2022 - World predictions - the year of water tiger - Chinese astrology - 4 pillars of destiny
article written by Feng Shui Master Georgia Kiafi
According to Chinese astrology, 2022 is the year of water tiger. When we look up 2022 in the Chinese calendar that coverts any given date into elements and Chinese animals, we see that 2022 has the yang water on the top as heavenly stem and the tiger as earthly branch. The tiger belongs to yang wood element.
Heavenly stems is energy that comes from the heaven and cannot be changed. Earthly branches is energy that comes from the earth and can be changed if the humans and heaven act accordingly. So in 2022 we see water the top "helping" what is happening on earth this year, as water feeds the wood. So this year the heaven is helping us achieve on earth what we want. I wonder what humanity will choose as global consciousness to materialise. I wonder also if humanity will take the help from the heaven to build a better world.
2022 is a very special year. We are leaving the winter period of the water/winter years of 2019, 2020 and 2021 and we are getting into a totally new type of energy. We are passing from the water/winter into the spring related years of 2022, 2023 and 2024 (the years of the tiger, rabbit and dragon respectively). The wood/spring years are about our world been reborn, the nature is reborn. These years will bring us new things, they will bring growth and hope.
Before I get to the specific predictions, I would like that you understand the type of energies that influence 2022.
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Now lets see in detail what these energies can bring to us in 2022.
Yang water
Yang water in the heavenly stem of the year means that yang water energy will be in the focus and will be seen by everyone in 2022. Its the energy from the heaven.
Yang water is the vast ocean. It is forceful, pushing and active water, it is the tsunami. It is bossy, impulsive and straight forward. It doesnt wait to see how you feel about it, it just splashes you all over, just like a wave of the sea.
It is masculine energy, it can see the big picture of situations (imagine how far you can see when you look towards the vast ocean...). Yang water is very open minded, energetic, with positive drive and passion, impatient, enthusiastic, with devotion, it has leadership ability as it takes dedicated actions to reach the goal, nothing can stand in front of a tsunami. Yang water always finds its way to the target, it can be very drastic and aggressive as well..
Water element is about intelligence. People born on a yang water day can see the big picture of things. But they are not diplomatic. As they have such a wide spectrum, they accept other people from all walks of like (rich and poor) and they are philanthropists. They can even become eccentric (too open) and bring around new things and new ideas.
As in the old times the sea was the way to do big travels, water element is also related to travelling and movement. Ocean water never stays still, it likes to move all the time. Ocean water may look calm at the surface, but underneath there can be strong dangerous water currents.
Famous people that were born on the day of yang water are: Bill Gates, Beethoven, Paul Mac Cartney, Warren Baffett, Prince Harry, Emmanuel Macron, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Middleton, Jennifer Lawrence, Tom Cruise, Kamala Harris.
Tiger (yang wood)
The tiger is a courageous, fierce, fast and active animal. hard to control. You cannot easily tame a tiger. Energetic and persistent. Confident and frank. Tiger is also the guardian of the children as it protects from evil spirits. On the other hand, a tiger is aggressive, overconfident and stubborn.
Tiger belongs to wood element. In 4 Pillars of destiny astrology, it hides yang wood, yang fire and yang earth inside it. It is also a travelling horse (symbolic star).
When we look back in history - 1962 - the year of water tiger
60 years ago it was also the year of the water tiger. This can give us an idea what will happen in 2022.
In 1962 the cold water between USA and USSE got worse, it was the year of the Cuban missile crisis, as soviet missile bases were detected in Cuba. The tension between USA and Russian finally got resolved the same year.
Nelson Mandela was arrested, while James Meredith was the first black student to enroll to a preciously all white university of Mississippi. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in Israel. United Nations condemned Apartheid.
It was a year of space exploration and travel related advancements. In USA the space needle, an observation tower was completed. The first USA rocket Ranger IV landed on the moon. Telstar became the first communication satellite intended for regular service. John Glenn was the first american to orbit earth.
In 23rd September 1902 the Wright brothers had a first flight with a glider and aiation started the share in history.
In 1962 there were many traffic accidents. American Airlines, Continental, Air France were some of them. There was even a train accident on May in japan.
The Catholic Church modernised itself as the second Vatican church in 1962 created a dialog with other Christian churches.
From natural disaster point of view, in 1962 there was a huge storm flood in Germany with many victims. A huge snow storn happened in mid Atlantic, a flash flood hit Barcelona in Spain, while another storm hit US Northwest Pacific. A typhoon hit Hong Kong.
