Chinese zodiac · 丁未 Ding Wei
In the Chinese zodiac, 2027 is the Year of the Goat — also called the Sheep or the Ram — paired with Yin Fire, which makes it the Fire Goat year: the pillar 丁未, Ding Wei. In BaZi it begins at Li Chun on 4 February 2027; in the lunar calendar at Chinese New Year on 6 February 2027.
Born on 4 February 2027 after 09:46 Singapore time, or up to 5 February 2027? BaZi already counts you as a Goat, while tables that follow the lunar calendar still give the Horse.
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How each animal’s branch meets the branch of the year in the traditional tables. A relation between symbols, not a forecast for anyone born in those years.
Fan Tai Sui (犯太歲) is the traditional name for the animals whose branch meets the branch of the year in one of four ways: the year of one’s own animal, a clash, a punishment or a harm. For 2027, the year of the branch 未, the tables name these animals.
the year of its own animal
2027 has the branch 未 itself: the year of one’s own animal (Zhi Tai Sui, ben ming nian), which the tradition gives special attention.
clash · punishment
丑 stands opposite 未 in the circle of branches (Chong Tai Sui). The tradition reads a clash with the year as tension and movement.
丑 and 未 belong to the same punishment (Xing Tai Sui). The tradition reads it as strain that asks for correction.
punishment
戌 and 未 belong to the same punishment (Xing Tai Sui). The tradition reads it as strain that asks for correction.
harm
子 and 未 form one of the six harms (Hai Tai Sui). The tradition reads it as a quieter friction.
This is a classification of branches in the traditional tables — not a forecast and not advice. In BaZi a year is read against all four pillars of a chart, not against the year animal alone.
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The stem 丁 Ding is Yin Fire, which the tradition pictures as a candle or a lamp; the branch 未 Wei is the Goat, the Earth that closes summer.
BaZi changes the year at Li Chun, when the Sun reaches the start of spring — on 4 February 2027 at 09:46 Singapore time. The lunar calendar changes it at the new Moon of Chinese New Year, 6 February 2027.
For every animal the page shows how its branch meets 未 in the traditional tables: six harmonies with the Horse, three harmonies with the Rabbit and the Pig, a clash with the Ox.
The year animal is one sign of eight. The free BaZi calculator shows all four pillars of your birth, without an account and without AI.
Born in January or early February? Compare your birthday with Li Chun of that year: before it, your BaZi animal belongs to the previous year.
Open your animal below to see its years, its element and how its branch meets the Goat year.
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Example
A child born on 5 February 2027 has the year pillar 丁未 — Yin Fire over the Goat — because Li Chun has passed. A table that follows the lunar calendar still lists the Horse until Chinese New Year on 6 February 2027. Neither table is wrong: they count from different New Years.
An illustrative example written for this page — not a reading of any real person. Your reading is built from your own birth data.
The Goat — also called the Sheep or the Ram — with the stem Yin Fire: the Fire Goat, 丁未 Ding Wei. The Horse year before it is 丙午 Bing Wu, Yang Fire; the Monkey year after it is 戊申 Wu Shen, Yang Earth.
In BaZi it runs from Li Chun on 4 February 2027 to Li Chun on 4 February 2028. In the lunar calendar it runs from Chinese New Year on 6 February 2027 to 25 January 2028, the eve of the next New Year.
Li Chun is a solar term, fixed by the Sun’s position, so it falls around the fourth of February every year. Chinese New Year begins with a new Moon — usually the second after the winter solstice — so it moves between late January and late February. BaZi follows Li Chun; most popular tables follow the New Year.
All three. The Chinese character 羊 covers goats and sheep alike, so English texts use Goat, Sheep and Ram for the same sign. AstroSensus says Goat.
In the traditional tables the Ox (丑) stands opposite the Goat (未): a clash, which the tradition reads as tension and movement. The Goat year also meets a punishment (the Ox, Goat and Dog form a punishment trio) and a harm (the Rat). Tradition gathers these relations under the name Fan Tai Sui — a section of this page describes them. The Horse forms a harmonious pair with the Goat, and the Rabbit and the Pig share its frame of Wood. These are relations between symbols, not forecasts for anyone born in those years.
No. BaZi is a traditional symbolic system, and a year is read against all four pillars of a chart, not against the animal alone. AstroSensus shows how the tradition describes the signs — not predictions or fate.
Start with 14 days of the Family plan — no card required. The BaZi calculator itself is free and needs no account; the trial applies only to an AstroSensus account.
The BaZi calculator itself is free and needs no account; the trial applies only to an AstroSensus account.
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