Chinese zodiac · Year of the Tiger
The Fire Tiger: 1926, 1986, 2046
丙寅 · Bing yín · Yang Fire stem on the Wood branch
A Fire Tiger year pairs the Heavenly Stem 丙 (Bing, yang Fire) with the Earthly Branch 寅 (yín, the Tiger). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Fire Tiger years are 1926, 1986, 2046. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Fire Tiger different from a Wood Tiger or a Earth Tiger. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Fire Tiger is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Fire Tiger is pure momentum, generous and dramatic, the most exciting and the most exhausting of the five.
1986 Fire Tigers are pure momentum, and the tradition's most exciting and exhausting Tiger describes a generation raised on the certainty that it could do anything.
In BaZi terms the Wood branch feeds the Fire stem: Wood produces Fire in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Tiger giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Tiger.
The rest of the Tiger’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Tiger page.
Fire Tiger years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 13 February 1926 | 1 February 1927 | 4 February 1926 |
| 1986 | 9 February 1986 | 28 January 1987 | 4 February 1986 |
| 2046 | 6 February 2046 | 25 January 2047 | 4 February 2046 |
The next Fire Tiger year is 2046. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Fire Tigers
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1926
- Elizabeth IIQueen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
- Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress and model
- Miles DavisAmerican jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer
- David AttenboroughBritish broadcaster and naturalist
- Hugh HefnerAmerican businessman and magazine publisher
- Donald Arthur GlaserAmerican physicist and neurobiologist
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Fire Tiger start?
- The 1926 Fire Tiger year began at Lunar New Year on 13 February 1926 and ran to 1 February 1927. The 1986 Fire Tiger year began at Lunar New Year on 9 February 1986 and ran to 28 January 1987. The 2046 Fire Tiger year began at Lunar New Year on 6 February 2046 and ran to 25 January 2047. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1926: 4 February 1926; 1986: 4 February 1986; 2046: 4 February 2046), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Fire Tiger personality?
- The Fire Tiger is pure momentum, generous and dramatic, the most exciting and the most exhausting of the five. In BaZi terms the Wood branch feeds the Fire stem: Wood produces Fire in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Tiger giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Tiger.
- When is the next Fire Tiger year?
- 2046. The pair of stem 丙 and branch 寅 recurs every sixty years.