2015 Chinese Zodiac
2015 is the Year of the Yin Wood Goat.
This Goat year begins on Chinese New Year, February 19, 2015, and runs until the eve of the next lunar new year.
Born in January or early February 2015?
The zodiac animal changes on Chinese New Year, not January 1. If you were born before February 19, 2015, your sign is actually the Horse (the previous lunar year) — not the Goat.
The element of 2015
🌿 Yin Wood — Wood is growth, expansion, and idealism. It softens an animal's edges and gives it vision, generosity, and a need to keep developing. Wood types plant for a future they may not see, and they wilt without room to grow.
People born in the Year of the Goat
The Goat (also Sheep or Ram) is the zodiac's gentle artist — tender-hearted, imaginative, and quietly resilient. Goats feel deeply and create beauty as a way of metabolising the world. They are nurturing and unhurried, drawn to peace and put off by anything coarse or cutthroat. Beneath the softness is more steel than people expect: a Goat endures hardship by adapting around it rather than charging through, and it protects its inner world with patient, persistent care.
Goat lucky colors & numbers
| Lucky colors | Green, Red, Purple |
|---|---|
| Lucky numbers | 3, 4, 9 |
| Native guardian (本命佛) | Vairocana Buddha (大日如来) |
Other Years of the Goat
Frequently asked questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2015?
2015 is the year of the Goat — more precisely the Yin Wood Goat. The Goat year begins on Chinese New Year, February 19, 2015.
If I was born in January 2015, what is my sign?
If you were born before February 19, 2015, you are actually a Horse (the previous lunar year), not a Goat. The animal only changes on Chinese New Year's Day.
What element is 2015?
The 2015 year carries the Yin Wood element, drawn from the year's Heavenly Stem in the sexagenary cycle. That makes it a Yin Wood Goat.