Chinese zodiac · 寅 Yin
Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac
The Tiger (寅, Yin) is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac — the Earthly Branch of the year pillar. The Year of the Tiger returns every twelve years: here are all its years from 1924 to 2031 with the exact start of each, its five elements, its traditional image and how the 2027 year meets it.
The branch 寅 at a glance
- Earthly Branch
- 寅 · Yin
- Phase
- Wood · 木
- Polarity
- Yang
- Two-hour period
- 03:00–05:00
- Solar month
- from Li Chun (Start of Spring)
- Hidden stems
- 甲 Yang Wood, 丙 Yang Fire, 戊 Yang Earth
The traditional image of the Tiger
The tradition pictures the Tiger as bold, independent and full of energy, the king of the mountains and a guardian against harm. Its branch opens the solar year at Li Chun, the start of spring, when growth breaks out.
How the tradition pictures the animal — a symbol, not a description of every person born in its years.
2027 and the Tiger
2027 is the year of 丁未 Ding Wei — Yin Fire over the Goat. This is how the traditional tables read the bond between its branch 未 and the Tiger’s branch 寅.
- no basic combination
None of the basic combinations or clashes joins 寅 and 未. The tradition then reads the year through the rest of the chart rather than through the animal.
This is how a traditional symbolic system describes two branches, not a forecast. In BaZi a year is read against all four pillars of a chart, not against the animal alone.
Chinese zodiac 2027: the year of the Goat →
Chinese zodiac compatibility chart: the twelve animals pair by pair →
Years of the Tiger
A BaZi year runs from Li Chun to Li Chun, a lunar-calendar year from Chinese New Year to the eve of the next one. Times are China Standard Time (UTC+8); born close to Li Chun, check your exact birth moment in the calculator.
| Year | Stem | BaZi year (Li Chun to Li Chun) | Lunar year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Yang Fire 丙寅 | 4 February 1926, 21:38 – 5 February 1927, 03:30 | 13 February 1926 – 1 February 1927 |
| 1938 | Yang Earth 戊寅 | 4 February 1938, 19:15 – 5 February 1939, 01:10 | 31 January 1938 – 18 February 1939 |
| 1950 | Yang Metal 庚寅 | 4 February 1950, 17:20 – 4 February 1951, 23:13 | 17 February 1950 – 5 February 1951 |
| 1962 | Yang Water 壬寅 | 4 February 1962, 15:17 – 4 February 1963, 21:07 | 5 February 1962 – 24 January 1963 |
| 1974 | Yang Wood 甲寅 | 4 February 1974, 13:00 – 4 February 1975, 18:59 | 23 January 1974 – 10 February 1975 |
| 1986 | Yang Fire 丙寅 | 4 February 1986, 11:07 – 4 February 1987, 16:51 | 9 February 1986 – 28 January 1987 |
| 1998 | Yang Earth 戊寅 | 4 February 1998, 08:56 – 4 February 1999, 14:57 | 28 January 1998 – 15 February 1999 |
| 2010 | Yang Metal 庚寅 | 4 February 2010, 06:47 – 4 February 2011, 12:32 | 14 February 2010 – 2 February 2011 |
| 2022 | Yang Water 壬寅 | 4 February 2022, 04:50 – 4 February 2023, 10:42 | 1 February 2022 – 21 January 2023 |
The five Tiger years
Every Tiger year pairs the branch 寅 with one of five Heavenly Stems of the same polarity, so each pairing of the Tiger with an element returns every sixty years.
- FireYang Fire · 丙寅 Bing Yin1926, 1986
- EarthYang Earth · 戊寅 Wu Yin1938, 1998
- MetalYang Metal · 庚寅 Geng Yin1950, 2010
- WaterYang Water · 壬寅 Ren Yin1962, 2022
- WoodYang Wood · 甲寅 Jia Yin1974
The animal is one sign of eight
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