Goat

Eighth in the order comes 未, an earth branch of yin polarity. The Lunheng's word for its creature is 羊, which covers both sheep and goats, so English books print Goat, Sheep or Ram for the same sign. The text sets it beside the ox as another earth animal that the tiger subdues.

A mild, imaginative temperament, sometimes slow to decide, is the usual account of the Goat in popular zodiac books. Nothing in the Lunheng addresses it. The English name alone is a warning about how loosely these portraits are built, given that a sheep and a goat are rather different animals.

亥 and 卯 form a wood triad with 未, and 午 gives it a Six Harmonies partner. 丑, directly opposite, is both its Clash and a link in the Punishment circuit of 丑, 戌 and 未, so that pair appears under two headings. The list ends with the Harm of 子 and the Breaking of 戌. If you were born under this sign, consider asking the Ox in your life which of those two headings sounds closer to how you disagree, and treat the answer as a conversation starter only.