1931: Year of the Metal Goat (辛未 xīnwèi)

People born in 1931 belong to the year of the Metal Goat - the 辛未 year of the traditional sixty-year cycle. This exact combination returns only once every 60 years.

> Born in January or early February 1931? In the classical reckoning the zodiac year begins at Li Chun (立春 lichun), February 5, 1931 - not on January 1. If you were born before that date, you belong to the previous year: the Metal Horse of 1930. (Folk usage often counts from Chinese New Year instead, February 17, 1931 that year - both conventions are real; the BaZi tradition uses Li Chun. Our calculator handles this for you.)

The Goat in the Metal year

The tradition reads the Goat as the soft center: kind, artistic, holding the group together without anyone noticing how. Folk tellings give the Goat deep sympathy; it feels the room's weather before the room does. The classical sketch adds craft: the Goat is said to make ordinary things lovely as a matter of habit.

The Metal Goat is sketched with hidden steel: the gentle exterior over surprisingly firm convictions.

Who the tradition pairs you with

The Goat's natural allies are its trine partners, Pig, Rabbit, and its quiet ally (六合 liuhe) is the Horse. The tradition treats the Ox as the Goat's opposite - the clash pair (相沖 xiangchong). The full picture: Chinese zodiac compatibility.

Other Goat years

1943 (Water Goat), 1955 (Wood Goat), 1967 (Fire Goat), 1979 (Earth Goat), 1991 (Metal Goat), 2003 (Water Goat), 2015 (Wood Goat), 2027 (Fire Goat). Same animal, different element - the tradition reads each differently.

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