1951 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Rabbit

1951 is the Year of the Metal Rabbit — a Yin Metal year. The animal sign is the Rabbit, the fourth of the 12-animal cycle.

1951 carries the Metal element (Yin Metal). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Metal Rabbit combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1951, the Year of the Rabbit, are traditionally described as gentle, elegant, and alert. With the Metal element added, determination, structure, and resilience are emphasised.

The Rabbit is traditionally most compatible with the Goat, Pig, Dog.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1951, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Tiger (the 1950 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.