2027 for the Tiger
In the year of the Fire Goat, which begins on 6 February 2027, the Tiger and the Goat are an average match, friendly in the traditional grid. In the generative cycle Wood feeds Fire as fuel, so practitioners read a Fire year as one that draws on the Tiger’s Wood: generous with its energy, and tiring if nothing is put back.
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The Tiger in a Goat year
The grid lists the Tiger and the Goat as an average, friendly match, which practitioners read as a year without strong pull either way: neither a tailwind nor a storm. The Tiger’s energy is its own to spend, and the year’s gentler mood rewards courage shown on behalf of others.
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Love and work for the Tiger in 2027
In love the Tiger meets a year without strong pull either way, which practitioners read as room to court openly and generously, taking care not to overwhelm a gentler partner.
At work the Tiger’s courage is its own to spend: a good year to champion a colleague or a cause, and to temper boldness with listening.
The five kinds of Tiger in a Fire year
Each Tiger year also carries an element of its own, from the year’s heavenly stem, so there are five kinds of Tiger, and practitioners read each one against 2027’s Fire by its birth element.
A Fire Tiger, born in 1926 or 1986, shares the year’s own element, which practitioners read as strong momentum: easy to begin things, harder to rest, with a temper to watch.
An Earth Tiger, born in 1938 or 1998, is fed by the year, since Fire produces Earth, and practitioners read support and steadiness for it, with the caution not to take on too much simply because it comes easily.
A Metal Tiger, born in 1950 or 2010, meets the element that melts Metal, which practitioners read as a refining year: pressure that shapes, best met with patience.
A Water Tiger, born in 1962 or 2022, carries the element that dampens Fire, and practitioners read the year as one it can steady for others, at some cost to its own warmth.
A Wood Tiger, born in 1974, carries the element that feeds Fire, and practitioners read the Fire year as one that draws on it: a good season for kindling other people’s plans, and a reason to guard its own reserves.
The Tiger in the tradition
Folk tradition gives the Tiger courage, independence and a restless appetite for challenge, the animal that leads from the front. Its branch is 寅.
In the traditional tables the Tiger is yang, belongs to the 3rd trine and has Wood as its fixed element. Its best matches in the grid are the Horse and Dog (its trine) and the Pig (its harmony); its offending opposite is the Monkey, and its harming pair the Snake.
Wood meets Fire
Fire is the element of 2027’s stem 丁, yin fire, and Wood is the Tiger’s own, so for the Tiger the year is read as Wood meeting Fire.
The cycles are the ones Wikipedia’s article on the five elements gives: Wood feeds Fire, Fire produces Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal collects Water and Water nourishes Wood, while Water dampens Fire and Fire melts Metal.
Were you born in a Tiger year?
| Years | Element | Stem and branch |
|---|---|---|
| 13 February 1926 to 1 February 1927 | Fire Tiger | 丙寅 |
| 31 January 1938 to 18 February 1939 | Earth Tiger | 戊寅 |
| 17 February 1950 to 5 February 1951 | Metal Tiger | 庚寅 |
| 5 February 1962 to 24 January 1963 | Water Tiger | 壬寅 |
| 23 January 1974 to 10 February 1975 | Wood Tiger | 甲寅 |
| 9 February 1986 to 28 January 1987 | Fire Tiger | 丙寅 |
| 28 January 1998 to 15 February 1999 | Earth Tiger | 戊寅 |
| 14 February 2010 to 2 February 2011 | Metal Tiger | 庚寅 |
| 1 February 2022 to 21 January 2023 | Water Tiger | 壬寅 |
| 19 February 2034 to 7 February 2035 | Wood Tiger | 甲寅 |
The animal changes at the Chinese New Year, so a January or early February birthday may belong to the year before. The dates are those of the sexagenary table in Wikipedia’s article on the Chinese zodiac.
For the Tiger in 2027
- Choose one bold step and take it for someone besides yourself.
- Rest before you are forced to.
- Finish one challenge before starting the next.
- What is my courage for this year?
- Where am I charging ahead alone?
- What would a gentler kind of strength look like?
Common questions
Is 2027 a good year for the Tiger?
The tradition promises the Tiger neither a good year nor a bad one. By the compatibility grid the Tiger and the Goat are an average match, friendly in the traditional grid, and by the elements the Tiger’s Wood meets the year’s Fire; practitioners read the Tiger’s year through both, as a season to reflect on rather than a verdict.
What are the Tiger years?
In the table from 1924 to 2043: 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 and 2034. Each Tiger year begins at that year’s Chinese New Year, not on 1 January.
When does the Tiger’s next year come?
On 19 February 2034, a Wood Tiger year.
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