Tiger strengths in tradition
- Brave and willing to act
- Confident and charismatic
- Generous and protective
- Sets its own course
2046 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Fire Tiger
The 2046 Chinese year will run from Tuesday 6 February 2046 to Friday 25 January 2047.
Its sign is the Yang Fire Tiger: 丙寅 (Bǐng-yín) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 5 February 2046? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Ox of 2045.
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 2046 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Ox before 00:30 China time and Fire Tiger from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Ox.
- 5 February 2046: 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 2046?
2046 is the Year of the Fire Tiger (yang Fire, 丙寅 Bǐng-yín), from 6 February 2046 to 25 January 2047. Anyone born 1 January – 5 February 2046 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Ox.
What element is 2046 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 2046 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 6 February 2046, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Ox of the 2045 Chinese year; from 6 February 2046 on, it is the Fire Tiger. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2046, 00:30 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2046?
On Tuesday 6 February 2046 (China time). The next one, on Saturday 26 January 2047, begins the Year of the Fire Rabbit.