2003 Chinese Zodiac: Water Goat

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2003?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2003. 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.

2003 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2003 – January 31, 2003	Water Horse 马
February 1, 2003 – December 31, 2003	Water Goat 羊

The full 2003 lunar year continues into 2004, through January 21, 2004. A birthday on January 31, 2003 belongs to the Horse; a birthday one day later, on February 1, 2003, belongs to the Goat.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Goat is 2003?

2003 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: 355 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 2003. 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.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

2003 lunar calendar at a glance

This Goat year contains 12 lunar months and 355 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 2004.

Lunar months of 2003: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 1, 2003	March 2, 2003	30
Month 2	March 3, 2003	April 1, 2003	30
Month 3	April 2, 2003	April 30, 2003	29
Month 4	May 1, 2003	May 30, 2003	30
Month 5	May 31, 2003	June 29, 2003	30
Month 6	June 30, 2003	July 28, 2003	29
Month 7	July 29, 2003	August 27, 2003	30
Month 8	August 28, 2003	September 25, 2003	29
Month 9	September 26, 2003	October 24, 2003	29
Month 10	October 25, 2003	November 23, 2003	30
Month 11	November 24, 2003	December 22, 2003	29
Month 12	December 23, 2003	January 21, 2004	30

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 1943Water Goat 1955Wood Goat 1967Fire Goat 1979Earth Goat 1991Metal 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.