2010 / Chinese zodiac
2010 Chinese Zodiac: Metal Tiger
2010 is the Year of the Metal Tiger. It begins on February 14, 2010 and ends on February 2, 2011. If you were born before February 14, 2010, your sign is the Earth Ox.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2010?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2010. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.
| Gregorian birthday | Animal & year element |
|---|---|
| – | Earth Ox 牛 |
| – | Metal Tiger 虎 |
The full 2010 lunar year continues into 2011, through February 2, 2011. A birthday on February 13, 2010 belongs to the Ox; a birthday one day later, on February 14, 2010, belongs to the Tiger.
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When were you born?
YOUR RESULT
02 / The story of the year
What kind of Tiger is 2010?
2010 is a Metal Tiger year. Its stem-branch name is 庚寅 (gēng-yín): the heavenly stem 庚 carries yang metal, and the earthly branch 寅 corresponds to the Tiger.
- Zodiac animal
- Tiger · 虎
- Year element
- Metal
- Stem & branch
- 庚寅 · gēng-yín
- Lunar year length
- 354 days
Tiger personality in tradition
The Tiger commonly represents courage and protective strength in Chinese art and storytelling.
The phrase “brave & spirited” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 2010. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.
我属虎。
Wǒ shǔ hǔ. “I was born in the Year of the Tiger.”
Tiger compatibility in folklore
Tiger, Horse and Dog form a traditional harmony group of three. Monkey sits opposite Tiger, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.
Explore traditional pairings →03 / A closer look at the dates
2010 lunar calendar at a glance
This Tiger year contains 12 lunar months and 354 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2011.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 | ||
| Month 2 | 29 | ||
| Month 3 | 30 | ||
| Month 4 | 29 | ||
| Month 5 | 30 | ||
| Month 6 | 29 | ||
| Month 7 | 29 | ||
| Month 8 | 30 | ||
| Month 9 | 29 | ||
| Month 10 | 30 | ||
| Month 11 | 29 | ||
| Month 12 | 30 |
Sources & calendar convention
Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.