CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN · FIXED ELEMENT WOOD
Tiger
The courage that dares what others dodge.
You have a natural bravery and a magnetism that pulls people in. You move by conviction and you defend what is fair with your whole body. When something lights you up, your energy is contagious and clears the way for others.
STRENGTHS
- ✦ Bravery and leadership
- ✦ Passion that spreads
- ✦ The generosity of a big heart
CHALLENGES
- ✧ Impatience with other people's timing
- ✧ Reacting before weighing things
- ✧ Finding it hard to ask for a pause
ITS ELEMENT AND THE CYCLE
Tiger carries Wood as its fixed element, its baseline temperament. On top of that, every time the Tiger comes around again (once every twelve years), the year adds an element that rotates between Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth, completing a sixty-year cycle. That is why no two Tiger are alike: a Fire Tiger does not vibrate the same as a Water one.
WHO IT MATCHES WITH
Affinity between animals is a guide, not a verdict. Two signs that clash can work beautifully once the full charts are understood.
YEARS OF THE TIGER
Remember that the Chinese year begins on Chinese New Year (late January or February). If you were born in those first days of the year, your animal may be the previous one. The calculator sorts it out for you.
The Tiger is one layer of you. Your birth chart holds the rest.
The Chinese zodiac speaks of the year you were born. Your Western birth chart adds your Sun, your Moon, your Rising and all your planets for a far finer portrait.