Welcome The Tiger ( 虎 )
One of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is associated with the earthly branch symbol 寅.
People born within 14 February 2010 – 2 February 2011 date ranges can be said to have been born in the “Year Of The Tiger,” while also bearing the following elemental sign: Metal Tiger. Metal (Chinese: 金; pinyin: jīn), is the decline of the matter, or the matter’s decline stage.
born within : elemental sign 8 February 1902 – 28 January 1903: Water Tiger26 January 1914 – 13 February 1915: Wood Tiger13 February 1926 – 1 February 1927: Fire Tiger
31 January 1938 – 18 February 1939: Earth Tiger
17 February 1950 – 5 February 1951: Metal Tiger
5 February 1962 – 24 January 1963: Water Tiger
23 January 1974 – 10 February 1975: Wood Tiger
9 February 1986 – 28 January 1987: Fire Tiger
28 January 1998 – 15 February 1999: Earth Tiger
14 February 2010 – 2 February 2011: Metal Tiger
The qualities associated with Metal Tiger are unyieldingness, rigidity, persistence, strength and determination. The metal person is controlling, ambitious, forceful and set in their ways as metal is very strong; and they are self-reliant and prefer to handle their problems alone. The metal person is also materialistic, business oriented and good at organization and stability. However the metal person can also appreciate luxury and enjoy the good things in life. Just as metal can conduct electricity, the Metal person has strong impulses and generative powers and can bring about changes and transformations for those who come into contact with them. Metal is believed to govern the lungs, nose and skin. The negative emotion associated with metal is grief, while the positive emotion is courage.
Metal is yin in character, its motion is inwards and its energy is contracting. It is associated with the west and autumn, old age, the planet Venus and the color white. The archetypal metals are silver and gold. Its Primal Spirit is represented by a White Tiger.
Metal is the fourth phase of Wu Xing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), or the Five Movements, Five Phases or Five Steps/Stages, are chiefly an ancient mnemonic device, in many traditional Chinese fields.
It is sometimes translated as Five Elements, but the Wu Xing are chiefly an ancient mnemonic device, hence the preferred translation of “movements”, “phases” or “steps” over “elements”.
The system of five phases was used for describing interactions and relationships between phenomena. It was employed as a device in many fields of early Chinese thought, including seemingly disparate fields such as geomancy or Feng shui, astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, military strategy and martial arts.
The Five Elements system is still used as a reference in some forms of complementary and alternative medicine and martial arts. Some claim the original foundations of these are the concept of the Five Cardinal Points.
The Chinese zodiac is a twelve-year cycle in which each year is associated with a specific animal. Those born during the year of a certain animal were thought to share some of the qualities of that animal. The twelve animals in order are, and their years:
Rat
2008
1996
1984
1972
1960
1948
1936
1924
1912
1900
Ox
2009
1997
1985
1973
1961
1949
1937
1925
1913
1901
Tiger
2010
1998
1986
1974
1962
1950
1938
1926
1914
1902
Rabbit
2011
1999
1987
1975
1963
1951
1939
1927
1915
1903
Dragon
2012
2000
1988
1976
1964
1952
1940
1928
1916
1904
Snake
2013
2001
1989
1977
1965
1953
1941
1929
1917
1905
Horse
2014
2002
1990
1978
1966
1954
1942
1930
1918
1906
Ram
2015
2003
1991
1979
1967
1955
1943
1931
1919
1907
Monkey
2016
2004
1992
1980
1968
1956
1944
1932
1920
1908
Rooster
2017
2005
1993
1981
1969
1957
1945
1933
1921
1909
Dog
2018
2006
1994
1982
1970
1958
1946
1934
1922
1910
Pig
2019
2007
1995
1983
1971
1959
1947
1935
1923
1911
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