2023 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Rabbit

2023 is the Year of the Water Rabbit — a Yin Water year. The animal sign is the Rabbit, the fourth of the 12-animal cycle.

2023 carries the Water element (Yin Water). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Water Rabbit combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, are traditionally described as gentle, elegant, and alert. With the Water element added, intuition, adaptability, and empathy 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 2023, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Tiger (the 2022 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.