Rabbit and Rooster in love
Difficult without effort: the Rooster must soften, the Rabbit must be honest.
Clash
Rabbit and Rooster Compatibility
Rabbit and Rooster compatibility: they sit 6 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Clash”. We score it 45%.
- Relation
- Clash Liu Chong, 六冲
- Steps apart
- 6 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Rabbit year
- 2035 new year in late Jan or Feb
- Next Rooster year
- 2029 starts Feb 13, 2029
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Clash
45%
Are the Rabbit and Rooster compatible?
Rabbit and Rooster sit opposite each other, the traditional clash. The Rooster is outspoken, critical and proud; the Rabbit is gentle, discreet and conflict-averse. The Rooster's directness can feel harsh to the Rabbit, and the Rabbit's evasiveness frustrates the Rooster.
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Working together
The Rooster wants efficiency, the Rabbit wants harmony — they often disagree on method.
Where it goes wrong
Criticism met with silence, and resentment growing on both sides.
Over time
How a Rabbit–Rooster relationship usually unfolds
- At first. Opposite branches of the cycle: the Rooster is frank and the Rabbit diplomatic, and the difference shows at once.
- Once settled. Criticism meets silence; tradition calls this the clash pairing.
- What keeps it working. The Rooster softening its delivery and the Rabbit answering honestly rather than retreating.
Fixed elements
Wood Rabbit, metal Rooster
generating · controlling
The Rooster’s metal cuts the Rabbit’s wood — a blade that can prune a tree or fell it. On the controlling cycle the Rooster sets the limits for the Rabbit.
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 Rabbit and the Rooster sit on the wheel
- Rabbit–Rooster, 6 steps apart: Liu Chong, the clash.
- San He triangles. Rooster with the Ox and the Snake (dashed); Rabbit with the Goat and the Pig.
- Clash axis. The Rabbit and the Rooster sit at its two ends — this pair is the clash.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Rooster pairs with the Dragon; the Rabbit pairs with the Dog.
- Six harms. Rabbit and Dragon; Rooster and Dog — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Rabbit and the Rooster sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
Lunar years run 353 to 385 days, so the Rooster ends up with 27 more days than the Rabbit over the 108-year table: 3,305 against 3,278. As a pairing, six positions apart, they make up 1.393% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Rabbit and a Rooster can only be these numbers of years apart:
6
years apart
18
years apart
30
years apart
42
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Rabbit | Rooster | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Water Rabbit 2023 | Fire Rooster 2017 | 6 years apart |
| Metal Rabbit 2011 | Wood Rooster 2005 | 6 years apart |
| Metal Rabbit 2011 | Fire Rooster 2017 | 6 years apart |
| Earth Rabbit 1999 | Water Rooster 1993 | 6 years apart |
| Earth Rabbit 1999 | Wood Rooster 2005 | 6 years apart |
| Fire Rabbit 1987 | Metal Rooster 1981 | 6 years apart |
| Fire Rabbit 1987 | Water Rooster 1993 | 6 years apart |
| Wood Rabbit 1975 | Earth Rooster 1969 | 6 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Rabbit or a Rooster.
Rabbit
1963 · 1975 · 1987 · 1999 · 2011 · 2023Rooster
1957 · 1969 · 1981 · 1993 · 2005 · 2017Cite this page
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