1955: Year of the Wood Goat
The 1955 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Wood Goat, and it runs from 24 January 1955 to 11 February 1956 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Goat 羊
- Element and polarity
- Yin Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Yi Wei 乙未
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1955, a person turns 71 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1955? You may be Horse, not Goat
Chinese New Year 1955 fell on 24 January 1955. Anyone born between 1 January 1955 and 23 January 1955 — a window of 23 days — belongs to the 1954 zodiac year, the Yang Wood Horse, and not to the Goat.
Check an exact birth date against the 24 January 1955 boundary.
Exact 1955 zodiac year dates
The 1955 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Goat years around 1955
| Goat year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Yin Earth Goat | 1 February 1919 |
| 1931 | Yin Metal Goat | 17 February 1931 |
| 1943 | Yin Water Goat | 5 February 1943 |
| 1967 | Yin Fire Goat | 9 February 1967 |
| 1979 | Yin Earth Goat | 28 January 1979 |
| 1991 | Yin Metal Goat | 15 February 1991 |
The exact pairing 乙未 — Yin Wood Goat — returns only once every sixty years: 2015, 2075.