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Year of the Rabbit

Chinese Zodiacs

Rabbit is the fourth zodiac in the 12 Chinese zodiacs. It’s associated with the earthly branch Mao (卯), which corresponds to the hours 5-7 in the early morning. In terms of Yin and Yang, the zodiac Rabbit is Yin.

Years of the Rabbit

Years of the Rabbit	Period	Associated Element	Yin/Yang	Heavenly Stems
1927	Feb.2, 1927 - Jan.22, 1928	Fire	Yin	Ding Mao
1939	Feb.19, 1939 - Feb.8, 1940	Earth	Yin	Ji Mao
1951	Feb.6, 1951 - Jan.26, 1952	Metal (Gold)	Yin	Xin Mao
1963	Jan.25, 1963 - Feb.12, 1964	Water	Yin	Gui Mao
1975	Feb.11, 1975 - Jan.30, 1976	Wood	Yin	Yi Mao
1987	Jan.29, 1987 - Feb.16, 1988	Fire	Yin	Ding Mao
1999	Feb.16, 1999 - Feb.4, 2000	Earth	Yin	Ji Mao
2011	Feb.3, 2011 - Jan.22, 2012	Metal (Gold)	Yin	Xin Mao
2023	Jan.22, 2023 - Feb.9, 2024	Water	Yin	Gui Mao

Rabbit People’s Personality

Strengths

1. Considerate, tender, and thoughtful.
2. People person, eloquent, and sharp.
3. Capricious, conservative, and composed.
4. Like simple love life.
5. Communicative and discreet.
6. Take family first.
7. Kind-hearted, compassionate, and accommodating.

Weaknesses

1. Philanthropic thinking may cause a romantic dispute.
2. Lack of decisiveness.
3. Kind and soft on the surface, but stubborn in the heart.
4. Creative but not good at delving deeper into things.
5. Too prudent to confide in others, tend to evade reality, and too conservative to lose opportunities.

Characteristics of Rabbit Men

In daily life: Rabbit men value their family very much; they like to clean up the courtyard, decorate their house, and share all kinds of chores with his wife. They are kind to their friends and colleagues, but they don't like to confide in others. Facing the thorny problems, rabbit men tend to escape and avoid making formal promises or getting involved too much.
In relationships: rabbit men love simple love life. They are philanthropic to everyone and indecisive, which often causes misunderstandings. Besides, they are gentle and kind to their loved ones, but perfunctory to other people, sometimes even a little ruthless.
In career: Rabbit men are good at dealing with political matters and working in government departments. However, their changeable emotions can cause problems in their career. They are also lucky in business and financial fields. Their sophisticated and keen character and negotiation skills can gain them profit.

Characteristics of Rabbit Women

In life: rabbit women yearn for simple relationships with others. They are smart, sharp, self-protective, and pay a lot of attention to their images in front of the public and maintain politeness facing their opponents. Even if they have no big ambition, rabbit women can still make their simple life beautiful. Comparing to women in other zodiacs, rabbit women are more insecure and emotional.
In relationships: rabbit women are composed, tender, kind, and pure as a lotus. It’s not easy for them to fall in love with someone. Once they do, they will put all their heart.
In career: Rabbit women can begin well and end well, which makes them good scholars.

Rabbits and Western Astrology Signs

	Rabbit
Aries	Robust, capable, and value useful traditions.
Taurus	Security-seeking, imaginative, and creative.
Gemini	Exciting, appealing, and curious.
Cancer	Treat family first, generous, and loyal.
Leo	Graceful, smart, and charming.
Virgo	Extremely discreet, quiet, and like solitude.
Libra	Taste and elegance pursuing, nostalgic, suspicious, and squeamish.
Scorpio	Seemingly calm, cultured, and respected, but money and power-seeking.
Sagittarius	Emotional and pessimistic.
Capricorn	Intelligent, lively, and ambitious.
Aquarius	Have strong curiosity, objective, and knowledge-pursuing.
Pisces	Discreet and silent.

Rabbits and Five Elements

Types of Tiger	Years	Characteristics
Wood Rabbit	1975, 2035	Wood rabbits are clever, sharp, and always seem lively and cheerful. The fact is they are sophisticated and calculating. Meanwhile, they are emotional and clinging to relationships. Failing to get the person they love can be very painful for them for a long time. Besides, wood rabbits tend to be selfish and think less for other people.
Metal Rabbit	1951, 2011	Metal rabbits are kind, conservative, and have good relationships with others. They don't like vicious competition with others but tend to be friends with competitive people.
Water Rabbit	1963, 2023	Water rabbits are gentle and tender, but also persistent and adaptive to a different environment. However, they don't have strong principles and are prone to other people's opinions. Also, they tend to get attached to people they trust and become too despondent if they lose such attachment. Lastly, water rabbits like to enjoy and spend a lot of money on unnecessary entertainment.
Fire Rabbit	1927, 1987	Fire rabbits are generous, smart, earnest, and have unique views. Not only are they good at using talents, but cultivating talents. Thus, fire rabbits are good teachers.
Earth Rabbit	1939, 1999	Earth rabbits are straightforward, frank, and ambitious. They have high expectations about work, which drives them to work hard and mind trivial things carefully. But they will lose interest if they need to deal with trivial things for a long time.

