Welcoming the Year of the Water Tiger
The New Year of the Water Tiger will start on February 1st, 2022, and will last until January 21st, 2023. The Tiger is the third of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, and its correspondent in the European horoscope is Aquarius.
Tiger: Passion, Power, Devotion, and Sensuality
Cycle of Power: Nocturnal – Full Moon and New Moon
The Tiger is associated with the thunder or motion in the Chinese I Ching. The Water Tiger is equivalent to the Water-Thunder Hexagram, which means something moving inside the Water. That’s a sign of a baby growing inside the womb. Therefore, the Water Tiger of 2022 implies caution, growth, development, challenge, creation, and planning.
The Tiger represents energy, strength, protection, altruism, leadership, purposefulness, respect, and revolutionary ideas, but also vulnerability, sensitivity, selfishness, overestimation, and an “all or nothing” attitude. The Tiger’s fixed element is wood. 2022 is a Water year, according to the Chinese Five Elements. Because Water is the equivalent of the color black in the Five-Element system, the year 2022 is also called the Yang Black Tiger Year.
In China, the Tiger is a symbol of both darkness and the new moon, as well as brightness and the full moon. The black Tiger is a symbol of the north, winter, and water.
The Tiger, the living symbol of strength and power, generally inspires fear and respect. Tigers’ compelling dynamism, intense activity, independence, and curiosity about others make them irresistible people of multiple charms; they attract followers and admirers. The Tiger is courageous, active, and self-assured and makes an excellent leader and protector. However liberal-minded Tigers may be, they are passionate and rash and resist the authority of others.
Although they are selfish in the little things, they are capable of great generosity, even of altruism, in the larger. Tigers are people of action, thrust by destiny into the spotlight.
Tigers are fearless creatures in as much as they blind themselves to dangers and impetuously rush in where more cautious individuals would fear to tread. Outspoken in the face of injustice, their strong humanitarian instincts will not allow them to pass by if they see a wrong perpetrated upon another.
Tigers tend to renounce confining traditional roles, opting for a more unfettered life. With a wide-ranging mind, they can adopt any number of careers. Their many experiences serve to enrich their lives and add depth to their nature. Material benefits matter little to them.
All tigers are known for their ferocity and power. They are also excellent swimmers, unlike other large cats. This gives them ties to all the energies and mystical qualities so often associated with the element of water.
Tigers have an inborn magnetic personality that attracts people to them, like bees to honey. Warm-hearted, sociable, and friendly, they are characterized by their frank, honest, and open approach. Their immense kindness and generosity will always shine through, except when crossed or backed into a corner, for then they can become ferocious.
Solitude is often the price Tigers pay for their position of authority, but they become accustomed to it. Better still, they draw on the experience, gaining new energies and great strength.
