1950 Chinese zodiac
虎 Metal Tiger · yang
Born between 17 February 1950 and 5 February 1951: you are a Metal Tiger. Born in 1950 but before 17 February 1950: your sign is that of 1949, the Earth Ox.
The year
- New Year : 17 February 1950
- Ends : 5 February 1951
- Animal : Tiger
- Element : Metal (yang)
The Metal element
determination, rigour, uprightness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
庚寅 gēng yín
Year 27 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1890 and 2010.
The Tiger in one line
Brave and magnetic, it charges where others hesitate.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.