Dragon and Rabbit in love
Gentle attraction to opposites, but daily life requires the Dragon to tone down and the Rabbit to speak up.
Six harms
Dragon and Rabbit Compatibility
Dragon and Rabbit compatibility: they sit 1 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Six harms”. We score it 55%.
- Relation
- Six harms Liu Hai, 六害
- Steps apart
- 1 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Dragon year
- 2036 new year in late Jan or Feb
- Next Rabbit year
- 2035 new year in late Jan or Feb
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Six harms
55%
Are the Dragon and Rabbit compatible?
Rabbit and Dragon form a traditional harm pairing. The Rabbit seeks peace, refinement and caution; the Dragon seeks action, visibility and bold moves. The Rabbit can feel overwhelmed and the Dragon can feel held back.
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Working together
The Rabbit's diplomacy can smooth the Dragon's path — if the Dragon accepts advice.
Where it goes wrong
Passive resistance from the Rabbit meeting overbearing confidence from the Dragon.
Over time
How a Dragon–Rabbit relationship usually unfolds
- At first. A pull of contrasts: the Dragon is bold and the Rabbit refined, and each is curious about the other's world.
- Once settled. The Dragon fills the room and the Rabbit retreats to keep the peace; tradition lists the pair among the six harms.
- What keeps it working. The Dragon turning the volume down, and the Rabbit stating objections plainly instead of resisting quietly.
Fixed elements
Earth Dragon, wood Rabbit
generating · controlling
The Rabbit’s wood breaks up the Dragon’s earth — roots that can bind the soil or split it. On the controlling cycle the Rabbit sets the limits for the Dragon.
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 Dragon and the Rabbit sit on the wheel
- Dragon–Rabbit, 1 step apart: Liu Hai, the six harms.
- San He triangles. Rabbit with the Goat and the Pig (dashed); Dragon with the Rat and the Monkey.
- Clash axes. Rabbit–Rooster; Dragon–Dog.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Rabbit pairs with the Dog; the Dragon pairs with the Rooster.
- Six harms. Dragon and Rabbit; Rabbit and Dragon — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Dragon 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 Dragon ends up with 30 more days than the Rabbit over the 108-year table: 3,308 against 3,278. As a pairing, one position apart, they make up 1.393% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Dragon and a Rabbit can only be these numbers of years apart:
1
year apart
11
years apart
13
years apart
23
years apart
25
years apart
35
years apart
37
years apart
47
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Dragon | Rabbit | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Dragon 2024 | Water Rabbit 2023 | 1 year apart |
| Water Dragon 2012 | Metal Rabbit 2011 | 1 year apart |
| Water Dragon 2012 | Water Rabbit 2023 | 11 years apart |
| Metal Dragon 2000 | Earth Rabbit 1999 | 1 year apart |
| Metal Dragon 2000 | Metal Rabbit 2011 | 11 years apart |
| Earth Dragon 1988 | Fire Rabbit 1987 | 1 year apart |
| Earth Dragon 1988 | Earth Rabbit 1999 | 11 years apart |
| Fire Dragon 1976 | Wood Rabbit 1975 | 1 year apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Dragon or a Rabbit.
Dragon
1964 · 1976 · 1988 · 2000 · 2012 · 2024Rabbit
1963 · 1975 · 1987 · 1999 · 2011 · 2023Cite this page
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