- Animal
- 🐅 Tiger (虎)
- Element
- Water 水 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 壬寅 · Rén Yín
- Year starts
- February 1, 2022 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 21, 2023
- Age in 2027
- turns 5
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Water Tiger personality
A bold Tiger with sharper instincts, cooler judgment, and a more adaptable style.
The Water Tiger stands out from other Tigers by mixing the sign’s natural courage and independence with the Water element’s flexibility, perception, and social ease. Classic Tiger energy is direct, proud, and action-first. Water changes the tone.
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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 2022 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 2022?
2022 is the Year of the Water Tiger (壬寅, Rén Yín). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 1, 2022 to January 21, 2023.
What element is 2022 in Chinese astrology?
Water (水), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 壬 and its Earthly Branch is 寅 (Tiger).
Is someone born in January 2022 a Tiger?
Born in January or early February 2022, before February 1, 2022? Then your sign is the Metal Ox of 2021.
Who is a Water 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 2022?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Tiger it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 2022 turns 5 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.