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The Rabbit
Softness that gets its way quietly
This page is about a birth-day animal, not a birth-year animal. Everyone has a day animal, from the day they were born, and it is often not the year animal they know.
You and I are underestimated on purpose, and neither of us has ever corrected anybody about it.
The Rabbit in Korean Saju
You get what you want without raising your voice, and people do not see it coming until it has already happened. You notice a lot, you are tactful, and you are good at leaving a situation before it turns bad. The cost is that avoiding a conflict is not the same as settling it.
Basic facts about this animal
- Its hours of the day
- 5am – 7am
- Its month
- March 5 – April 4
- mid-spring
- Element
- Yin Wood
- Yang is the outward, active form; Yin is the inward, quiet form
- Place in the order
- 4th of twelve
If this is your day animal
The Rabbit is the animal of tact and good judgement: gentle on the outside, and much tougher than it looks.
What this animal is like in a chart
A Rabbit day is someone with tact and a good sense of timing. The Rabbit sits at the exact middle of spring, the month of the equinox, when day and night are equal. That balance shows up as a feel for what other people will accept. It suits negotiation, design, and any room where force would be noticed.
The cost is avoiding confrontation. The Rabbit is the purest animal in the cycle: almost entirely Wood, with nothing to dilute it. What it avoids does not go away; it waits. A Rabbit day can spend years stepping around a conversation that would have taken an afternoon.
How it gets on with the other animals
Pulls together — The Dog
Easy to fall into, hard to leave. The Rabbit and the Dog are one of the six pairs that pull together, the closest link two animals can have.
Clashes head-on — The Rooster
A pairing that does not let either person stay the same. The Rooster sits directly opposite the Rabbit on the circle of twelve: a head-on clash. That makes it a restless match, not a bad one.
Team of three — The Pig & The Goat
These three get the most done together. With the Pig and the Goat, the Rabbit makes a team of three that pulls toward Wood.
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