Chinese zodiac 2010
Year of the Metal Tiger
14 February 2010 to 2 February 2011
Born in 2010? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2010 it falls on 14 February 2010.
- 14 February to 31 December 2010
- π Metal Tiger
- and on to 2 Feb 2011
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The Metal Tiger at a glance
Animal
π Tiger
Said to be bold, confident, competitive.
Element
ι Yang Metal
Linked with determination and order. 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 Metal Tiger years nearest to this one are 1950 and 2070.
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.