Dog and Rabbit in love
Tender and trustworthy. The Rabbit smooths the Dog's worries and the Dog makes the Rabbit feel defended.
Six harmonies — secret friends
Dog and Rabbit Compatibility
Dog and Rabbit compatibility: they sit 5 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Six harmonies — secret friends”. We score it 88%.
- Relation
- Six harmonies Liu He, 六合
- Steps apart
- 5 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Dog year
- 2030 starts Feb 3, 2030
- Next Rabbit year
- 2035 new year in late Jan or Feb
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Six harmonies — secret friends
88%
Are the Dog and Rabbit compatible?
Rabbit and Dog form one of the six harmonies, a traditionally supportive pairing. The Rabbit brings tact, calm and a gentle sense of home; the Dog brings loyalty and protection. Each feels safe with the other, and both prefer peaceful, principled lives to drama.
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Working together
Diplomacy and integrity together — good for mediation, customer care and roles that depend on trust.
Where it goes wrong
Both avoid conflict in different ways. Unspoken problems can linger politely for years.
Over time
How a Dog–Rabbit relationship usually unfolds
- At first. One of the six harmonies: the Rabbit's tact and the Dog's sincerity fit together almost from the first conversation.
- Once settled. A tender, orderly household where the Dog guards and the Rabbit smooths; outsiders find it calm.
- What keeps it working. Scheduling the awkward conversations, because both would rather keep the peace than raise a problem.
Fixed elements
Earth Dog, wood Rabbit
generating · controlling
The Rabbit’s wood breaks up the Dog’s earth — roots that can bind the soil or split it. On the controlling cycle the Rabbit sets the limits for the Dog.
The fixed element belongs to the animal and never changes; the element of a birth year (wood, fire, earth, metal or water) rotates every two years — see the years below.
On the twelve-year wheel
Where the Dog and the Rabbit sit on the wheel
- Dog–Rabbit, 5 steps apart: Liu He, the six harmonies.
- San He triangles. Rabbit with the Goat and the Pig (dashed); Dog with the Tiger and the Horse.
- Clash axes. Rabbit–Rooster; Dog–Dragon.
- Secret friends. The Dog and the Rabbit are each other’s Liu He partner.
- Six harms. Dog and Rooster; Rabbit and Dragon — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Dog and the Rabbit sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
Lunar years run 353 to 385 days, so the Rabbit ends up with 27 more days than the Dog over the 108-year table: 3,278 against 3,251. As a pairing, five positions apart, they make up 1.369% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Dog and a Rabbit can only be these numbers of years apart:
5
years apart
7
years apart
17
years apart
19
years apart
29
years apart
31
years apart
41
years apart
43
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Dog | Rabbit | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Dog 2018 | Metal Rabbit 2011 | 7 years apart |
| Earth Dog 2018 | Water Rabbit 2023 | 5 years apart |
| Fire Dog 2006 | Earth Rabbit 1999 | 7 years apart |
| Fire Dog 2006 | Metal Rabbit 2011 | 5 years apart |
| Wood Dog 1994 | Fire Rabbit 1987 | 7 years apart |
| Wood Dog 1994 | Earth Rabbit 1999 | 5 years apart |
| Water Dog 1982 | Wood Rabbit 1975 | 7 years apart |
| Water Dog 1982 | Fire Rabbit 1987 | 5 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Dog or a Rabbit.
Dog
1958 · 1970 · 1982 · 1994 · 2006 · 2018Rabbit
1963 · 1975 · 1987 · 1999 · 2011 · 2023Cite this page
AstroHot. “Dog and Rabbit Compatibility in the Chinese Zodiac.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/compatibility/dog/rabbit/
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