Year of the Rabbit
Traditionally associated with vigilance, grace, and careful movement.
- Earthly Branch
- 卯 · mǎo
- Sequence position
- 4 of 12
- Traditional association
- English sources may use Rabbit or Hare. Regional zodiac traditions can name a different animal, which is one reason this guide stays specific to the Chinese cycle.
Cycle years
- 1927
- 1939
- 1951
- 1963
- 1975
- 1987
- 1999
- 2011
- 2023
- 2035
These labels name the lunisolar year that begins during the listed Gregorian year. January and early-February births may belong to the preceding animal.
What this does—and does not—tell you
The annual animal is one calendar layer. A fuller Chinese astrology reading may also consider the Heavenly Stem and element, month, day, and hour. A year animal alone cannot determine a personality or predict an outcome.
All twelve animal years
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