2015 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Goat

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2015?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2015. 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.

2015 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2015 – February 18, 2015	Wood Horse 马
February 19, 2015 – December 31, 2015	Wood Goat 羊

The full 2015 lunar year continues into 2016, through February 7, 2016. A birthday on February 18, 2015 belongs to the Horse; a birthday one day later, on February 19, 2015, belongs to the Goat.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Goat is 2015?

2015 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: 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 2015. 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

2015 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 2016.

Lunar months of 2015: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 19, 2015	March 19, 2015	29
Month 2	March 20, 2015	April 18, 2015	30
Month 3	April 19, 2015	May 17, 2015	29
Month 4	May 18, 2015	June 15, 2015	29
Month 5	June 16, 2015	July 15, 2015	30
Month 6	July 16, 2015	August 13, 2015	29
Month 7	August 14, 2015	September 12, 2015	30
Month 8	September 13, 2015	October 12, 2015	30
Month 9	October 13, 2015	November 11, 2015	30
Month 10	November 12, 2015	December 10, 2015	29
Month 11	December 11, 2015	January 9, 2016	30
Month 12	January 10, 2016	February 7, 2016	29

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 1955Wood Goat 1967Fire Goat 1979Earth Goat 1991Metal Goat 2003Water 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.