Goat appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.

Chinese zodiac

Goat is an animal of the Chinese zodiac, yin, in the fourth trine, with years such as 2027, 2015. It is associated with creativity, gentleness and peace.

Tradition · Chinese
A note on this entry

The compass direction is the modern 8-point scheme; the Feng Shui 24-mountain system places several animals differently (Dragon SE, Monkey SW). The deities listed are a modern Western correspondence overlay on this Chinese system, not part of the tradition.

Correspondences

Direction
Southwest

Sacred timing

Season
Summer

Practice

Magical Uses
PeaceCreativityGentlenessArts

Nature and meaning

Details

Element Cycle
EarthMetalWaterWoodFire
Yin Yang
Yin
Trine
Fourth
Keywords
CreativityGentlenessPeaceCompassion
Personality
CalmGentleSympatheticArtistic
Years
202720152003199119791967
Compatible with
RabbitHorsePig
Conflicts with
Ox
Lucky Numbers
2
7
Lucky Colors
BrownRedPurple
Month
July
Hours
1pm to 3pm
Branch
Wei

Animal totems

Tradition · Folk Western

Correspondences

Element
Earth
Direction
North

Practice

Magical Uses
IndependenceFertilityClimbingGrounding

Nature and meaning

Shadow Aspect
StubbornnessWandering

Details

Keywords
Sure footednessClimbingIndependenceFertility
Medicine
Sure footednessIndependenceFertilityClimbing
When Appears
The high ground is reachedClimb anyway

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