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Year of the Tiger

Tiger is the third zodiac in the 12 Chinese zodiacs. It’s associated with the earthly branch Yin (寅), which corresponds to the hours 3-5 in the early morning. In terms of Yin and Yang, the zodiac Tiger is Yang.

Years of the Tiger

Years of the Tiger	Period	Associated Element	Yin/Yang	Heavenly Stems
1926	Feb.13, 1926 - Feb.1, 1927	Fire	Yang	Bing Yin
1938	Jan.31, 1938 - Feb.18, 1939	Earth	Yang	Wu Yin
1950	Feb.17, 1950 - Feb.5, 1951	Metal (gold)	Yang	Geng Yin
1962	Feb.5, 1962 - Jan.24, 1963	Water	Yang	Ren Yin
1974	Jan.23, 1974 - Feb.10, 1975	Wood	Yang	Jia Yin
1986	Feb.9, 1986 - Jan. 28 1987	Fire	Yang	Bing Yin
1998	Jan.28, 1998 - Feb.15, 1999	Earth	Yang	Wu Yin
2010	Feb.14, 2010 - Feb.2, 2011	Metal	Yang	Geng Yin
2022	Feb.1, 2022 - Jan.21, 2023	Water	Yang	Ren Yin
2034	Jan.19, 2034 - Feb.7, 2035	Wood	Yang	Jia Yin

Tiger People’s Personality

Strengths

1.Stubborn and tough. Tiger people are stubborn, tough, even arbitrary sometimes. They love to take chances and challenge themselves and get more ambitious with the difficulties mounting before them.
2.Passionate and brave. Tiger people are courageous and enthusiastic about everything.
3.Audacious and bold. Tiger people can express their feelings boldly to other people and sometimes appear too bossy.
4.Trustworthy. Tiger people value their promises and strive to keep them, and never regret them.
5.Confidant and leading. Tiger people are confident, resolute, and strong-willed. They usually have a temperament that imparts stateliness without being angry, making them have strong leadership qualities.
6.Active and honest. Tiger people love to participate in all kinds of activities and help people in need. They are frank and honest, which can help them easily get trust from other people.

Weaknesses

1.Rebellious and conceited. Tiger people are confident, but they may get over-confident and become too arrogant to coordinate with others. They also like to be alone and sometimes appear a bit extreme.
2.Too authoritative. Tiger people can be quite authoritative and don't allow others to challenge themselves. Some tigers even treat their life partners autocratically, which often cause unpleasant family life.
3.Too stubborn. Tiger people often have a wide range of friends, but they don't usually get too attached to them. They are stubborn and pursue their course by all means, which can cost them friends along the way.
4. Impatient and short-sighted. Tiger people may not think in the long run. They can easily get impatient with things, especially in long-term investments. They like to enjoy the benefit sooner.
5. Unprepared. Tigers are not good at preparing for things, which may cause some problems when anything bad happens in the future.

Characteristics of Tiger Men

Men born in years of the tiger are stubborn, tough, arbitrary, and adventurous. They like to take risks, often seem a bit show-off, but they are trustworthy and always keep their promises. In daily life, tiger men are macho males; they lack romance and don't know how to flirt, which often causes problems in the family. In relationships, tiger men are uncomfortable expressing their feeling no matter how deep their love is. Their strong jealousy and possessiveness often cause disputes. In terms of working, tiger men are very capable; they can find opportunities to fully exert their talent and capability and make a career as long as they keep patient.

Characteristics of Tiger Women

Tiger women are usually outstanding in all aspects. They are brave, diligent, and attractive. They have a quick temper, but their hearts are tender, and they love to make friends. In relationships, tiger women always take good care of the elders, educate their children well, and properly deal with their relatives. At work, tiger women are audacious and dare to challenge themselves. No matter how hard the situation, they always find a way and succeed.

Tigers and Western Astrology Signs

	Tiger
Aries	Rigorous, talented, impatient
Taurus	Hardheaded, steady, deliberate
Gemini	Active in thinking
Cancer	Vigorous, a lit sensitive
Leo	Self-confidant, arrogant, pretentious
Virgo	Responsible, sometimes a little overreaching
Libra	Pretentious, attention-seeking
Scorpio	Extreme, impatient, challenge-seeking
Sagittarius	Obstinate, mysterious
Capricorn	Ambitious, compassionate
Aquarius	Creative, inventive
Pisces	Contradictory, emotional

Tigers and Five Elements

Types of Tiger	Years	Characteristics
Wood Tiger	1914 and 1974	Strengths: they are cooperative, diplomatic, and prudent; Weaknesses: they lack deep thinking and tend to undertake duties beyond their capabilities.
Metal Tiger	1950 and 2010	Strengths: they like to live and work in peace and contentment, make friends and value their family. Weaknesses: they are obstinate, power-seeking and lack romantic sense.
Water Tiger	1962 and 2022	Strengths: they are receptive about new things and can gain achievement in handicraft and art if they work hard. Weaknesses: They are self-centered, loft, and dignified, which make them hard to accept advice from other people.
Fire Tiger	1926 and 1986	Strengths: they are uninhibited and don’t usually act, but when they do act, they often surprise and impress everyone. They attach great importance in present things and act fast to deal with problems. Weaknesses: they have a weak will power and too impulsive.
Earth Tiger	1938 and 1998	Strengths: they are hardworking, objective, persistent and adventurous. Weaknesses: they have strong desire, and are easily tempered.

