Chinese zodiac 2039
Year of the Earth Goat
24 January 2039 to 11 February 2040
Born in 2039? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2039 it falls on 24 January 2039.
- 24 January to 31 December 2039
- đ Earth Goat
- and on to 11 Feb 2040
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The Earth Goat at a glance
Animal
đ Goat
Said to be calm, kind, creative.
Element
å Yin Earth
Linked with stability and patience. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
384 days
A long year: the calendar adds a thirteenth, leap month.
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.