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white tiger
What it is
Force, injury, urgency.
What it means
Not misfortune — it means fast and hard. Something that needs force behind it actually moves under a white tiger.
Other terms in this group
- six spiritsSix temperaments laid over the six lines: azure dragon, vermilion bird, hooked chen, soaring snake, white tiger, dark warrior.
- azure dragonUpright, dignified, celebratory — and also drink and desire.
- vermilion birdTalk, documents, news, argument.
- hooked chenEntanglement, delay, land, old business.
- soaring snakeTangles, false alarms, the strange, the repeating.
- dark warriorObscurity, private dealings, loss, things left unclear.