Wood Goat (乙未): personality and meaning in the Chinese zodiac
The Wood Goat, 乙未, gives the Goat a growing spirit and a love of nature and people. The tradition reads it as generous, compassionate and creative.
Heavenly stem and earthly branch: 乙未
Years: 1955, 2015
Character
乙未 sets 乙, yin wood, the vine and the grass, over 未, the Goat's yin earth, in late summer. Wood draws on earth, and the tradition reads this pair as a pasture in late summer: grass growing over warm ground, nourishment for whoever comes.
People born in a Wood Goat year are read as kind, generous and artistic, with the Goat's gentleness expressed through care for others and a love of growing things. They are tolerant and peace-loving. The tradition's shadow for the Wood Goat is a generosity that forgets itself, and a sensitivity that takes criticism too much to heart.
In love and at work
In love the Wood Goat is read as tender, giving and devoted, a partner who creates a nurturing home. At work it shines in the arts, care work, gardening, teaching and any field that helps things grow. The tradition suggests the Wood Goat keep a little of its pasture for itself.
A question to take with you
What do you need that you give so easily to others?
Updated October 28, 2026