Chinese zodiac 1991
Year of the Metal Goat
15 February 1991 to 3 February 1992
Born in 1991? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1991 it falls on 15 February 1991.
- 15 February to 31 December 1991
- đ Metal Goat
- and on to 3 Feb 1992
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The Metal Goat at a glance
Animal
đ Goat
Said to be calm, kind, creative.
Element
é Yin Metal
Linked with determination and order. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Goat years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Metal Goat years nearest to this one are 1931 and 2051.
Who gets on with the Goat
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Goat sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.