Year of the Tiger 2010: Chinese New Year of the Tiger – Kung Hei fat Choi to everyone! Happy Chinese New Year celebration. As the celebration of Chinese New Year begins, fireworks display are rampant to welcome the New Year. This new year 2010 is the Year of the Tiger for Chinese people, particularly Year of the Metal Tiger.
The Tiger is one of the animal signs in Chinese astrology. So what’s in store for us this New Year of the Metal Tiger? According to Chinese, the Tiger is said to be lucky vivid, lively and engaging.

Another attribute of the Tiger is his incredible bravery, evidenced in his willingness to engage in battle or his undying courage. The Chinese say a Tiger having a Tiger in the house is the very best protection against the evils of fire, and burglary.
People born in the Year of the Tiger have the following qualities and characteristics: Courage, Vehemence, Self-Reliance, Friendliness, Hopefulness, Resilience, Vanity, Disregard
As the New Year of Metal Tiger for 2010, Chinese astrologers say that the Metal element gives the Tiger its sharpness in action and speed of thought. Tigers born in the Metal year like to stand out in a crowd. With an inspiring assertiveness and competitive demeanor, Tigers determine their goals and then do anything necessary to achieve them.
This good-looking character of the Tiger sometimes suffers from mood swings and temper tantrums. The Tiger can be known to jump to conclusions or to act too quickly without weighing the options or understanding the consequences. This is a flaw Tigers must learn to curb.
People born in the Year of the Tiger are sensitive, given to deep thinking, and capable of great sympathy. They can be extremely short-tempered, however. Other people have great respect for them, but sometimes tiger people come into conflict with older people or those in authority. Tigers are most compatible with Horses, Dragons, and Dogs.
Well, looks like the Year of the Tiger is a year for goal achievements because of the assertive characteristic of the Tiger. However, as described above, don’t act too quickly in terms of decisions because you might fall into trap. Control temper and think twice or even ten times before you make that important decision.
Happy Year of the Tiger! We hope that the upcoming Year of the Tiger would be much better than the previous Year of the Ox! Goodbye 2009 and Hello 2010! Happy Chinese New Year to all! Happy Year of the Metal Tiger!

