Tiger strengths in tradition
- Brave and willing to act
- Confident and charismatic
- Generous and protective
- Sets its own course
1926 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Fire Tiger
The 1926 Chinese year ran from Saturday 13 February 1926 to Tuesday 1 February 1927.
Its sign is the Yang Fire Tiger: 丙寅 (Bǐng-yín) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 12 February 1926? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Ox of 1925.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 4 February 1926 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Ox before 21:24 China time and Fire Tiger from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Ox.
- 5–12 February 1926: Wood Ox by Chinese New Year, Fire Tiger by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology
A Fire Tiger is traditionally the boldest and most dramatic Tiger – enthusiastic, outspoken and hard to ignore.
The Tiger is the third Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with courage, confidence and a strong sense of independence. Fire is the element of warmth and energy, linked in Chinese tradition with summer, passion and outward expression.
Tiger challenges in tradition
- Can act on impulse
- Chafes at rules and routine
- Quick to take offence
- Tends to push too hard
Traditions, not predictions. The Tiger in love and at work · The five elements
Other Tiger years
The Fire Tiger every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1926?
1926 is the Year of the Fire Tiger (yang Fire, 丙寅 Bǐng-yín), from 13 February 1926 to 1 February 1927. Anyone born 1 January – 12 February 1926 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Ox.
What element is 1926 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 丙 (Bǐng). Fire years are years ending in 6 or 7 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 1926 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 13 February 1926, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Ox of the 1925 Chinese year; from 13 February 1926 on, it is the Fire Tiger. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1926, 21:24 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1926?
It was on Saturday 13 February 1926 (China time). The next one, on Wednesday 2 February 1927, began the Year of the Fire Rabbit.