Chinese zodiac 1962
Year of the Water Tiger
5 February 1962 to 24 January 1963
Born in 1962? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1962 it falls on 5 February 1962.
- 5 February to 31 December 1962
- 🐅 Water Tiger
- and on to 24 Jan 1963
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The Water Tiger at a glance
Animal
🐅 Tiger
Said to be bold, confident, competitive.
Element
水 Yang Water
Linked with wisdom and flexibility. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Tiger years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Water Tiger years nearest to this one are 1902 and 2022.
Who gets on with the Tiger
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Tiger sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.