A volcano eruption happened in Martinique. Also there were earth disasters, especially happening underground such as coal explosions, mine fire and coal mine disasters in various parts of the earth.
It was also a year of medicinal discoveries. An oral polio vaccine was used to combat polio. Also a morning sickness drug Thalidomide was found to be causing birth defects.
It was an important year for design, art and music. The first Nike running shoe was launched in 1962, Andy Warhal hs his first solo pop art exhibition which included the famous "Marilyn Diptych" and the "100 soup cans".
Bob Dylan with his folk music was evolving into protest music. Beatles released their first music hit "Love me do". It was also the eyar of the first James Bond movie "Dr.No". We saw the film "Spartacus" and "Laurence of Arabia".
Lets make now the synthesis of all the information above and make the predictions for 2022.
People psychology in 2022 - pushing, fear, intelligence, hope and anger
When we want to trace the mood of the people in 2022 we need to check the qualities of the yang water and the tiger together.
People, just like yang water, they will be reacting in a forceful way, they will not be diplomatic, they will be pushing forward. Nothing can stand on the way of strong water, it will find its way the way it wants it. People wont sit and wait. Even if they look still, the sea currents underneath will be strong. 2022 is about which current is stronger and in what direction it will push you. I wonder...
People with be fierce and even violent, because they will act without thinking or planning. This could lead to violent situations, conflicts, and even water or other distractive actions.
Yang water in 2022 is mainly affecting the first half of the year, while tiger takes charge of the second half of the year (after August 2022).
The first half of the year there will be more that influence of the yang water, making people forceful and even destructive, however the second half of the year (after August) things will get better and especially after November when water will support the wood and the hole (wood means hope) and we are approaching the new energy of the year of water rabbit in 2023 which is even more peaceful.
So, whatever conflicts may happen in the first half of the year, they will be resolved by the scond half of the year. Just like 1962 when the confliects between countries started in the first half of the year but were resolved with treaty in the second half. After November in will be a different story on the planet (November 2022 will bring the effects of the year 2023, the year of the water rabbit).
In 2022 we will be able to see the big picture of things, just ke we can see very far when we look at the vast ocean.
Water is about information and intelligence. So intelligence and information will show up in 2022. In 2022 we will see the truth, a lot of information previously hidden is going to appear to the whole world. Faster your seat belts and watch the revelations.
Another thing to look into is the fact that water element is related to fear. So fear continues to exist, it is really visible and in the focus of our society in 2022, especially in the first half of the year. When the year 2022 is gone, the fear will be gone. It will be a different planet than what we experienced during the winter years of 2019-2021.
On the other hand, tiger belongs to wood element and wood is related to hope but also anger. It can be interpreted both ways. As yang water on the top (information) helps and feeds the wood in the bottom, information (water) will feed the anger and the hope (wood).
I think that people will get very angry abut some information (water) that will come out (showing on the heavenly stem).
As yang water is related to travel (especially travel on water) people might get angry about travel that will be happening on water (maybe illegal immigrants coming to Europe).
Tiger is also a travel horse in symbolic star astrology, so its very possible that there will be anger but also hope (maybe to different categories of people depending on their personal interests), all related to trips and travel. Some people will feel hope as they can have a new beginning, and others will be angry with things happening in their country.
The tiger has 3 hidden heavenly stems in it; yang wood, yang earth, yang fire. Yang wood is moral and uncompromising. Yang earth is firm and trustworthy and does not like change. Yang fire is water, open, happy, popular and full of confidence. All these characteristics will also be a part of our mood and actions in 2022.
The good thing in 2022 is that the tiger is considered as the birth place of fire, so we will finally see the effects of fire into our lives. We will see people being more happy and confident.
As fire is hiding inside a travel horse (tiger is a travel horse in Chinese astrology) that means that people will be confident to travel in 2022. Fire is also about cooking and entertainment business, so this kind of business will also move. People will feel more confident in 2022 and they will spend money for travel, restaurants and having fun.
War or peace in 2022 - USA & China, modern apartheid & immigration
Yang water and tiger (wood) are helping elements to each other (water gives birth to wood), this would theoretically mean that 2022 is a peaceful year. But yang water is impatient, and this can result in conflicts and impulsive behaviour, even wars.
The quality of yang water the character of the tiger, they are not exactly the definition of peace and stillness, they are both very action related energies.
