I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for certain Tigers, that is, the ones who have been empowering people who don’t really care about them. It may be that you’ve gone wrong. To be perfectly clear, what I’m going to say in this post applies potentially to all Tigers. Potentially doesn’t mean actually.

Like all other Earthly Branches (or people) the Tiger has a set of talents that they can use for any cause they like. I’ve said before how much I admire the Tiger’s fierceness, audacity, and their ability to make dealing with danger look so casual. These qualities make the Tiger a natural leader, therefore, if you get a Tiger’s endorsement, it naturally gives you a significant advantage. The Tiger’s main element is yang Wood. If you want to know more characteristics of the Wood element, read this.

Although it might not be apparent to your eye, like the Wood element, the Tiger is always moving, growing and seeking territory. The Tiger embodies the characteristics of Wood, however, it’s important to note that the Tiger is made up of more than one element. The Earthly Branch we call Tiger is a mixture of elements: yang Earth, yang Fire and yang Wood. In a Ba Zi, these are called Hidden Heavenly Stems. They can tell us about underlying dynamics of real life situations or the true nature of a Tiger.

Tigers are often seeking justice but they don’t necessarily share the same ideas about what is just. Relationships are crucial to their sense of identity, which is kind of a conundrum for someone who is unsure of their role as either predator or prey. It’s hard for them to ditch that concept. Give respect or find out.

A Tiger’s preferred rewards come from their social connections, which are very important to them. Tigers might measure their status, and therefore success, this way. At times, Tigers can be overly motivated by maintaining or creating those connections – that’s what might do them in. A Tiger can present as flexible, that is, until they reach the breaking point. The Tiger has an acquisitive kind of energy that, in a Tiger year, is vibrant. That might lead an unscrupulous Tiger into trouble.

If you want to read more about the Tiger, try this. Perhaps it will make the following analysis more relevant!

Now we’re going to look at three Tigers who seem to have gone wrong: Ginni Thomas, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert.

Ginni Thomas
b. February 23 1957

With Tiger in the day, we might say both Ginni and her husband Clarence have that vibrant Tiger energy this year. She lives at work – he is her work and she is his. More than one Tiger is a lot of Tiger! Ginni is right where she thinks she wants to be this year and comfortable with the many uses of untruth. Ginni’s not likely to face repercussions is she? She turns rivals to resource.

Marjorie Taylor Greene
b. May 27, 1974

In Marjorie’s Ba Zi, we see the Wood Tiger in the year. With her Earth Dragon day pillar, there’s no doubt that the bigger the risk, the more satisfying MTG finds it. She will seek the high that comes with risk: affairs, plots, guns, hunting. Her 7 killings is the Wood Tiger in her year. That means there’s no hiding it. Marjorie’s advantage over Hillary, Ginni and Lauren is that she seeks risk and is better at covert operations.

Lauren Boebert
b. December 19, 1986

I think Lauren feels like she was cut off from her father by her parents’ relationship. She is separated or distanced from her common sense and the support of learning. Lauren has the idea that she can tame any man even if/especially if they are bad (i.e. let you down). Lauren doesn’t see how she becomes entangled and over attached to power. She seeks connection to that “father” energy through her partnership and work.

The reason I say these Tigers have gone wrong is I think that they have sought out power by adopting the tactics of men and they are going to be harmed by it. Their histories would support that this is a repeating pattern. At some point, each one prioritized getting the power, or getting close to power, over everything else. That one choice led to alliances in which they become ensnared due to their efforts to belong.

In short, they made stupid choices in order to be one of the guys. With all of the work they have done, you would think by now they would have been recognized as the leaders of their party. They’re not. That’s a familiar one-sided deal, if you’re a woman. Ginni, Marjorie and Lauren were never pardoned in advance as certain of their male colleagues were. What if that turns out to be a problem? What will happen when trouble comes and the ranks close? This kind of sums up the problem with empowering people who don’t care about you, doesn’t it?

You might say Hillary Clinton (Earth Tiger day pillar) did the same thing and it backfired on her too.

I see a common theme with these three charts: as much as we might love/hate/can’t reach our fathers, there is some helpful work to be done with that metaphor. In place of father you can pick whatever term fits with your ideas of authority and guidance, your desire to feel protected and loved, your hope that power will be on your side when needed. How many of us, like Hillary, Ginni, Marjorie and Lauren, have been willing to empower and enable people who don’t care for/about us (or themselves?), hoping that we can change how they feel, so that we can finally feel how we want to feel? This never seems to work.

The problem is, feeling protected and loved, or feeling like power is on your side, doesn’t always mean it is true. And even though actions will tell, we are all masters of the survival skill of denial as necessity strikes. We try “one more time”. We support no matter what. We volunteer as tools. I know I have. Thank goodness life is a process. We can influence it at any stage. Since I don’t like to think about this it would probably be helpful if I did it more often.

It’s hard to go against Fate though, isn’t it?