The Rabbit is the Fourth Animal in the Chinese Zodiac.

Traits: The Rabbit symbolizes peace, harmony, and good luck. People born in the year of the Rabbit are gentle, kind, and compassionate. They are also intelligent, creative, and elegant. They have a strong sense of justice and morality, and they value friendship and loyalty. Rabbits are usually popular and well-liked by others, but they can also be shy, sensitive, and cautious. They prefer a quiet and comfortable life, and they avoid conflict and confrontation. Rabbits are good at finding solutions and compromising, but they can also be indecisive and hesitant. They need to learn to be more confident and assertive, and to express their emotions more openly.

Where romance is concerned, the Rabbit’s sentimentality can lead it to idealize relationships. The sweet, sensitive Rabbit often ends up giving more of itself to a partner than is realistic or healthy. The good news is, when this Sign goes off-balance, the Rabbit’s core group of friends and its stable home life help bring it back to centre.

The Rabbit is a rather delicate Sign that needs a solid base in order to thrive. Lacking close, supportive friends and family, the Rabbit might just break down in tears at the first sign of conflict. Emotional upsets in this Sign’s life can even lead to physical illnesses. Rabbits dislike arguments and other conflict and will try anything to avoid a fight; this results in something of a pushover nature. Rabbits can also lapse into pessimism and may seem stuck in life — often to mask their insecure natures. Rabbits tend to move through life’s lessons at their own, rather contemplative pace; it’s a waste of time to become exasperated with this Sign’s seeming disinterest in facing its problems and conquering them.

With the right partner — meaning someone whose high principles won’t allow it to take advantage of this sensitive, giving Sign — the Rabbit can make an incredibly loving and protective partner or family member. Rabbits love to entertain at home and always make sure their house is comfortable and tastefully-furnished. What Rabbits need most is a stronger sense of self-worth and the security that comes with it. Their discerning natures, coupled with some hard-won assertiveness, will help these happy creatures go far.

Compatibly: The most compatible match for a Rabbit is the Goat or the Pig.