Ox and Rabbit in love
Peaceful, loyal and considerate — a comfortable long-term match.
Neutral
Ox and Rabbit Compatibility
Ox and Rabbit compatibility: they sit 2 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Neutral”. We score it 68%.
- Relation
- Neutral no classical relation
- Steps apart
- 2 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Ox year
- 2033 starts Jan 31, 2033
- Next Rabbit year
- 2035 new year in late Jan or Feb
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Neutral
68%
Are the Ox and Rabbit compatible?
Ox and Rabbit are both calm, cautious and home-loving. The Ox offers strength and security; the Rabbit offers tact, taste and gentleness. They enjoy quiet routines and rarely create drama for each other.
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Working together
The Ox provides persistence, the Rabbit diplomacy and refinement.
Where it goes wrong
Both avoiding change, and the Rabbit hiding feelings from the reserved Ox.
Over time
How an Ox–Rabbit relationship usually unfolds
- At first. Quiet and considerate; trust grows slowly but steadily.
- Once settled. A peaceful, loyal home with established routines and few dramas.
- What keeps it working. The Rabbit voicing feelings, and the Ox asking for them, since both keep things in.
Fixed elements
Earth Ox, wood Rabbit
generating · controlling
The Rabbit’s wood breaks up the Ox’s earth — roots that can bind the soil or split it. On the controlling cycle the Rabbit sets the limits for the Ox.
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 Ox and the Rabbit sit on the wheel
- Ox–Rabbit, 2 steps apart: no classical relation.
- San He triangles. Rabbit with the Goat and the Pig (dashed); Ox with the Snake and the Rooster.
- Clash axes. Rabbit–Rooster; Ox–Goat.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Rabbit pairs with the Dog; the Ox pairs with the Rat.
- Six harms. Ox and Horse; Rabbit and Dragon — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Ox and the Rabbit sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
The 108-year table gives the Ox and the Rabbit almost the same number of days, 3,279 and 3,278; two positions apart, they make up 1.381% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
An Ox and a Rabbit can only be these numbers of years apart:
2
years apart
10
years apart
14
years apart
22
years apart
26
years apart
34
years apart
38
years apart
46
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Ox | Rabbit | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Metal Ox 2021 | Metal Rabbit 2011 | 10 years apart |
| Metal Ox 2021 | Water Rabbit 2023 | 2 years apart |
| Earth Ox 2009 | Earth Rabbit 1999 | 10 years apart |
| Earth Ox 2009 | Metal Rabbit 2011 | 2 years apart |
| Fire Ox 1997 | Fire Rabbit 1987 | 10 years apart |
| Fire Ox 1997 | Earth Rabbit 1999 | 2 years apart |
| Wood Ox 1985 | Wood Rabbit 1975 | 10 years apart |
| Wood Ox 1985 | Fire Rabbit 1987 | 2 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself an Ox or a Rabbit.
Ox
1961 · 1973 · 1985 · 1997 · 2009 · 2021Rabbit
1963 · 1975 · 1987 · 1999 · 2011 · 2023Cite this page
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