2010: Year of the Metal Tiger
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2010 is 庚寅 — Yang Metal over the Tiger branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 庚 (Metal)
Yang Metal is the raw ore or the blade — decisive, disciplined, and drawn to fairness even when it's inconvenient.
The Earthly Branch: 寅 — Year of the Tiger
The Tiger is bold and initiating — a natural first-mover, more comfortable leading into the unknown than waiting to be asked.
What 2010 holds in the sky
Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.
Eclipses
- January 15Solar eclipse
- June 26Lunar eclipse
- July 11Solar eclipse
- December 21Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 20, 2009 – March 10Mars retrograde
- December 26, 2009 – January 15Mercury retrograde
- April 18 – May 11Mercury retrograde
- August 20 – September 12Mercury retrograde
- October 8 – November 18Venus retrograde
- December 10 – December 30Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 18Jupiter enters Pisces
- April 7Saturn enters Virgo
- May 28Uranus enters Aries
- June 6Jupiter enters Aries
- July 21Saturn enters Libra
- August 14Uranus enters Pisces
- September 9Jupiter enters Pisces
This is the story every Tiger year shares
The stem and branch of 2010 describe the year itself, so they read the same for everyone born into it and everyone living through it. That is the group-level half. Your own chart also weighs your exact birth date, time, and location, which is what turns this into something specific to you.
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