What it is
The 3rd sign. Its number, 3, brings creativity and luck.
Tiger years add up to 3, 6 or 9.
Its hours each day: 3 am to 5 am.
As a person
Impulsive, fun-loving and a great fighter. A rebel, never a diplomat.
Ages well and is the most muscular sign: athletes, trainers, bodyguards.
Lucky. Tigers just get breaks.
Not the brightest sign, unless 7 energy or a Snake month comes with it.
Hard to tame. Loves the chase and gets bored once settled.
As a year
You are a Tiger if you were born in one of these spans:
- 13 Feb 1926 to 1 Feb 1927
- 31 Jan 1938 to 18 Feb 1939
- 17 Feb 1950 to 5 Feb 1951
- 5 Feb 1962 to 24 Jan 1963
- 23 Jan 1974 to 10 Feb 1975
- 9 Feb 1986 to 28 Jan 1987
- 28 Jan 1998 to 15 Feb 1999
- 14 Feb 2010 to 2 Feb 2011
- 1 Feb 2022 to 21 Jan 2023
Each span runs from one Chinese New Year to the day before the next. New Year falls between 21 January and 20 February, so a birth date before 21 February can belong to the sign before.
Good for Tigers, Horses and Dogs.
The enemy year of every Monkey: Monkeys take no risks in it.
In a Tiger year people take more risks and do more dumb things. Push back in words and business, never in fights.
A good year to build muscle. Use days that add up to 7 for thinking.
Next Tiger years: 19 Feb 2034 to 7 Feb 2035; 6 Feb 2046 to 25 Jan 2047; 24 Jan 2058 to 11 Feb 2059.
As a month
The Tiger month runs 7 Feb to 6 Mar each year. Anyone born in it carries a smaller dose of the Tiger. It is the enemy month for everyone born in the Monkey month.
Friends and enemy
Friends: Horse and Dog, the other two corners of its triangle. Inside this triangle the Horse and the Dog are the strongest pair. The Tiger is a weaker friend to both.
Enemy: Monkey, straight across the wheel. For a Tiger, Monkey years are for holding back. The Monkey month is a lesser caution, unless the Tiger was born in a Rat, Dragon or Monkey month. For a Tiger born in the Tiger month it is the full enemy month: hold big starts in it.
No soulmate sign. The method names one soulmate pair only: Rat and Ox.
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