2023 The Chinese New Year of the Water Rabbit
Many people agree that Chinese New Year in 2023 starts on 22 January.
It will usher in the Year of the Water Rabbit lasting until February 9th, 2024.
60 years have passed since the last Year of the Water Rabbit.
RABBITS typically like their creature comforts and are peaceful, quiet, and humble.
I have lived through 5 cycles of 12 years of the animals, in Chinese Astrology terms!
Born in 1963 this year is my sixtieth on Earth. Chinese Astrology doesn’t only have 12 Animal Signs every twelve years, but within a 12 year term, one of five “elements” are assigned to each Animal Sign.
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water are the elements, each adding a layer of “meaning” or significance to the qualities or attributes of the animal as a dominant force for that year.
A unique combination of Animal Sign and Element occurs only once every 60 years!
WATER RABBITS, such as myself can be emotional. The nature of water is that it flows to the lowest point. People in Animal Signs with the Water element associated have feelings that ebb and flow, and their feelings can easily spill over into e-motions.
Emotions are strong physical reactions catalysed by feelings. Whereas feelings are “states of being” or a combination of thoughts and subjective energy. Subjective means influenced by personal perspectives. It’s best to maintain a peaceful or calm and positive feeling to navigate through life. Being a neutral observer, acting upon the next right step right in front of you, with faith that all is okay, means your conserve your energy that otherwise may be invested in strong and unhelpful emotions.
The webpage below has a Table showing 60 years from the Year of the Wood Rat in 1924 to the Year of the Wood Rat in 1984. You can see from the Table that each Element is assigned twice and this is because there are 12 Animal Years with 5 different Elements. Therefore each lot of 12 years is associated with two of each of the 5 Elements (making up 10 assigned Elements) and then the Elements are assigned again.
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/astrology/60year-cycle.htm
To find your Chinese Year of Birth, head over to the page below.
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac
This shows that the “natural element” of the Rabbit is wood. As 2023 is associated with water, this combination results in fruitful endeavours, because water nourishes trees or plants.
The elements are also associated with the colours white (metal), black (water), green (wood), red, (fire) and brown (earth).
Thus you can refer to 2023 as the Chinese Year of the Black Water Rabbit.
Furthermore, your Chinese Animal Sign characteristics can be combined with your Western Astrology zodiac sign for more information about you.
For example, I am a Virgo Rabbit and this combination accentuates my ability for empathy and tolerance. Virgos are held to be humanitarian or supportive of others, organised, and disciplined, and they like information.
Mix in the Virgo traits with the sociable, friendly down-to-earth Chinese Rabbit – and you may get someone like me!
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2023 is the Year of the Water Rabbit and I was born in 1963, another Year of the Water Rabbit.
I embrace this year, in which the energies of the Water Rabbit will be available. This doesn’t mean that everyone will embody the Rabbit’s traits this year. The Chinese theme of the “Rabbit” for the year may mean that overall people are increasingly interested in “home comforts” and community this year and in helping each other. Water Rabbits tend to be gentle and amiable or friendly.
2022 was the Chinese Year of the Tiger in which a lot of people made breaks from traditional ways of being ruled. People “woke up” to how they are subjected to over-riding systems that influence them. More people sought freedom or independence last year, aided by the determination and courage of the Tiger.
Please regard the forecasts of people under various Signs and combinations with caution.
That is, don’t hold the information to be definitive, of course. They are more for entertainment value and are too broad to apply to everyone. Depending upon who is saying what, some “forecasts” are more based upon more likely possibilities.
Yearly forecasts under Chinese Astrology OR Western Astrology for a person need to be “taken with a grain of salt” or not believed as absolute truth. For this reason I don’t read YEARLY FORECASTS.
Tune into your intuition and use multiple systems or research information to refine and consolidate YOUR “typing” or categorizing of people, rather than trying to forecast your year based upon the Year of the Rabbit or any other Chinese Year.
Because it’s the Year of the Rabbit from 22 January 2023 it can be easier for many to choose to focus on the intelligence, compassion, understanding, friendliness and resource gathering traits of ourselves and others. Children born in the 2023 – 2024 Year of the Rabbit will tend to have these traits. So if we highlight or strengthen these in ways to improve Life for everyone, we will be creating a supportive and peaceful year for all.
Remember that Astrological systems are NOT about boxing people up or labeling them but are derived from observations of recurring characteristics and happenings over aeons of time.
When we say that 22 January 2023 to 9 February 2024 is the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, it literally means anyone born during this time period is a “Rabbit”.
The Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity in Chinese culture. And so the 2023 Year of the Rabbit invites you to tune into these qualities and sustain them by all peaceful means possible for yourself as an individual and a part of the collective.
2023 is a lucky year for Rabbits if they use their traits wisely to look after their own affairs, while supporting others as best they may. Rabbits should stay humble and not take big risks in 2023.
2023 is predicted to be a year of hope. Let’s all contribute to make this so.
For famous people born under the 12 Signs head to the link below.
https://www.taichiaustralia.com.au/culture/chinese-zodiac
For traditional dates of the Chinese New Year head to the link below.
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/chinese-zodiac-signs.html
For information about celebrating the Lunar New Year ( Chinese New Year ) and for a deeper look at Chinese Astrology (e.g. the Stem – Branch 60 year cycle ) click on the links below.
https://www.almanac.com/content/chinese-new-year-chinese-zodiac
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