2022 / Chinese zodiac
2022 Chinese Zodiac: Water Tiger
2022 is the Year of the Water Tiger. It begins on February 1, 2022 and ends on January 21, 2023. If you were born before February 1, 2022, your sign is the Metal Ox.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2022?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2022. 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 |
|---|---|
| – | Metal Ox 牛 |
| – | Water Tiger 虎 |
The full 2022 lunar year continues into 2023, through January 21, 2023. A birthday on January 31, 2022 belongs to the Ox; a birthday one day later, on February 1, 2022, belongs to the Tiger.
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02 / The story of the year
What kind of Tiger is 2022?
2022 is a Water Tiger year. Its stem-branch name is 壬寅 (rén-yín): the heavenly stem 壬 carries yang water, and the earthly branch 寅 corresponds to the Tiger.
- Zodiac animal
- Tiger · 虎
- Year element
- Water
- Stem & branch
- 壬寅 · rén-yín
- Lunar year length
- 355 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 2022. 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
2022 lunar calendar at a glance
This Tiger year contains 12 lunar months and 355 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 2023.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 | ||
| Month 2 | 29 | ||
| Month 3 | 30 | ||
| Month 4 | 29 | ||
| Month 5 | 30 | ||
| Month 6 | 30 | ||
| 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.