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Chinese zodiac

2027: Year of the Fire Goat

2027 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 yáng, a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 7 February 2027 and runs to 25 January 2028. Born from 1 January to 6 February 2027? You are a Horse, 2026.

2027 in the Chinese zodiac

羊

yáng

Fire Goat

Element
火 huǒ Fire, yin
Cycle name
丁未年 dīng wèi nián
Starts
7 February 2027
Ends
25 January 2028
Matches
Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox
MY CHINESE ZODIAC 羊 火 Fire Goat 火羊 · huǒ yáng A 丁未 (dīng wèi) year · 2027 温和 easy-going · 热情 warm-hearted 你属什么? What’s yours?mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac
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Say 2027 in Chinese

A year is read digit by digit, then 年 nián: no “nineteen eighty-three”.

  • 二〇二七年 èr líng èr qī nián 2027
  • 丁未年 dīng wèi nián the 丁未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
  • 我是二〇二七年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng èr qī nián chū shēng de I was born in 2027.
  • 我属羊 wǒ shǔ yáng I'm a Goat.
  • 火羊 huǒ yáng 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 xià summer
Direction
南 nán south
Colour
红 hóng red

Words for a Fire Goat

  • 温和 wēnhé easy-going
  • 热情 rèqíng warm-hearted
  • 乐观 lèguān optimistic

Each year has one of five elements, 五行 wǔ xíng, 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.

Goat personality, matches and sayings

Questions

What Chinese zodiac animal is 2027?

2027 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 7 February 2027 to 25 January 2028. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Goats.

What if I was born in January or early February 2027?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 6 February 2027? You belong to 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse.

What element is 2027 in the Chinese zodiac?

Fire, 火 (huǒ). 2027 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 2027 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇二七年 (èr líng èr qī nián). “I was born in 2027” is 我是二〇二七年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng èr qī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).