If you observe 1962, the cold war got worse before the conflict was settled in the same year. In a way our world today is also experiencing a type of war between USA and China, it is the war of/about vaccines. So what we experience is not over, 2020 and 2021 were terrible, 2022 there is hope but the problem of fear is still there, and we will be somehow busy with covid, until 2023 that the problem totally ends (I think its beginning of 2023).
in 1962 we saw some kind of punishment happening, a Nazi was executed for his crimes against humanity and United Nations condemned apartheid. I can only wish that 2022 we will see similar good things happening. If you think about it, apartheid was about separation between white and black people, today we also experience a separation between the vaccinated and the not vaccinated. Lets see if this modern apartheid will be condemned as well in 2022.
As yang water is so apparent in 2022, I consider that the debate between countries will be about 2 main things: the yang water of the oceans and the place that give birth to yang fire such as energy (tiger is the birth place of fire, yang fire is energy and electricity).
So the conflicts during 2022 will be about who is owning what water area, or about the law of waters, how we should deal with water. And the other conflict of 2022 would be who is owning what source of energy (petroleum, gas), about the law of energy and how we should deal with energy.
As in 2022 the tiger is a travel horse energy and the yang water has to do with the sea water, I expect massive immigration through travelling over water. As yang water is open minded and philanthropic type of energy, there will be interest in humanitarian help about those people, but there will be also anger (wood = anger) from those obliged to accept such huge numbers of people.
Information and revelations in 2022
As yang water is about information (in 2022 information and intelligence shows up in the heavenly stems meaning that it can be seen by everyone), I would not be surprised if we get information about all of our problems during the last winter years of 2019-2021. its going to be big and fast.
Independence & new political balance in 2022
In 1962 we saw a lot of new countries geting independent such as Jamaica, Algeria and Burundi. Tiger is a year of hope and new beginnings, as tiger is like February and the beginning of the spring.
If you think about it, Jamaica and Burundi are both having black population, Algeria is also a part of Africa. Africa is the black continent, yang water is about black colour, so Africa will be in our focus in 2022. We might have again some new beginnings in Africa in 2022, either in their own continent or other continents where African people live to day (eg USA).
In 1962 Nelson Mandela was put in prison, on the other hand another black person James Meredith went to the university that before it was only for white people. So it looks that 2022 will also have news about people from the black continent, maybe them taking action about their problems (black sitting on a travel horse= action).
Another person that will be in our focus in 2022 will be kamala harris, an African Indian American, she was born on the day of the water tiger, 2022 is the year of the water tiger, so this is her year.
The 4 tigers
Another interesting aspect of a tiger year is to remember what are the 4 tigers of Asia. There are 4 Asian countries that call them tigers because they managed to have great financial success in the last century. These 4 tigers are Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. So its very possible that in 2022 these countries will draw our attention in some way. As Taiwan already has issues with China and the water area (yang water appearing as heavenly stem), I consider Taiwan will be a country with things to happen in 2022....
The leader of Taiway, a strong metal lady, in 2022 she will suffe from strong competition and challenge, as she has two monkeys in her chart and the year and her luck have another 2 tigers, stirring up her enemies to fight against her....
Economy
In 2022, the first half of the year we are still under the influence of the yang water which is related to fear. When people are afraid, they do not like to risk their money, they do not like to play in the stock market. So I dont expect the first half of the year any improvement of the economy.
There might be problems of supply of goods, water sitting on wood means that the water is weak, as yang water is the ocean and affects big travel like travel through the oceans. This could lead to inflation and prices of products going up, before things regulate towards the end of the year. I guess this situation is the after math of the Covid pandemic.
The second half the year, the influence of the tiger theoretically becomes stronger, however the metal months of August, September and October are not helping the wood to be strong. Only the end of 2022 we will see some hope for money as the wood will be doing well in the winter months and as we are approaching the year of water rabbit 2023.
I would like to make clear that hope for money does not mean that the economy is doing well. This will take time... The economy will be doing well after 2025 (signs of real recovery) especially 2026, the year of the fire horse, it will be a fantastic year full of optimism, happiness and activity for money. Until then, there is still some road to walk through...
Health and Covid 19 - the beginning of the end of the pandemic
Covid has been in our lives since the beginning of 2020. 2020 was the year full of fear of getting sick, as the rat has to do with fear and weak immune system.
2021 was the year about vaccines and their effects as yin metal is the image of a needle. Both past years had metal and respiratory problems, covid was known to be experience as a flu like illness, affecting lungs and the respiratory system. These organs belong to metal element, metal was present both in 2020 and 2021.
In 2022 we have no metal, but we have some water. People missing fire their 4 pillars chart and having water as negative element, they are in genearal more sensitive to catch covid or even die from it.
