Chinese zodiac 2011
Year of the Metal Rabbit
3 February 2011 to 22 January 2012
Born in 2011? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2011 it falls on 3 February 2011.
- 3 February to 31 December 2011
- 🐇 Metal Rabbit
- and on to 22 Jan 2012
Check an exact birth date
The Metal Rabbit at a glance
Animal
🐇 Rabbit
Said to be gentle, elegant, careful.
Element
金 Yin Metal
Linked with determination and order. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Rabbit years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Metal Rabbit years nearest to this one are 1951 and 2071.
Who gets on with the Rabbit
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Rabbit sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.