One cell of 144
Sagittarius + Year of the Goat
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Sagittarius meets the Year of the Goat, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Sagittarius born in the Year of the Goat?
A Sagittarius born in the Year of the Goat is the Bar-headed Goose. The month and day set the Sagittarius half, the birth year sets the Goat half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Bar-headed Goose for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Sagittarius half
Sagittarius runs from November 22 to December 21, mutable Fire under Jupiter. You aim past the visible horizon. The far thing pulls you harder than the near thing, every single time. Read Sagittarius 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 Sagittarius and the Goat make together
Sagittarius brings the pull of the far horizon. The Goat year brings the soft touch that turns out structural. One animal holds both, and its name is the Bar-headed Goose.
You climb higher than almost anything with a heartbeat, and you never once try to make the ascent alone.
The Goat runs in a trine with the Rabbit and the Pig. Held to the same Sagittarius season, those years give the Flying Fish and the Tree Kangaroo, 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 Bar-headed Goose the same as being a Sagittarius?
Sagittarius is half of it. The Bar-headed Goose is the specific crossing of Sagittarius 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 Bar-headed Goose's trine?
The Goat runs with the Rabbit and the Pig. Held to the same Sagittarius dates, those years give the Flying Fish and the Tree Kangaroo, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Bar-headed Goose's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.