2011 Chinese zodiac
兔 Metal Rabbit · yin
Born between 3 February 2011 and 22 January 2012: you are a Metal Rabbit. Born in 2011 but before 3 February 2011: your sign is that of 2010, the Metal Tiger.
The year
- New Year : 3 February 2011
- Ends : 22 January 2012
- Animal : Rabbit
- Element : Metal (yin)
The Metal element
determination, rigour, uprightness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
辛卯 xīn mǎo
Year 28 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1951 and 2071.
The Rabbit in one line
Gentle and diplomatic, it prefers harmony to conflict.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.