The third sign of the Eastern zodiac is the character 
that is pronounced “Yin.” The symbolic animal of this third earthly stem is the tiger and is represented by the character 
. It is a yang symbol of the third trine, and its fixed element is wood. Its assigned realm on the heavenly ecliptic consists of the portion that lies between the 60th and the 90th degrees, and it is the lord of the first lunar month, which lasts from February 4 to March 5. The hours of the tiger are from three to five in the morning.
The third sign of the Western zodiac is the symbol 
that is commonly known as Gemini. This sign is symbolic of twins. Like its Eastern counterpart, this symbol is a positive yang symbol of the active diurnal masculine. Its elemental designation is air and its quality is mutable. It possesses the same coordinates of the ecliptic as does the Eastern sign of the tiger, however, its yearly domain of influence is from May 22 to June 23 in the tropical system and from June 16 to July 15 in the sidereal system.
