寅
The Tiger
Courage that acts before it plans
This page is about a birth-day animal, not a birth-year animal. Everyone has a day animal, from the day they were born, and it is often not the year animal they know.
No preamble, then. You and I have both been called reckless by people who were still deciding.
The Tiger in Korean Saju
You act first and think it through afterwards, and you are right often enough that it keeps working. People find you hard to ignore and hard to plan around. The cost is that you sometimes act before you have checked whether it is wise.
Basic facts about this animal
- Its hours of the day
- 3am – 5am
- Its month
- February 4 – March 5
- the first month of spring
- Element
- Yang Wood
- Yang is the outward, active form; Yin is the inward, quiet form
- Place in the order
- 3rd of twelve
If this is your day animal
The Tiger is the animal of starting and wanting: it moves early, before it has learned to be careful.
What this animal is like in a chart
A Tiger day is someone who starts before the preparation is finished. The Tiger opens spring, and opens it early, while it is still cold. People with this day move first and are convinced by action more than by analysis. They are at their best when a situation is new and has no structure yet, which is why this day goes with founders and leaders.
The risk is mistaking the start of something for the whole of it. Inside its Wood the Tiger carries Fire and Earth, so it wants results while things are still growing. Its courage is real, but courage is strongest at the beginning. The long middle of a project is where a Tiger day needs help from others.
How it gets on with the other animals
Pulls together — The Pig
Easy to fall into, hard to leave. The Tiger and the Pig are one of the six pairs that pull together, the closest link two animals can have.
Clashes head-on — The Monkey
A pairing that does not let either person stay the same. The Monkey sits directly opposite the Tiger on the circle of twelve: a head-on clash. That makes it a restless match, not a bad one.
Team of three — The Horse & The Dog
These three get the most done together. With the Horse and the Dog, the Tiger makes a team of three that pulls toward Fire.
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