Chinese zodiac · 卯 Mao
Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac
The Rabbit (卯, Mao) is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac — the Earthly Branch of the year pillar. The Year of the Rabbit returns every twelve years: here are all its years from 1924 to 2031 with the exact start of each, its five elements, its traditional image and how the 2027 year meets it.
The branch 卯 at a glance
- Earthly Branch
- 卯 · Mao
- Phase
- Wood · 木
- Polarity
- Yin
- Two-hour period
- 05:00–07:00
- Solar month
- from Jing Zhe (Awakening of Insects)
- Hidden stems
- 乙 Yin Wood
The traditional image of the Rabbit
The tradition pictures the Rabbit as gentle, careful and refined; in Chinese legend the Jade Rabbit lives on the Moon. Its branch belongs to mid-spring, the season of leaves and blossom.
How the tradition pictures the animal — a symbol, not a description of every person born in its years.
2027 and the Rabbit
2027 is the year of 丁未 Ding Wei — Yin Fire over the Goat. This is how the traditional tables read the bond between its branch 未 and the Rabbit’s branch 卯.
- three harmonies
Three harmonies (San He): 卯 and 未 belong to the same frame of Wood, completed by the Pig. The tradition reads it as affinity and cooperation.
This is how a traditional symbolic system describes two branches, not a forecast. In BaZi a year is read against all four pillars of a chart, not against the animal alone.
Chinese zodiac 2027: the year of the Goat →
Chinese zodiac compatibility chart: the twelve animals pair by pair →
Years of the Rabbit
A BaZi year runs from Li Chun to Li Chun, a lunar-calendar year from Chinese New Year to the eve of the next one. Times are China Standard Time (UTC+8); born close to Li Chun, check your exact birth moment in the calculator.
| Year | Stem | BaZi year (Li Chun to Li Chun) | Lunar year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Yin Fire 丁卯 | 5 February 1927, 03:30 – 5 February 1928, 09:16 | 2 February 1927 – 22 January 1928 |
| 1939 | Yin Earth 己卯 | 5 February 1939, 01:10 – 5 February 1940, 07:07 | 19 February 1939 – 7 February 1940 |
| 1951 | Yin Metal 辛卯 | 4 February 1951, 23:13 – 5 February 1952, 04:52 | 6 February 1951 – 26 January 1952 |
| 1963 | Yin Water 癸卯 | 4 February 1963, 21:07 – 5 February 1964, 03:04 | 25 January 1963 – 12 February 1964 |
| 1975 | Yin Wood 乙卯 | 4 February 1975, 18:59 – 5 February 1976, 00:39 | 11 February 1975 – 30 January 1976 |
| 1987 | Yin Fire 丁卯 | 4 February 1987, 16:51 – 4 February 1988, 22:42 | 29 January 1987 – 16 February 1988 |
| 1999 | Yin Earth 己卯 | 4 February 1999, 14:57 – 4 February 2000, 20:40 | 16 February 1999 – 4 February 2000 |
| 2011 | Yin Metal 辛卯 | 4 February 2011, 12:32 – 4 February 2012, 18:22 | 3 February 2011 – 22 January 2012 |
| 2023 | Yin Water 癸卯 | 4 February 2023, 10:42 – 4 February 2024, 16:27 | 22 January 2023 – 9 February 2024 |
The five Rabbit years
Every Rabbit year pairs the branch 卯 with one of five Heavenly Stems of the same polarity, so each pairing of the Rabbit with an element returns every sixty years.
- FireYin Fire · 丁卯 Ding Mao1927, 1987
- EarthYin Earth · 己卯 Ji Mao1939, 1999
- MetalYin Metal · 辛卯 Xin Mao1951, 2011
- WaterYin Water · 癸卯 Gui Mao1963, 2023
- WoodYin Wood · 乙卯 Yi Mao1975
The animal is one sign of eight
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