Chinese zodiac · Year of the Rabbit
The Earth Rabbit: 1939, 1999, 2059
己卯 · Ji mǎo · Yin Earth stem on the Wood branch
A Earth Rabbit year pairs the Heavenly Stem 己 (Ji, yin Earth) with the Earthly Branch 卯 (mǎo, the Rabbit). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Earth Rabbit years are 1939, 1999, 2059. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Earth Rabbit different from a Wood Rabbit or a Fire Rabbit. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Earth Rabbit is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Earth Rabbit is practical and grounded, the diplomat who also reads the accounts.
1999 Earth Rabbits were the last born before the millennium, and the tradition's practical, grounded Rabbit is the diplomat who also reads the accounts.
In BaZi terms the Wood branch controls the Earth stem: Wood restrains Earth in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Rabbit's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
The rest of the Rabbit’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Rabbit page.
Earth Rabbit years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 19 February 1939 | 7 February 1940 | 5 February 1939 |
| 1999 | 16 February 1999 | 4 February 2000 | 4 February 1999 |
| 2059 | outside the table | … | 4 February 2059 |
The next Earth Rabbit year is 2059. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Earth Rabbits
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1939
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Earth Rabbit start?
- The 1939 Earth Rabbit year began at Lunar New Year on 19 February 1939 and ran to 7 February 1940. The 1999 Earth Rabbit year began at Lunar New Year on 16 February 1999 and ran to 4 February 2000. 2059 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1939: 5 February 1939; 1999: 4 February 1999; 2059: 4 February 2059), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Earth Rabbit personality?
- The Earth Rabbit is practical and grounded, the diplomat who also reads the accounts. In BaZi terms the Wood branch controls the Earth stem: Wood restrains Earth in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Rabbit's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
- When is the next Earth Rabbit year?
- 2059. The pair of stem 己 and branch 卯 recurs every sixty years.