Water Rabbit Year

Around the 4th or 5th of February, we enter the new Chinese year according to the BaZi calendar. After Water Tiger last year, 2023 will be “governed” by a Water Rabbit; to be exact, it will be a Yin Water Rabbit pillar. The Rabbit branch is pure Yin Wood, and Yin Water on the top means that this Yin Wood is well nourished.

In one sense, Water Tiger and Water Rabbit are similar: both are based on Water and Wood, but one is Yang and the other is Yin, so they tend to affect us slightly differently.

ROOSTERS BEWARE

Roosters will need to be exceptionally careful this year, whether the year, month, day, or hour pillar applies. If Yin Water Element is helpful for your Chart, then the severity of the clash might be reduced, but if Yin Water is causing further trouble, like, for example, meeting Yin Fire, then things can get messy.

The worst possible scenario is the Yin Fire Rooster pillar in your Chart meeting Yin Water Rabbit. This is what we call a Fan Yin, and it can bring significant disturbances.

If you have a clash, other branches can help and serve as a remedy. When it comes to Rooster vs. Rabbit, those cures can be Dragon or Dog because they form a combination and can lure one side of the clash away.

Rabbit creates harmony with the Pig and Goat, so if you have those branches in your Chart, the effect might be pretty positive, but it depends on the overall Chart setup.

Wood Element, in general, represents knowledge, information, and books (digital and paper). Last year, we saw a significant shift in the information landscape with Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Twitter is now a de facto pulse of society; it’s where the news arrives first and is slowly becoming a media hub, which is a Wood domain.

This year, we are also seeing a significant leap in how information is delivered and organized through Artificial Intelligence projects like ChatGPT, so that we can expect much more progress in this field in 2023, supported by Rabbit/Wood energy.