1955 Chinese zodiac
This lunar year is the Yin Wood Goat. Its lunar year begins January 24, 1955 and ends February 11, 1956; birthdays before the start date remain in the Horse year.
What is the 1955 Chinese zodiac sign?
The complete sign is Yin Wood Goat, written 乙未. The animal supplies the gentle, imaginative, and community-minded archetype, while Wood adds growth, flexibility, benevolence, planning to the traditional reading.
Anyone born from January 24, 1955 through February 11, 1956 has this popular birth-year sign. A Gregorian birthday earlier than January 24, 1955 belongs to the Wood Horse year instead.
1955 Chinese zodiac dates
Lunar New Year divides the Gregorian year. This timeline shows where the Goat sign begins and why January or early-February birthdays require a complete date.
January 1 – January 23
January 24, 1955 – February 11, 1956
1955 Goat personality
The Goat—also translated as Sheep or Ram—represents sensitivity, artistry, and cooperative strength. It often improves a group by noticing comfort, tone, and the people left at the edge.
Wood influence
Wood grows outward and upward. In a zodiac combination it adds curiosity, cooperation, and a desire to improve what already exists.
Wood helps an animal sign imagine development over time and work constructively with other people. When stretched too far, Wood can become overcommitted or frustrated by obstacles. Clear priorities give its growth a useful shape.
1955 Chinese zodiac compatibility
Horse is the secret friend; Rabbit and Pig share the same trine; Ox is opposite. These are broad year-sign patterns, not relationship predictions.
Meaning of the 1955 Chinese zodiac
This year sign combines the animal’s established cultural image with the movement associated with Wood. The character 羊 covers sheep and goats, so English sources use all three labels: Goat, Sheep, and Ram. The animal has long associations with gentleness, filial respect, and auspicious beauty.
In an element reading, Wood emphasizes growth, flexibility, benevolence, planning. The result is not a scientific personality type, and people born in the same lunar year remain individuals shaped by family, society, experience, and choice.
Use this page as a calendar reference first and a folklore guide second. The complete Wood Goat profile explores the combination across all recurring years, while the Goat animal page compares all five element versions.
1955 Chinese zodiac FAQ
Always compare the birthday with Lunar New Year before assigning the Gregorian year’s main animal.
What animal is the 1955 Chinese zodiac?
1955 is the Year of the Goat for birthdays from January 24, 1955 through February 11, 1956. Birthdays before January 24, 1955 belong to the preceding Horse year.
What element is 1955?
1955 carries the Wood element in its Yin form, producing the complete Yin Wood Goat sign.
Is everyone born in 1955 a Goat?
No. People born before Lunar New Year on January 24, 1955 belong to the preceding Horse lunar year.