1931 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Goat
Year of the Metal Goat
Animal
🐐 Goat
Element
Yin Metal
Cycle position
#8 of 12
About the 1931 Goat year
- 1931 is a Yin Metal year — the Metal element colours the Goat's nature with determination, structure, and resilience.
- The Goat is the eighth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Goat year was 1919 and the next is 1943.
- People born in the Year of the Goat are traditionally seen as calm, gentle, and creative. The Goat is said to pair most harmoniously with the Rabbit, Pig, Horse.
Best matches for the Goat
Signs the Goat is traditionally most compatible with.
- Rabbit
- Pig
- Horse
Frequently asked
1931 is the Year of the Metal Goat — a Yin Metal year. The animal sign is the Goat, the eighth of the 12-animal cycle.
1931 carries the Metal element (Yin Metal). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Metal Goat combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1931, the Year of the Goat, are traditionally described as calm, gentle, and creative. With the Metal element added, determination, structure, and resilience are emphasised.
The Goat is traditionally most compatible with the Rabbit, Pig, Horse.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1931, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Horse (the 1930 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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