illustration by Julie Z. Russo
 

 According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2015 is the Year of the Wood Goat.

 Astrologer Suzanne White is the definitive authority on archetypes based on Chinese horoscopes. If there's a parallel to be drawn from the Year of the Wood Goat, and people born in the month of July (the sign representing the goat) it may be the pastoral, elegiac quality of the sign--the way wood goats can spin the most amazing yarns, dabble in a dozen different projects, and mesmerize captive audiences as if partaking in an Odysseian journey. Wood goats are dainty or handsome, artistic, and skilled, but also dependent, dreamy, and detached.

  Drawing parallels to what the Year of the Wood Goat might hold for believers in Chinese astrology, one might imagine promise for epic writers, fashion designers, car mechanics, and cooks. Just a guess, best to refer to the authorities of astrology on this subject.

--Julie Russo