The Chinese horoscope · the twelve animals·3rd of twelve
The Tiger
虎hǔ
- Branch 寅 · yín
- Fixed element: Wood
- yang
- Hour: 3:00 to 5:00
- Direction: ENE
In a word
Brave, wholehearted, impossible to keep on a leash.
What tradition attributes to it
- They charge, and often they are right to charge.
- Generous, protective, they fight for others as much as for themselves.
- Charisma: when they walk in, you notice.
- They say what they think, straight out, sometimes with no filter.
- They love what is new, the risk, what has not been done yet.
The other side
- Impulsiveness: they act before they have finished thinking.
- They tire of things fast; whatever lasts bores them.
- Proud: criticism hurts them more than they let on.
In love
Passionate, direct, wholehearted, they need to admire and to be admired. Routine puts them out; being partners in something risky keeps them.
At work
In their element where you have to dare: launching, leading, defending, creating. They cope badly with a nitpicking hierarchy and with work that leads nowhere.
What helps
Before your next quick decision, count to ten, really count. If you still want it at ten, go.
By the element of the year
- Wood Tiger: more sociable and more cooperative, able to work in a team.
- Fire Tiger: the most blazing, theatrical, carrying everyone along, sometimes skipping steps.
- Earth Tiger: steadier, realistic, thinking before they pounce.
- Metal Tiger: the most independent and the sharpest, ambitious without apology.
- Water Tiger: calmer, more intuitive, alert to what is not being said.
The Year of the Fire Horse
This year for the Tiger
The animal of the year belongs to its affinity triangle (sānhé): three animals four years apart, who understand one another without effort, says tradition. The year is supposed to fit it like a glove.
Its own element is the one feeding the year's: it gives, the year receives. A generous, tiring year.
Chinese tradition reads the year by comparing this animal with the year's animal, then their two elements. It describes a mood, not events.
The years of the Tiger
- February 13, 1926 → February 1, 1927Fire Tiger丙寅
- January 31, 1938 → February 18, 1939Earth Tiger戊寅
- February 17, 1950 → February 5, 1951Metal Tiger庚寅
- February 5, 1962 → January 24, 1963Water Tiger壬寅
- January 23, 1974 → February 10, 1975Wood Tiger甲寅
- February 9, 1986 → January 28, 1987Fire Tiger丙寅
- January 28, 1998 → February 15, 1999Earth Tiger戊寅
- February 14, 2010 → February 2, 2011Metal Tiger庚寅
- February 1, 2022 → January 21, 2023Water Tiger壬寅
- February 19, 2034 → February 7, 2035Wood Tiger甲寅
From Chinese New Year to the last day of the Chinese year. If your birthday falls in January or early February, your animal is often the one from the year before: check your birth date in the list.
With the others
- Its affinity triangle: the Horse and the Dog. Three animals four years apart, who understand one another without effort, says tradition.
- Its secret friend: the Pig. The quiet pair, the one that gets along without showing it.
- Its opposite: the Monkey, six years apart, directly across on the wheel of the twelve animals. Not a ban: a difference in pace, one you can learn to work with.
Traditional affinities, not verdicts. Two people are two whole charts, not two birth years.
And you?
Your sign is based on the actual date of Chinese New Year, and your birth time gives your animal of the hour.
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