For goats like me, this is a call demanding a response slightly larger than our normal fare. Invest, build, thrive, create, advance... The Dragon year holds a lot of promise, but only if we immerse ourselves in all that pageantry.
Goats, line up:
3 February 1907 – 1 February 1908: Fire Goat 1 February 1919 – 19 February 1920: Earth Goat 17 February 1931 – 5 February 1932: Metal Goat 5 February 1943 – 24 January 1944: Water Goat 24 January 1955 – 11 February 1956: Wood Goat 9 February 1967 – 29 January 1968: Fire Goat 28 January 1979 – 15 February 1980: Earth Goat 15 February 1991 – 3 February 1992: Metal Goat 1 February 2003 – 21 January 2004: Water Goat 19 February 2015 – 7 February 2016: Wood Goat
I'll have the Viet "tu vi" posted in a short while, but for the time being, I offer you the following notes about Earth Goats in the Year of the Dragon (excerpted from Neil Somerville's Your Chinese Horoscope 2012):
Tips for the Earth Goat in the Year of the Dragon:
"Events happen quickly in Dragon years and during this one, the Goat will need to keep her wits firmly about her. The Goat will sense change in the air, and will need to take advantage of her joie de vivre. The Goats conversational skills will become an asset; positive new friendships can be made; February, April, July and December could see the most social activity;
"There will need to b good cooperation and flexibility... This is very much a year for sharing and openness...
"Although some of the year's eents can cause uncertainty, the Goad should not always assume the worst. Some of the pressures or problems will be short-lived...
"With this year of innovation, the Goat could find herself having to adapt to new procedures and regulations... This is no year for the Goat to close her mind to change...
"The Dragon year can see important developments. To benefit, Goats will need to be flexible, and widen the scope of what they are prepared to consider... March, May, September, and October could see important work developments, but throughout the Dragon year, the Goat should be prepared for change...
"Restraint in the early months of the year will give the Goat more chance to go ahead with activities later on in 2012. This is a year for good control of the purse strings...
"Overall, the Year of the Dragon offers the Earth Goat considerable potential, but the Goat does need to focus on priorities and be flexible when situations change. Though this can be a demanding year, it is a progressive one and the Earth Goat can do herself and her future a lot of good..."
Famous Goats: No doubt there are many interesting profiles who are Earth Goats. I list below only a handful that I found from Somerville's list:
Jane Austen
Lord Byron
Coco Chanel
Charles Dickens
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Oscar Hammerstein
Norah Johns
James McAvoy
Marcel Proust
Rudolph Valentino
Joni Mitchell
Franz Liszt
Bill Gates
Sir Ben Kingsley
Barbara Walters
John Wayne
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mark Twain
Steve Jobs
Eva Peron
