1979 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Goat

1979 is the Year of the Earth Goat — a Yin Earth year. The animal sign is the Goat, the eighth of the 12-animal cycle.

1979 carries the Earth element (Yin Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Goat combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1979, the Year of the Goat, are traditionally described as calm, gentle, and creative. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality 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 1979, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Horse (the 1978 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.