Rabbits with Different Blood Type

Rabbits with Blood Type A

Rabbits with Blood Type A are tender, mild, and modest to everyone. They are good at hiding their feelings and opinions and stay discreet. They know they have to pursue happiness and work for a good future. Thus, they are eager to get what they want. Also, these rabbits can work along with almost anyone without getting too attached. They only confide in people they trust and know for a long time.

Rabbits with Blood Type B

Rabbits with Blood Type B are sophisticated, smart, humorous, and charming. They are very accommodating to others, which attracts them many admirers. Plus, they can understand people and delve deeper into other people’s thoughts. However, these rabbits can be too sophisticated to leave an impression of dishonesty.

Rabbits with Blood Type AB

Rabbits with Blood Type B are graceful, attentive, and independent. They like to travel alone and experience the beauty of nature. They neither like complicated relationships nor get attached to people unless they know them for a long time. Their independence can affect their relationship with other friends and colleagues.

Rabbits with Blood Type O

Rabbits with Blood Type O are generous, friendly, elegant, compassionate, and eloquent. They are good at making friends and like to help people in need. However, their compassion for friends and colleagues often makes them forget about caring for their families.

Rabbits’ Love Compatibility

Each zodiac has its characteristics. Love compatibility of Chinese zodiacs takes these characteristics, five elements, and the horoscope into account to predict the best and worst matches. Refer to the following table for rabbits’ best matches.

Rat

Tiger

Rabbit

Dragon

Snake

Horse

Goat

Monkey

Rooster

Dog

Pig

Rabbit

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Good Matches: Rat, Goat, Monkey, Dog, and Pig.

Bad Matches: Snake and Rooster.

Lucky and Unlucky Things for Rabbit People

Lucky Things for Rabbits
Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 9
Lucky Colors: red, blue, pink, and purple
Lucky Flowers: snapdragon, plantain lily, nerve plant
Lucky Directions: east, southeast, south

Things to be avoided
Unlucky numbers: 1, 7, 8
Unlucky Colors: dark brown, dark yellow, white
Unlucky Direction: northwest

Suitable Jobs and Careers for Rabbits

Best Career for Rabbits

People born in years of rabbit can engage themselves in breeding, corp farming, education, religion, medicine, culture, army, judiciary, and politics.

Best Business for Rabbits

Rabbit people have a wide range of friends, which makes them good at doing business involving human relationships.

Who is the Best Business Partner for Rabbits?

Rabbit and Rat	Not good partners. Rabbits will lose their business acumen if cooperating with rats.
Rabbit and Ox	Not good partners. Rabbits and Oxes don’t trust each other.
Rabbit and Tiger	Good partners. Rabbits and tigers respect and admire each other. Rabbits can help tigers to achieve a lot, but rabbits need to tolerate tigers’ temper.
Rabbit and Rabbit	Good partners. Rabbits can understand each other and work pleasantly together.
Rabbit and Dragon	Good partners. Rabbits can help dragons in making decisions.
Rabbit and Snake	Good partners. If they can cut some chatting and practice, they can achieve success.
Rabbit and Horse	Average partners. Horses are doers; they can work together with rabbits if the latter quit joking with the former.
Rabbit and Goat	Great partners. Rabbits can make goats work harder and provide key insight into their course.
Rabbit and Monkey	Bad partners. They can only disrupt each other’ s plans.
Rabbit and Rooster	Good partners if rabbits can make the cooperation as their first and most important principle.
Rabbit and Dog	Best partners. Wise and objective rabbits and loyal dogs can make great combinations.
Rabbit and Pig	Successful partners. Pigs are lucky in wealth, and rabbits’ capability will help pigs to make more fortune.

How to Build a Relationship with Rabbits?

Admire Rabbits

People born in years of the rabbit are suspicious and hard to trust anyone. They like to be admired and complimented. Therefore, to get along with rabbit people, you need to pay your compliments.

Be Honest

Rabbits are mild, restrained, sensitive, and insightful. They can see through people's minds. Therefore, to maintain a good relationship with rabbits, you need to be honest.

Support Rabbits Wholeheartedly

Rabbits may seem calm; they have a fiery heart. They always keep their distance from people with whom they are unfamiliar. To get into their heart, you need to understand, respect their personalities, and support them no matter the situation. Your long-term support will be very rewarding.