Chinese New Year (2011) – Elements of the Year of the Rabbit!
The Rabbit Year 2011 is considered with respect to the characteristics of those born during the Rabbit Years. The influences of the 5 elements on these individuals are described and some general recommendations are made before the well-known links between longevity, rabbits, and this fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac are discussed.
Year of the Rabbit (2011)
Your year of birth, the fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac? If you turn 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 (and so on in 12-year increments). between February 3, 2011 and January 23, 2012 (when the year of the rabbit ends) or hearing of a baby that will be born during this period, this article may interest you and, similarly, those with partners, friends, family or colleagues in this category. Others may wish, in general, to find out what Chinese culture and tradition have to say about those born in The Year of the Rabbit.
Animal games
Once, the Animal Olympics were held to determine which animal should start the cycle through a race that ended by crossing a raging river before sprinting home. The clever rat gave the cat the wrong start time, sneaking on Ox’s back over the river and crossing the finish line first (Ox came second). The cat (Tiger) who was late to the race came third, he was furious and consequently has been chasing the rat ever since! Lucky Rabbit (see below) found some steps and came the next one.
Rabbit resume
Essentially, rabbits are laid back, laid back, and in various forms of culture. They are considered the luckiest of the 12 animal signs of the Chinese Ganzhi system. They rarely play (being conservative at heart and risk averse), but they do so skillfully when tempted. They are trustworthy and trustworthy and the last to breach contractual commitments, but they can sometimes be too easy to deal with. Fans of gossip, they are eloquent, virtuous and beloved. In terms of relationship, rabbits, who enjoy a safe and comfortable home life, are more ‘at home’ with those born under the signs of the sheep, dog and pig and less with those born under the signs of the rooster and the rat.
Animals in their element
The continuation of the 12-year Animal Cycles is a 10-year elemental cycle (5 elements that repeat sequentially in the first Big Yang mode and then in the Small Yin mode) with the element of the year (Yin Metal in the case of the year 2011 of the rabbit) modifying the energies of the year and the rabbit. individual natures as shown below. So far in this new 12-year cycle (starting in 2008) The animals and elements of the year have been: 2008 Yang Earth Rat; 2009 Yin Earth Ox; 2010 Yang Metal Tiger and 2011 Yin Metal Rabbit. These will be followed in 2012 and 2013 by a Yang water dragon and a Yin water snake, respectively.
Rabbit retrospective
Those born this year of the rabbit will be the Yin metal rabbits, but in previous 12-year cycles this necessarily varied and their ‘resume’ requires modifications as follows.
2011 and 1951 Metal rabbit: The metal gives them strength and resistance (white elemental color);
1999 and 1939 Earth rabbit: The Earth assures that they are well founded, sometimes materialistic (yellow elemental color);
1987 and 1927 Fire rabbit: On, these can be impatient, unpredictable and outgoing (elemental red color);
1975 and 1915 Wood rabbit– often versatile but introspective generous dreamers (elemental green color);
1963 and 1903 Water rabbit: Water makes these sensitive, emotional and eloquent (elemental colors blue / black).
Rabbit! Rabbit!
What does this mean for rabbits? Well, turning 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60, etc., in 2011, the Chinese believe that one should spend time silently meditating for the past 12 years and planning for the next 12, the exact opposite of the Western notion of wild celebrations of the date of birth. – instead, it indicates a very quiet year dedicated to focusing on self-assessment. You should avoid / procrastinate trenching, foundation construction or drainage laying, i.e. major undertakings like moving house (which would distract from this). I’m an Ox did this in the Year of the Ox 2009, and I found it to be a most useful experience.
The combination of the 12 animal cycles and the 5 elemental cycles gives 60 as a number to consider and rabbits reaching this key age in 2011 may be particularly well suited to undergo this rewarding exercise. Year Animal / Element birth combinations repeat after 60 years (hence the importance of self-checking right now) and if we add the Yin / Yang dimensions from these calculations, we get 120 as a figure to behold. The Chinese believe that living in harmony with nature and the universe allows such life spans and the 12 animals and the 5 elements plus their Yin / Yang attributions represent these forces.
The rabbits contemplating the next full moon should (like the Chinese) see themselves, (a Rabbit), there, standing under a tree, with the paw holding the elixir of life. Because of their reproductive rate, there will never be a worldwide shortage of rabbits! Hence, the rabbit is a Chinese symbol of longevity – its lunar location emphasizes this through links to the reproductive cycle. The 5 Elements, the 12 Animals, their Yin / Yang associations and longevity are good topics to ponder during the Year of the Rabbit 2011.