2027: Year of the Goat (丁未)
Chinese zodiac · 丁未 · Fire Goat
In saju and BaZi, 2027 is the year pillar 丁未 — jeongmi in Korean, dingwei in Mandarin — the heavenly stem 丁, Yin Fire, over the earthly branch 未, the Goat.
What year of the Chinese zodiac is 2027?
2027 is a year of the Goat. Its full year pillar is 丁未, often called a Fire Goat year because its heavenly stem 丁 is fire.
When does the 2027 Goat year begin?
In saju it begins at Ipchun, around February 4, 2027, when the year pillar changes from 丙午 (Fire Horse) to 丁未. Lunar New Year falls a couple of days later in 2027, so births between the two are a Horse year by the Lunar New Year convention and a Goat year in saju.
What does 丁 mean in the 2027 pillar?
丁 is Yin Fire, the fourth of the ten heavenly stems, which PAL:JA calls Candlelight. It is the fire of a lamp rather than the sun — focused, close-range warmth.
What does 未 mean in the 2027 pillar?
未 is the Goat, an earth branch that stands for late summer and the early afternoon (13:00–15:00). Inside it sit three hidden stems — 己 earth, 丁 fire and 乙 wood — so it carries a little of each.
How do fire and earth work together in 丁未?
In the generating cycle, fire makes earth, so the stem 丁 feeds the branch 未 beneath it. Saju reads that as a pillar whose two halves support each other — a description of the characters, not a forecast.
What does 2027 mean for my chart?
That depends on how 丁 and 未 meet the eight characters of your own chart, so it differs from person to person. Your free chart shows your pillars, and PAL:JA’s This Year reading (1 bok) looks at how the year pillar meets them.
Which years are Goat years?
Goat years are 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039, each counted from Ipchun.
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FAQ
Is it the year of the Goat or the Sheep?
Both. 未 is translated into English as goat, sheep or ram, and all three names refer to the same zodiac animal.
Is 2026 a Horse year?
Yes. 2026 is 丙午, a Fire Horse year, which runs until Ipchun 2027.
Does the 2027 year pillar tell my future?
No. A year pillar describes the characters of the year, and how it meets a chart is read as tendencies, not as events.