1979: Year of the Earth Goat
1979 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 28 January 1979 and runs to 15 February 1980. Born from 1 January to 27 January 1979? You are a Horse, 1978.
1979 in the Chinese zodiac
羊
Earth Goat
- Animal
- 羊 Goat
- Element
- 土 Earth, yin
- Cycle name
- 己未年
- Starts
- 28 January 1979
- Ends
- 15 February 1980
- Matches
- Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox
- Age
- Born in 1979? You turn 47 in 2026.
Say 1979 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九七九年 1979
- 己未年 the 己未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九七九年出生的 I was born in 1979.
- 我属羊 I'm a Goat.
- 土羊 Earth Goat
What Earth means
土Earth is the ground everything stands on, at the centre of the five. People born in an Earth year are said to be steady and patient, the friend everyone leans on.
- Season
- 长夏 late summer
- Direction
- 中 the centre
- Colour
- 黄 yellow
Words for an Earth Goat
- 温和 easy-going
- 稳重 steady
- 可靠 reliable
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 1979?
1979 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 28 January 1979 to 15 February 1980. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Goats.
What if I was born in January or early February 1979?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 27 January 1979? You belong to 1978, the Year of the Earth Horse.
What element is 1979 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 1979 is 己未 (jǐ wèi) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Earth year; the Earth Goat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1979 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九七九年 (yī jiǔ qī jiǔ nián). “I was born in 1979” is 我是一九七九年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ qī jiǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).