Goat

The shy and vulnerable animal form that represents them advocates many of the characteristics worn by those who were born in the year of the Goat. Usually, they are not truly assertive or aggressive people. They try, whenever possible, to avoid conflict.
Tranquillity rules their life path. The image of a goat (sheep or lamb), eating grass in a field illustrates fairly well what their life-philosophy might be.

Affectionate and delicate, this sign’s natives know how to appreciate the simple things in life and require gentle environments to feel happy. They can easily create surroundings such as these as they are lenient and tolerant towards other people’s mistakes. However, Chinese tradition declares that their fragile facade is often deceiving. Behind this gentle and generous mask hides a much more determined character that has a great thirst for life.

To achieve their goals, Goats prefer to use tact and kindness instead of authority or aggressiveness. In this way, they manage to achieve with discretion what others cannot accomplish by force. Generally though, they do work better if associated with someone with a stronger and more determined character. One of the Chinese descriptions of the sign states, “with nobody to lead them, the Goat stays put as if not knowing where to go, with the result that they lead an ordinary life, without ever fulfilling their true potential”.