Chinese New Year 2027: the Year of the Fire Goat
Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027. It begins the Year of the Fire Goat, which runs until January 25, 2028. Anyone born in 2027 before that day still belongs to the Fire Horse.
Chinese New Year follows the Moon, so its date moves from year to year. In 2027 the new moon that opens the year is also the annular solar eclipse of February 6, one of the eclipses of 2027: a new beginning with an extra spark. Below you find the dates, the Fire Goat, the birth years of the Goat and a way to see your own animal.
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Chinese New Year 2027 at a glance
- Chinese New Year 2027
- Saturday, February 6, 2027
- The year
- Fire Goat, a Yin Fire year (Ding-Wei, 丁未)
- The Goat year runs until
- January 25, 2028
- The Fire Horse year ends on
- February 5, 2027
- Li Chun, start of spring and BaZi year change
- Thursday, February 4, 2027
- Lantern Festival, last of 15 festival days
- February 20
- Last and next Fire Goat year
- 1967 and 2087
- Next Chinese New Year
- January 26, 2028
Chinese New Year 2027: date and traditions
Chinese New Year 2027 is on Saturday, February 6, 2027. Korea and Japan count it a day later, on February 7, 2027, because the new moon already falls on the next day there.
The celebration lasts 15 days, from New Year's Day to the Lantern Festival on February 20. Families gather for a big dinner on New Year's Eve, red decorations and red envelopes with money bring luck, and many people clean their home beforehand to sweep out the old year.
The Year of the Fire Goat: what it means
The Goat is the eighth of the twelve animals. The Chinese word (羊) covers goat, sheep and ram, so you will also read Year of the Sheep or Year of the Ram. It is the same year.
2027 carries the element Fire in its gentle Yin form. The Goat itself belongs to Earth, and Fire feeds Earth. That is why the Fire Goat year is warm, creative and caring: a year for art, home, family and for everything that needs softness more than speed.
Fire and Goat meet again only every 60 years. The last Fire Goat year was 1967, the next one comes in 2087.
Born in a Goat year: your birth years and dates
Find your birth year in the table. Goat years come every twelve years, and each one carries one of the five elements. The Chinese year starts on Chinese New Year, not on 1 January: anyone born earlier in the same year belongs to the animal of the year before.
| Year | Element | From and to |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Metal | February 17, 1931 to February 5, 1932 |
| 1943 | Water | February 4, 1943 to January 24, 1944 |
| 1955 | Wood | January 24, 1955 to February 11, 1956 |
| 1967 | Fire | February 9, 1967 to January 29, 1968 |
| 1979 | Earth | January 28, 1979 to February 15, 1980 |
| 1991 | Metal | February 15, 1991 to February 3, 1992 |
| 2003 | Water | February 1, 2003 to January 21, 2004 |
| 2015 | Wood | February 19, 2015 to February 7, 2016 |
| 2027 | Fire | February 6, 2027 to January 25, 2028 |
Who fits well with the Goat
In Chinese astrology the Goat has three special partners. The Rabbit and the Pig are its allies: together they form a triangle of the same warm, gentle nature. The Horse is its secret friend, a close bond of trust. The Ox stands opposite the Goat in the circle of animals and is the clash sign, where differences show up more strongly.
Your own animal and element are explained in the Chinese zodiac, and Birth Codex works them out to the exact day.
Li Chun: when the year changes in BaZi
BaZi, the Four Pillars system, counts the year from Li Chun, the start of spring, and not from the new moon. In 2027 that is Thursday, February 4, 2027, two days before Chinese New Year. If you were born in 2027 after Li Chun and before Chinese New Year, your BaZi year pillar is already the Fire Goat, while the popular zodiac sign still says Fire Horse. Birth Codex shows you both, calculated from your exact birth time.
What the Fire Goat year means for you
A Goat year touches everyone, and it lands differently in every life: it depends on your own animal, your element and the houses of your chart. From your date, time and place of birth Birth Codex works out your Chinese animal, your element and your BaZi, together with your complete cosmic profile across 23 systems.
Enter your birth data above and you see your own animal, element and year pillars in black and white. If you want to look back first, the page on the Chinese zodiac shows the animal of every birth year.
Frequently asked questions
When is Chinese New Year 2027?✦
Chinese New Year 2027 is on Saturday, February 6, 2027. The celebration lasts 15 days and ends with the Lantern Festival on February 20. Korea and Japan count the day as February 7, 2027.
Which animal is 2027 in the Chinese zodiac?✦
2027 is the Year of the Goat, also called the Year of the Sheep or the Ram, because the Chinese word covers all three. It begins on February 6 and ends on January 25, 2028.
Which element is the Year of the Goat 2027?✦
Fire. 2027 is a Yin Fire year, Ding-Wei (丁未), so it is the Fire Goat. The last Fire Goat year was 1967, the next one is 2087.
Which animal am I if I was born in January or February?✦
Before Chinese New Year of your birth year you still belong to the animal of the year before. Look up your birth year in the table above, or enter your birth data and Birth Codex tells you exactly.
When does the Year of the Horse end?✦
The Fire Horse year ends on February 5, 2027, the day before Chinese New Year 2027.
Is the Year of the Goat a good year?✦
Every year has its own quality, and no animal year is simply good or bad. The Fire Goat year is soft, warm and creative: it favours art, home, family and patience over speed and conflict.
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