2027: Year of the Fire Goat

When does 2027 begin?

• Chinese New Year (the lunar calendar): February 6, 2027.
• BaZi (the solar calendar this page uses): the Start of Spring, February 4, 2027, 9:46 a.m. Beijing time — 8:46 p.m. on February 3 Eastern, 5:46 p.m. on February 3 Pacific.

Anyone born between those two dates falls in different years under the two calendars: already the year of the Goat in BaZi, but still the year of the Horse by the lunar calendar.

The Heavenly Stem: 丁 (Fire)

Yin Fire is the candle or lamp — focused, precise, and quietly illuminating rather than blazing; it lights one thing well instead of everything at once.

The Earthly Branch: 未 — Year of the Goat

The Goat is gentle and artistic — most at ease in a group, with a quiet sensitivity that shows up in how it makes things.

Which years are Goat years?

1931 Metal1943 Water1955 Wood1967 Fire1979 Earth1991 Metal2003 Water2015 Wood2027 Fire

Born in January or early February? In BaZi each of these years begins at the Start of Spring, around February 4. Born before it, you belong to the year before.

What 2027 holds in the sky

Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.

Eclipses

• February 6Solar eclipse
• August 2Solar eclipse

Retrogrades

• January 10 – April 1Mars retrograde
• February 9 – March 3Mercury retrograde
• June 10 – July 4Mercury retrograde
• October 7 – October 28Mercury retrograde

Slow planets changing sign

• July 26Jupiter enters Virgo