Chinese zodiac
Year of the Rabbit
The next Year of the Rabbit is 2035 — the Wood Rabbit. People born in a Year of the Rabbit are traditionally said to be gentle, elegant and cautious.
Rabbit personality
Rabbits are gentle, elegant, cautious and kind. They value harmony and good manners, avoid open conflict, and read a room with quiet tact. Home-loving and often artistic, they win people over softly rather than by force. The flip side is that they can be overly conservative, indecisive, or thin-skinned when pushed hard.
The Rabbit and the five elements
Each Year of the Rabbit carries a different heavenly-stem element, so no two Rabbits are quite alike. The current cycle’s 2035 is the Wood Rabbit.
- Wood Rabbitgrowth-minded, generous and cooperative, taking the long view
- Fire Rabbitdynamic, passionate and bold, quick to lead
- Earth Rabbitgrounded, patient and dependable, building to last
- Metal Rabbitdisciplined, determined and principled, holding a firm line
- Water Rabbitintuitive, adaptable and persuasive, reading people well
Rabbit birth years and ages
Each zodiac year recurs every 12 years, with a different heavenly-stem element each time. Ages are the age reached during the year.
Rabbit compatibility
Traditional matches follow the trine (San He), the secret-friend pair (Liu He) and the clash (Liu Chong), all set by the Rabbit’s place in the twelve-year cycle.
- Trine — natural allies
- Goat and Pig. Signs four places apart share the Rabbit’s pace and outlook, and tend to understand each other quickly.
- Secret friend
- Dog. The single strongest one-to-one bond — supportive even when the two are not in the same trine.
- Clash — most tension
- Rooster. The opposite sign, six places away — not doomed, but the pairing that asks for the most communication and patience.
The Rabbit in Singapore
A Rabbit year brings soft, family-friendly Rabbit lanterns to the Chinatown light-up and River Hongbao, and the gentle, auspicious Rabbit is a popular year for weddings and babies among Chinese Singaporeans.