One cell of 144
Aquarius + Year of the Goat
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Aquarius meets the Year of the Goat, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is an Aquarius born in the Year of the Goat?
An Aquarius born in the Year of the Goat is the Kakapo. The month and day set the Aquarius half, the birth year sets the Goat half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Kakapo for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Aquarius half
Aquarius runs from January 20 to February 18, fixed Air under Saturn. You stand a step outside the circle on purpose. From there the pattern is visible, and someone has to be the one who says it. Read Aquarius in the Western wing.
The Goat half
The Goat is the eighth branch and shares its trine with the Rabbit and the Pig, the gentle diplomats. You make soft things that turn out to be structural. Recent Goat years are 1991, 2003 and 2015. Read the Year of the Goat.
The crossing
What Aquarius and the Goat make together
Aquarius brings the view from one step outside the circle. The Goat year brings the soft touch that turns out structural. Put both in one creature and you get the Kakapo.
You are the marvel the world nearly lost, and now every one of your kind is known by name.
The Goat runs in a trine with the Rabbit and the Pig. Held to the same Aquarius season, those years give the Axolotl and the Platypus, the two crossings whose engines run closest to yours.
The boundary
Born near the boundary?
The Chinese year does not turn on January 1. It turns at the lunar New Year, somewhere between late January and mid February, so a birthday in those weeks can belong to the animal before this one. The year finder checks the real date for any year you give it.
Common questions
Questions about this crossing
Is the Kakapo the same as being an Aquarius?
Aquarius is half of it. The Kakapo is the specific crossing of Aquarius with the Year of the Goat, one cell out of 144. Two people can share a Sun sign and carry different animals, because the birth year changes the second half.
What if I was born in January or February of a Goat year?
The Chinese year turns at the lunar New Year, which lands between late January and mid February. A birthday in those weeks can belong to the previous animal, so the year finder checks the real boundary before the grid names your crossing.
Which crossings share the Kakapo's trine?
The Goat runs with the Rabbit and the Pig. Held to the same Aquarius dates, those years give the Axolotl and the Platypus, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Kakapo's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.