Yin Water · 癸卯 · 60-year cycle
Water Rabbit Chinese Zodiac: 1903, 1963, 2023 Years
Water Rabbit years in this calendar are 1903, 1963, 2023. The latest Water Rabbit year is 2023; the next is 2083, a 60-year return. 2026 is not a Water Rabbit year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Water Rabbit years
A birthday belongs to the Water 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.
1903: Water Rabbit
29 January 1903 – 15 February 1904
癸卯 · Guǐ Mǎo
Lunar months and festivals of 1903 →1963: Water Rabbit
25 January 1963 – 12 February 1964
癸卯 · Guǐ Mǎo
Lunar months and festivals of 1963 →2023: Water Rabbit
22 January 2023 – 9 February 2024
癸卯 · Guǐ Mǎo
Lunar months and festivals of 2023 →
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What Water adds to the Rabbit
Water feeds the Rabbit's Wood, supporting the sign's traditional sensitivity and capacity to notice what helps a relationship grow. The Water Rabbit reading puts listening and subtle expression at the centre, with a readiness to adjust to other people and a tendency to absorb a room's unresolved tension.
The year’s visible stem is Guǐ 癸, Yin Water; the Rabbit branch 卯 retains its fixed Wood element.
The Rabbit’s traditional character →Water 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 →