal Goat 2063Water Goat 2075Wood Goat 2087Fire Goat 2099Earth Goat

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.