2011 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Rabbit

2011 is the Year of the Metal Rabbit — a Yin Metal year. The animal sign is the Rabbit, the fourth of the 12-animal cycle.

2011 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 2011, 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 2011, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Tiger (the 2010 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.