Chinese zodiac 2003
Year of the Water Goat
1 February 2003 to 21 January 2004
Born in 2003? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2003 it falls on 1 February 2003.
- 1 February to 31 December 2003
- đ Water Goat
- and on to 21 Jan 2004
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The Water Goat at a glance
Animal
đ Goat
Said to be calm, kind, creative.
Element
æ°´ Yin Water
Linked with wisdom and flexibility. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
355 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 Water Goat years nearest to this one are 1943 and 2063.
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.