Tigers with Different Blood Type

Tigers with Blood Type A

These tigers are free-spirited, vigorous, caring, and emotional. They have their principles and like to adhere to them. They are always active and vigorous and naturally engaged with people. However, they can be quite emotional sometimes, which often surprise people a lot. Tigers with blood type A care too much about their career success. Sometimes, they neglected other people's feelings.

Tigers with Blood Type B

Tigers with blood type B are honest, unreserved, and willing to share their ideas with their friends. Their two dreams are sharing life details with friends and make friends everywhere. They are lucky, but their lack of plan and deep thinking before acting often makes it hard for them to continue one course for a long time. If they work as salesmen or jobs with challenges, they will be motivated to do better. In relationships, these tigers are generous and dedicated.

Tigers with Blood Type AB

Tigers with blood type AB are optimistic, confidant, and realistic, they don't take interest in religion and philosophy, but they act like they know everything and like to criticize others. Luckily, they are also caring and like to make friends. Other people usually don’t mind their remarks. They are also curious and like to try different things. However, their impatient character always makes it hard to complete one thing. In a relationship, they are active in seeking love and grasp their loved ones bravely.

Tigers with Blood Type O

Tigers with blood type O are bossy, frank, emotional. They are adventurous and righteous, but their lack of prudence and ignorance of real situations often make their good intention misunderstood and cause problems. Meanwhile, they are over-confidant and egoistic to miss good opportunities. Therefore, they are not good at doing humdrum jobs. If they can be patient and think before they act, they can be leaders. In terms of romance, they are quite persistent. Once they are in love, they often put all their heart into their relationship and put work and study aside. However, if the relationship broke, they always act as nothing happened.

Tigers’ Love Compatibility

Each zodiac has its characteristics. Love compatibility of Chinese zodiacs takes these characteristics, five elements, and the horoscope into account to predict the best and worst matches. Refer to the following table for the tigers’ best matches.

Rat

Tiger

Rabbit

Dragon

Snake

Horse

Goat

Monkey

Rooster

Dog

Pig

Tiger

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Good Matches: Dragon, Horse and Pig

Bad Matches: Ox, Tiger, Snake, and Monkey

Lucky and Unlucky Things for Tiger People

Lucky Things for Tigers

Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 4

Lucky Colors: gray, blue, white, and orange

Lucky Flowers: cineraria and anthurium

Lucky Directions: east, south, and southeast

Things to be avoided

Unlucky Numbers: 6, 7, 8

Unlucky Colors: gold, silver, brown, and black

Unlucky Direction: northwest

Suitable Jobs and Career for Tigers

Best Career for Tigers

The best career for tigers is politics. Tigers are considered the king of the forest. They are born with stateliness and leadership ability. In politics, they are like fish in the water and can best exert their leading abilities. Having a successful political career is not easy, but tigers often take it as an interesting game and enjoy the process.

Best Business for Tigers

The unwillingness to fail of tigers makes them good at pursuing a business stubbornly. Meanwhile, tigers are active and love outdoor activities. Thus, business involving sports goods might be suitable for tigers. They can take their interests into the work and make money out of it.

Advice for Tigers on Investment

Do not invest in a business you can't manage or don't know. Be careful about your friends and do not make investments just from the sense of justice. Before making any investment, you need to observe the credit and financial status of your friends and take advice from someone else. In this way, your chance of losing money will be reduced.

Who is the Best Business Partner for Tigers?

Tiger and Ox	Not so good partners. They neither have mutual interests, nor care about each other.
Tiger and Tiger	Bad partners. They have severe disputes and competition on things. The deep misunderstanding between them make them hard to work together.
Tiger and Rabbit	Not so good partners. They hold certain kind of hostility and reserve towards each other, which makes it difficult for them to work in the long run.
Tiger and Dragon	Not good partners. They don’t have much conflict and can tolerate and company each other. However, they don’t have many shared topics.
Tiger and Snake	Good partners. They may compete for the dominating position, but they respect each other and can solve their disputes and achieve greatness.
Tiger and Horse	Bad partners. They are suspicious and apathetic to each other, which make it hard for them to work together.
Tiger and Goat	Not so good partners. They don’t resist or compete each other, but still, they can’t form a solid partnership.
Tiger and Monkey	Not so good partners. Their personalities are very different and they don’t have mutual interests.
Tiger and Rooster	Not so good partners. They can’t be honest with each other, which often cause misunderstandings and make both sides unpleasant.
Tiger and Dog	Good partners. They can understand each other perfectly and achieve success together.
Tiger and Pig	Good partners. They can be happy partners both in business and marriage.

How to Build Relationship with Tigers?

1.Play with Tigers

Tigers are mostly smart ad unrestrained; they love adventure and challenge themselves. If you can keep up with their pace, play, and take adventures with them, you can be good friends with tigers. Besides, tigers are never people who walk the chalk; they want freedom and do whatever they want. To get along with them, you just need to accompany them to do what they like.

2.Be Honest

Most of the tiger people are enthusiastic and cheerful; they are positive towards everything. People around them are often impacted and become relaxed as well. Meanwhile, tigers value honesty between people. To get along with them, you need to be honest with them. Of course, some compliments about their strengths will satisfy the tigers' vanity.

3.Do Better Than Tigers

Tiger people like to conquer and challenge. If you are outstanding in some fields, they will make you their goal and try to catch up with you, even conquer you. They will keep a good relationship with you and learn from you.