- Animal
- 🐅 Tiger (虎)
- Element
- Earth 土 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 戊寅 · Wù Yín
- Year starts
- January 28, 1998 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 15, 1999
- Age in 2027
- turns 29
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Earth Tiger personality
Earth Tiger blends bold Tiger drive with steadier judgment and a practical streak.
Earth Tiger is not the most impulsive version of Tiger. The Tiger sign brings courage, independence, strong instincts, and a dislike of being boxed in, while the Earth element adds patience, realism, and a stronger sense of duty. Compared with other Tiger years, this combination is usually more measured in how it uses power.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐅 Tiger & 🐖 Pig. Three Harmony partners: 🐅 Tiger & 🐎 Horse, 🐅 Tiger & 🐕 Dog. Clash: 🐅 Tiger & 🐒 Monkey.
A Tiger born in 1998 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a neutral year with Tai Sui for the Tiger. See the month-by-month forecast in Tiger horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1998?
1998 is the Year of the Earth Tiger (戊寅, Wù Yín). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 28, 1998 to February 15, 1999.
What element is 1998 in Chinese astrology?
Earth (土), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 戊 and its Earthly Branch is 寅 (Tiger).
Is someone born in January 1998 a Tiger?
Born in January or early February 1998, before January 28, 1998? Then your sign is the Fire Ox of 1997.
Who is a Earth Tiger compatible with?
Traditionally the Tiger pairs best with the Pig, Horse, Dog and finds the Monkey most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1998?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Tiger it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 1998 turns 29 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.