The Goat ( 羊 ) (also known as Ram & Sheep) is the eighth sign of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Ram & Sheep is associated with the earthly branch symbol 未.
Years and the five elements
Persons born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "year of the Ram & Sheep", characteristics of the Ram & Sheep are tempered by one of the five Chinese elements overlaying a 5-year cycle of characteristics on the original 12-year cycle.
Traditional Ram attributes and associations
| Attribute |
|
| Zodiac |
8th |
| Ruling hours |
1pm - 3pm |
| Direction |
South-Southwest |
| Motto |
“I Depend” |
| Season and months |
Summer, July |
| Fixed element |
Fire |
| Stem |
Negative |
| Lunar Month Dates |
July 7-August 7 |
| Gemstone |
Emerald |
| Color |
Yellow, Light Green |
| Roughly equivalent western sign |
Cancer |
| Polarity |
Yin |
| Countries |
 Kenya,  Cambodia,  Belize,  Libya,  Greece,  Panama |
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