1991 Chinese zodiac
羊 Metal Goat · yin
Born between 15 February 1991 and 3 February 1992: you are a Metal Goat. Born in 1991 but before 15 February 1991: your sign is that of 1990, the Metal Horse.
The year
- New Year : 15 February 1991
- Ends : 3 February 1992
- Animal : Goat
- Element : Metal (yin)
The Metal element
determination, rigour, uprightness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
辛未 xīn wèi
Year 8 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1931 and 2051.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.