Chinese zodiac 1986
Year of the Fire Tiger
9 February 1986 to 28 January 1987
Born in 1986? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1986 it falls on 9 February 1986.
- 9 February to 31 December 1986
- π Fire Tiger
- and on to 28 Jan 1987
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The Fire Tiger at a glance
Animal
π Tiger
Said to be bold, confident, competitive.
Element
η« Yang Fire
Linked with passion and drive. 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 Fire Tiger years nearest to this one are 1926 and 2046.
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.