1967: Year of the Fire Goat
1967 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 , a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 9 February 1967 and runs to 29 January 1968. Born from 1 January to 8 February 1967? You are a Horse, 1966.
1967 in the Chinese zodiac
羊
Fire Goat
- Animal
- 羊 Goat
- Element
- 火 Fire, yin
- Cycle name
- 丁未年
- Starts
- 9 February 1967
- Ends
- 29 January 1968
- Matches
- Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox
- Age
- Born in 1967? You turn 59 in 2026.
Say 1967 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九六七年 1967
- 丁未年 the 丁未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九六七年出生的 I was born in 1967.
- 我属羊 I'm a Goat.
- 火羊 Fire Goat
What Fire means
火Fire is warmth and light at the height of summer. People born in a Fire year are said to be passionate and bold, the first to start and the last to give up.
- Season
- 夏 summer
- Direction
- 南 south
- Colour
- 红 red
Words for a Fire Goat
- 温和 easy-going
- 热情 warm-hearted
- 乐观 optimistic
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Goat, 羊
The Goat is also the Sheep: 羊 means both. People born in a Goat year are said to be easy-going, creative and caring, the kind of person who makes any place feel like home.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1967?
1967 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 9 February 1967 to 29 January 1968. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Goats.
What if I was born in January or early February 1967?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 8 February 1967? You belong to 1966, the Year of the Fire Horse.
What element is 1967 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, 火 (huǒ). 1967 is 丁未 (dīng wèi) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Fire year; the Fire Goat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1967 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九六七年 (yī jiǔ liù qī nián). “I was born in 1967” is 我是一九六七年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ liù qī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).