Water Tiger

Lunar New Year fell on Jan 23. Anyone born before that date belongs to the previous year (Ox).

Tigers carry a warmth that moves first. They are the one suggesting the restaurant, the first to type yes in the group chat, the one checking the route while already walking. It is not fearlessness; it is that standing still feels worse than taking the wrong turn. To other people they read as direct, easy, brave. What is less visible is how well they remember disappointment, and who did not follow when they went first. They will not bring it up, and they will not forget it either. Hand them a map and they will fold it into a pocket and follow the smell of something happening.

The wood is not fully light and something large is drinking at the stream; the stream is no brook, and trees on both banks hold it in the middle. People like this have a broad force. They look at scale and momentum rather than detail, and only feel settled once a thing is spread out. They can lead and will carry weight themselves, with no patience for small stuff. Big water changes course; when they switch plans they explain little, and followers must watch which way it leans.