Tuesday, February 9, 2010

2010 Welcome The Tiger

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 Tiger

13 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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