I consider in 2022 there will still be fear about Covid, as yang water is still there in 2022, so it is not over yet, but it will be much more better than the previous years, as this fear is weak because it sits on wood. This is why I believe that in 2022 we will experience the end of the pandemic, fur sure we will pass from a "pandemic" to an "endemic" situation, no more dangerous health crisis. I guess that the new covid variants will be less and less dangerous. Depending on the month, there could be some variants appearing.
In the year of the water tiger there can be problems related to fire element (fire inside the tiger) causing inflammations, flood problems (blood clots, thrombosis), problems with the heart and the brain such as myocarditis, problems with the nervous system, headache, etc. Tiger is affecting the gall and the vein, so these could have a problem too.
Wood is the motion and the muscles. Wood related problems are those: limps, motion, neck, spinal cord, skeleton, liver, head, hand nails. These are other areas to look at....
Water element is related to the urinary system and the genitals. Water is weak in 2022 as it is sitting on wood (wood is weakening the water).
Those having a fire penalty (tiger, snake, monkey) in their chart appearing in any way (in the original chart, the luck pillars, or the year 2022), if the fire element is negative to them, they are even more sensitive to fire related problems with their health. It is helping to take omega 3 oil to regulated this..
In 2022 earth is weak. That could cause problems with the stomach during the months that do not help fire.
Yang water is the bladder and the legs. The good news is that in 2022 we will do more sports, more fitness, as wood is related to motion and muscles, people will develop their cuscles and move their bodies more. People will also manage to lose weight in 2022, as it is fire and earth that make people fat. Time to move your body and do a better diet!
The other good news come from 1962 as it was a year that medicine advance with new medication. I hope that in 2022 there will be new good medicine in the market that will bring fast and effective recovery to those who get sick from Covid.
Environment & natural phenomenon - floods and rain, water disasters, winds and storms, underground fires/explosions and volcanos
As 2022 is the year of water and wood, I expect natural disasters that are mainly related to those elements.
Yang water on the top of the year 2022 shows that there will be water disasters; loods, extreme rainfalls, tsunami and other water problems. In 1962 many countries had serious trouble because of floods.
Environment is wood element, tiger is wood, inside the tiger there is hidden yang fire, the wood helps the fire to be active. I consider in 2022 there will be many fire burning forests but also volcanic explosions (hidden fire that comes out). Fires and explosions will be issues as the tiger year together with the snake and the monkey form the so called "3 fire penalty" in Chinese astrology.
In 1962 there were many coal mines explosions and accidents. Tiger is an earthly branch, fire is hidden inside, thus the fires could be underground and hidden in places like mines etc.
We will also experience strong winds, as wood is wind as weather type. Winds, storms such as typhoons and tornados are possible.
As yang wood element is related to trees, in 022 we will be more involved into climate change and environmental issues.
Long haul travel & exploring space
Tiger as a travel horse, it means that finally people will travel more in 2022. Why long haul? Because yang water is vast ocean, and because tiger is a travel horse, so people can travel over the ocean doing big trips.
if we look back in 1962, the flight of Wright brothers happened that year, this is also an achievement related to travel.
A long haul travel, when expanded even further, it can also become travel to the space. in 1962 people achieved a lot with satellites, observation towers and rockets to the space. So I believe that 2022 will be a year with lot of space travel and exploration!
The bad side of the story is that in 2022 we will see many airline accidents and incidents, just like in 1962 (I mentioned before what)..
Innovation in art, technology, communication and the church
Yang water is about intelligence, being able to see the big picture and having open mind. If you have an open mind and you have the energy of the fast tiger moving you and helping you do new things (wood is about growth too), then you can create new music, new art, new great films that will be remembered for a long time.
The water tiger is also a year with the so called "academic star". This helps people to excel in fields of academic, art, culture, science, music, entertainment, even cooking and anything intellectual. Wood is about creativity, fashion, growth. Fire is about glamour, visual arts, and in 2022 the fire is born inside the tiger. I expect great cinema films, songs and art.
This explains why in 1962 there were so many good things happening in entertainment business (Beatles, Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, Spartacus and Lawrence of Arabia). I would not be surprised if we hear forceful emotional new type of music like Ludvig von Beethoven, the famous composer, he was a strong yang water person writing passionate soul moving music!
Even the church moved forward in 1962, it got open minded due to the energy of yang water. That year it started dialog with other Christian churches. I expect that in 2022 there will be more dialog among other religions. In November 2021, the month of the pig which brought some signs of what is to happen in 2022, we saw Dalai Lama getting really close with the catholic church.
