Chinese zodiac 2022
Year of the Water Tiger
1 February 2022 to 21 January 2023
Born in 2022? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2022 it falls on 1 February 2022.
- 1 February to 31 December 2022
- 🐅 Water Tiger
- and on to 21 Jan 2023
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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
355 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 1962 and 2082.
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.