2015 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Goat

2015 is the Year of the Wood Goat — a Yin Wood year. The animal sign is the Goat, the eighth of the 12-animal cycle.

2015 carries the Wood element (Yin Wood). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Wood Goat combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 2015, the Year of the Goat, are traditionally described as calm, gentle, and creative. With the Wood element added, growth, generosity, and cooperation 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 2015, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Horse (the 2014 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.