Metal Rabbit (辛卯): personality and meaning in the Chinese zodiac
The Metal Rabbit, 辛卯, gives the Rabbit firmer edges and ambition. The tradition reads it as determined, discerning and exacting in taste.
Heavenly stem and earthly branch: 辛卯
Years: 1951, 2011
Character
辛卯 sets 辛, yin metal, the jewel and the fine blade, over the Rabbit's wood. Metal cuts wood, so the tradition reads this as a pair in which the stem restrains its branch: the gardener's shears on a flowering bush, shaping softness into form.
People born in a Metal Rabbit year are read as refined, intelligent and ambitious, with a strong will behind a graceful manner. They know what they value and pursue it quietly. The tradition's shadow for the Metal Rabbit is perfectionism — a sharp eye that turns on itself — and a reserve that can look aloof to those who do not know it.
In love and at work
In love the Metal Rabbit is read as loyal and discerning, slow to choose and devoted once it has. At work it excels in design, law, finance, editing and any craft that rewards precision and taste. The tradition suggests the Metal Rabbit be as gentle with its own work as with other people.
A question to take with you
What would be good enough, if you let it be?
Updated October 28, 2026