Earthly Branch 3 of 12
Tiger寅
The month that opens spring. 立春 falls here, and the solar year begins.
- Element
- Wood
- Polarity
- Yang
- Lunar month
- 1
- Double hour
- 03–05
- Direction
- Northeast
What it is
Three yang lines, where yang grows fierce. The tiger is fierce by nature.
In a chart
In a chart a branch sits under a stem in each pillar. The year branch gives the zodiac animal, and the month branch shows the season.
Relations
Three Harmonies with 午 Horse, 戌 Dog. Six Harmonies with 亥 Pig. Clashes with 申 Monkey. Harm with 巳 Snake.
Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vols. 1 and 6.