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title: "2039 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Goat (己未), 24 Jan 2039 to 11 Feb 2040 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2039 is the Year of the Earth Goat, 羊 yáng: from Chinese New Year on 24 January 2039 to 11 February 2040, so a birthday before 24 January 2039 is a Horse. What Earth means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属羊."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2039"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 2039: Year of the Earth Goat

2039 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 yáng, an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 24 January 2039 and runs to 11 February 2040. Born from 1 January to 23 January 2039? You are a [Horse, 2038](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2038).

羊

yáng

Earth Goat

**Animal**
[羊 yáng Goat](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/goat)

**Element**
土 tǔ Earth, yin

**Cycle name**
己未年 jǐ wèi nián

**Starts**
24 January 2039

**Ends**
11 February 2040

**Matches**
Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox

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## Say 2039 in Chinese

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

- 二〇三九年 èr líng sān jiǔ nián 2039
- 己未年 jǐ wèi nián the 己未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇三九年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng sān jiǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 2039.
- 我属羊 wǒ shǔ yáng I'm a Goat.
- 土羊 tǔ yáng 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 cháng xià late summer

**Direction**
中 zhōng the centre

**Colour**
黄 huáng yellow

### Words for an Earth Goat

- 温和 wēnhé easy-going
- 稳重 wěnzhòng steady
- 可靠 kěkào reliable

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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/goat)

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2039?

2039 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 24 January 2039 to 11 February 2040. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Goats.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2039?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 23 January 2039? You belong to 2038, the Year of the Earth Horse.

### What element is 2039 in the Chinese zodiac?

Earth, 土 (tǔ). 2039 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 2039 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇三九年 (èr líng sān jiǔ nián). “I was born in 2039” is 我是二〇三九年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng sān jiǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).