2010 Chinese Zodiac
2010 is the Year of the Yang Metal Tiger.
This Tiger year begins on Chinese New Year, February 14, 2010, and runs until the eve of the next lunar new year.
Born in January or early February 2010?
The zodiac animal changes on Chinese New Year, not January 1. If you were born before February 14, 2010, your sign is actually the Ox (the previous lunar year) — not the Tiger.
The element of 2010
⚔️ Yang Metal — Metal is resolve, discipline, and ambition. It sharpens an animal into something focused and unbending, with strong principles and a will of steel. Metal types achieve a great deal, but their rigidity and pride can isolate them.
People born in the Year of the Tiger
The Tiger is raw courage with a pulse. Magnetic, impulsive, and allergic to being controlled, Tigers charge at life and dare the world to keep up. They are natural rebels and protectors who feel injustice physically and act on it before thinking it through. People are drawn to a Tiger's heat — the confidence, the conviction, the sense that something is always about to happen — and just as often singed by it. A Tiger would rather lose spectacularly than win by playing small.
Tiger lucky colors & numbers
| Lucky colors | Orange, Grey, Blue |
|---|---|
| Lucky numbers | 1, 3, 4 |
| Native guardian (本命佛) | Akasagarbha Bodhisattva (虚空藏菩萨) |
Other Years of the Tiger
Frequently asked questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2010?
2010 is the year of the Tiger — more precisely the Yang Metal Tiger. The Tiger year begins on Chinese New Year, February 14, 2010.
If I was born in January 2010, what is my sign?
If you were born before February 14, 2010, you are actually a Ox (the previous lunar year), not a Tiger. The animal only changes on Chinese New Year's Day.
What element is 2010?
The 2010 year carries the Yang Metal element, drawn from the year's Heavenly Stem in the sexagenary cycle. That makes it a Yang Metal Tiger.