Chinese Zodiac · 庚寅 · 虎
The Metal Tiger
The Metal Tiger (庚寅) blends the Tiger's nature — bold, idealistic, protective, magnetic — with the Metal element's discipline, principle and sharp, decisive judgement. People born in a Metal Tiger year carry Tiger instincts shaped and intensified by Metal, giving resolve and the integrity to finish, refine and hold a standard.
Birth Years
People born in these years are Metal Tigers: 1950, 2010, 2070.
(Chinese years begin in late January / February — if you were born in January or early February, your free reading will place you precisely.)
Metal Tiger Personality
At core, the Tiger is bold, idealistic, protective, magnetic. The Metal element adds discipline, principle and sharp, decisive judgement: it sharpens the Tiger's gifts toward resolve and the integrity to finish, refine and hold a standard. The shadow to watch is the combination of the Tiger's tendency — it can be impulsive, restless, or burn out their own causes — with Metal's own pull toward rigidity and an over-critical edge that can cut those nearby. Self-awareness here is the difference between a Metal Tiger who compounds their strengths and one who repeats the same costly pattern.
Metal Tiger in Love & Career
In love, the Metal Tiger needs someone who can hold space for their intensity without competing or shrinking — and the Metal flavour means they express care through resolve and the integrity to finish, refine and hold a standard. In work, they do best where Metal's discipline, principle and sharp, decisive judgement is an asset rather than a liability: roles with room to use the Tiger's bold and idealistic pay off most.
2026 Fire Horse Year
Metal Tiger in 2026
2026 is the Fire Horse year. As a Metal Tiger, your animal belongs to the Horse's fire trinity (寅午戌), so 2026 is an allied, momentum-rich year — a strong window to act boldly. Layered on top, Metal is tested by the year's fire — protect your boundaries and let pressure refine, not harden, you.
Your zodiac year-type is only the outer layer. Your full BaZi chart — Day Master, the other three pillars, and your elemental balance — is calculated from your exact birth date and tells a far more specific story than the Tiger year alone.
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