Yin Metal · 辛卯 · 60-year cycle
Metal Rabbit Chinese Zodiac: 1951, 2011 Years
Metal Rabbit years in this calendar are 1951, 2011. The latest Metal Rabbit year is 2011; the next is 2071, a 60-year return. 2026 is not a Metal Rabbit year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Metal Rabbit years
A birthday belongs to the Metal Rabbit year only within one of these intervals. The days before Chinese New Year belong to the previous animal. Dates below cover this calendar’s 1902–2049 year archives.
1951: Metal Rabbit
6 February 1951 – 26 January 1952
辛卯 · Xīn Mǎo
Lunar months and festivals of 1951 →2011: Metal Rabbit
3 February 2011 – 22 January 2012
辛卯 · Xīn Mǎo
Lunar months and festivals of 2011 →
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What Metal adds to the Rabbit
Metal controls the Rabbit's Wood, introducing definition and firmer boundaries into the traditional portrait of a tactful, accommodating character. This reading gives the Metal Rabbit a clear private standard beneath its courteous manner, attentive to the quality of an agreement and less willing to accept an insensitive approach.
The year’s visible stem is Xīn 辛, Yin Metal; the Rabbit branch 卯 retains its fixed Wood element.
The Rabbit’s traditional character →Metal Rabbit in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Rabbit and Horse occupy branches 卯 and 午.
This pair has no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash in the four groups shown here.
Read Rabbit with Horse →