2003 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Goat
Year of the Water Goat
Animal
🐐 Goat
Element
Yin Water
Cycle position
#8 of 12
About the 2003 Goat year
- 2003 is a Yin Water year — the Water element colours the Goat's nature with intuition, adaptability, and empathy.
- The Goat is the eighth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Goat year was 1991 and the next is 2015.
- 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
2003 is the Year of the Water Goat — a Yin Water year. The animal sign is the Goat, the eighth of the 12-animal cycle.
2003 carries the Water element (Yin Water). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Water Goat combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 2003, the Year of the Goat, are traditionally described as calm, gentle, and creative. With the Water element added, intuition, adaptability, and empathy 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 2003, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Horse (the 2002 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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