1955 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Goat

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1955?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1955. 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.

1955 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1955 – January 23, 1955	Wood Horse 马
January 24, 1955 – December 31, 1955	Wood Goat 羊

The full 1955 lunar year continues into 1956, through February 11, 1956. A birthday on January 23, 1955 belongs to the Horse; a birthday one day later, on January 24, 1955, belongs to the Goat.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Goat is 1955?

1955 is a Wood Goat year. Its stem-branch name is 乙未 (yǐ-wèi): the heavenly stem 乙 carries yin wood, and the earthly branch 未 corresponds to the Goat.

Zodiac animal: Goat · 羊
Year element: Wood
Stem & branch: 乙未 · yǐ-wèi
Lunar year length: 384 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 1955. 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

1955 lunar calendar at a glance

This Goat year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 3 repeats as a leap month, starting April 22, 1955. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1956.

Lunar months of 1955: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 24, 1955	February 21, 1955	29
Month 2	February 22, 1955	March 23, 1955	30
Month 3	March 24, 1955	April 21, 1955	29
Leap month 3	April 22, 1955	May 21, 1955	30
Month 4	May 22, 1955	June 19, 1955	29
Month 5	June 20, 1955	July 18, 1955	29
Month 6	July 19, 1955	August 17, 1955	30
Month 7	August 18, 1955	September 15, 1955	29
Month 8	September 16, 1955	October 15, 1955	30
Month 9	October 16, 1955	November 13, 1955	29
Month 10	November 14, 1955	December 13, 1955	30
Month 11	December 14, 1955	January 12, 1956	30
Month 12	January 13, 1956	February 11, 1956	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Goat

The Goat returns every 12 years; the same Wood 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 1943Water 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.