2010 Chinese zodiac
虎 Metal Tiger · yang
Born between 14 February 2010 and 2 February 2011: you are a Metal Tiger. Born in 2010 but before 14 February 2010: your sign is that of 2009, the Earth Ox.
The year
- New Year : 14 February 2010
- Ends : 2 February 2011
- 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 1950 and 2070.
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.