What years are the Year of the Rabbit?

Recent and upcoming Years of the Rabbit are 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035. The next one is 2035. Because the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, a birthday in January or early February may fall under the previous sign.

What is the Rabbit's personality like?

The Rabbit is gentle, elegant, and quietly kind — a peace-keeper with impeccable taste who would always rather charm a problem away than fight it. At their best they are compassionate, artistic, diplomatic, patient; the flip side can be timid, conflict-averse, overcautious, aloof. The Rabbit is a Yin sign with a fixed element of Wood (木).

Which signs are most compatible with the Rabbit?

The Rabbit gets along best with the Goat, Pig, Dog. The one classic clash (六冲) is the Rooster, the sign sitting directly opposite in the cycle.

4th sign · 兔

Year of the Rabbit

兔 · tù

The Rabbit is gentle, elegant, and quietly kind — a peace-keeper with impeccable taste who would always rather charm a problem away than fight it.

Element: Wood (木 mù)Yin

Birth years

Were you born in a Year of the Rabbit?

If your birth year is below, you're a Rabbit — but a January or February birthday may put you under the Tiger, since the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year.

1963197519871999201120232035

Personality

What the Rabbit is like

gentleelegantkindtactful

Strengths

compassionate
artistic
diplomatic
patient

Watch out for

timid
conflict-averse
overcautious
aloof

Element & polarity

A Yin Wood sign

Every sign carries a fixed element from the 五行 (wǔ xíng, the five elements). The Rabbit's is Wood (木 mù), which shades its character toward the qualities that element suggests.

Its polarity is Yin (阴 yīn) — the signs alternate down the cycle, and each birth year's own element layers on top, so a Rabbit born in one element's year reads differently from a Rabbit born in another.

Compatibility

Who the Rabbit matches

Best matches come from the harmony triangle (三合) and the six-harmony friend (六合); the classic clash (六冲) is the sign directly opposite.

Best matches

Goat Pig Dog

Biggest clash

Rooster

The Rooster sits opposite the Rabbit in the cycle — the pairing tradition says strikes the most sparks.

Fortune

Lucky for the Rabbit

Lucky numbers

3, 4, 6

Lucky colours

red, pink, purple, blue

Suits careers in

diplomat, artist, teacher, counsellor

FAQ

Rabbit: common questions

What years are the Year of the Rabbit?: Recent and upcoming Years of the Rabbit are 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035. The next one is 2035. Because the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, a birthday in January or early February may fall under the previous sign.
What is the Rabbit's personality like?: The Rabbit is gentle, elegant, and quietly kind — a peace-keeper with impeccable taste who would always rather charm a problem away than fight it. At their best they are compassionate, artistic, diplomatic, patient; the flip side can be timid, conflict-averse, overcautious, aloof. The Rabbit is a Yin sign with a fixed element of Wood (木).
Which signs are most compatible with the Rabbit?: The Rabbit gets along best with the Goat, Pig, Dog. The one classic clash (六冲) is the Rooster, the sign sitting directly opposite in the cycle.