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Rabbit Chinese Zodiac Sign: Traits, Love, Compatibility
The Rabbit is one of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, earthly branch 卯 (mǎo), the one of the double hour 05:00-07:00. Gentleness and tact - that is the heart of the character of anyone born in its year.
Rabbit
The Rabbit, called the Cat in some traditions, is gentleness, grace and tact. You value quiet, beauty and good relations, and rudeness is hard for you to be around. Careful and diplomatic, you walk around sharp corners.
In love
In love you are tender, caring and loyal, drawn to comfort and harmony. You need a calm, warm bond with no storms in it.
In work
You are strong where subtlety, taste and getting along with people matter: art, negotiation, care work. A harsh environment throws you off.
Strengths and weak spots
The 卯 branch: hour, direction and element
In the Chinese cycle this is the fourth of the twelve earthly branches, 卯 (mǎo). Tied to it are the double hour 05:00-07:00, the direction east and the fixed element Wood - standing correspondences that do not move with the element of the year. Its season is spring, and in the solar calendar of the four pillars the year starts at the beginning of spring rather than on the first of January.
The links are read off the branch. The trine of affinity gathers on a single element, here Wood: Goat and Pig. The pair of the six harmonies gives the Dog instead, which is a separate tradition. Straight across, six steps around the circle, stands the Rooster: the clash of branches, the most charged link of all.
What to keep in mind
The branch 卯 (mǎo) is a yearly measure: it is the same for everyone born between two Chinese New Years. The element of the year adds the shading - growth, generosity, idealism for Wood - while the hour and the city only show on a chart of the sky. For the year 2023 the switch falls on January 22: born before that date, you still count as the Tiger. Your branch hands out no fate at all.
FAQ
Three questions about the branch 卯 (mǎo): its years, its affinities and its hour.
Which years are Rabbit years, counting 2023?
1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035. The wheel brings the branch 卯 back every twelve years, while the element of the year turns on ten - so the pairing of animal and element only returns after sixty. If you were born in January or early February, check against the date of Chinese New Year: in 2023 it falls on January 22, and before that date the year still counts as the Tiger.
Who does the Rabbit get on with, Goat and Pig or Rooster?
The best understanding comes from the trine of affinity, Goat and Pig: all three resting on the element Wood. Apart from the trine, the pair of the six harmonies gives the Dog. The biggest snag comes from the opposite branch, six steps further: the Rooster. That said, the branch 卯 stays a yearly measure, and real understanding reads off two whole charts of the sky.
What hour and what direction belong to the branch 卯?
The double hour 05:00-07:00 and the direction east, with the fixed element Wood. Those correspondences belong to the branch itself: they do not move when the element of the year changes, the one that brings growth, generosity, idealism.
Rabbit is only the year you were born. The Moon, the ascendant and the planets are waiting in the full chart.
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