Water Rabbit

癸卯

Gye-myo · Yin Water · Rabbit

Morning dew on new leaves: fresh, gentle, wise beyond its years.

In Korean saju (사주, the "four pillars" of your birth), your day pillar is the part that describes you most directly. Water Rabbit is the day pillar 癸卯 (Gye-myo), one of 60. It pairs Yin Water, rain and morning dew, with the Rabbit: mid-spring energy.

What a Water Rabbit is like

Pure-heartedPeople trust you instantly because you mean what you say.

Artistic soulYou doodle in margins and hum while you work.

Highly tuned inYou feel other people's moods like changes in the weather.

You probably…

look younger than your age and get carded constantly
keep a sketchbook you never show anyone
cry happy tears at weddings of people you barely know

In love and friendship

You love tenderly and need gentle, consistent reassurance in return.

The element: Water

Water energy is like a deep river: calm, flexible and quietly wise. As a yin water day, it shows up as rain and morning dew.

The animal: Rabbit

Gentle charmer. Soft, kind and full of taste. You make any place feel calm. In saju the Rabbit also carries Wood energy: mid-spring energy.

Water Rabbit years: 1963 and 2023

The Water Rabbit (癸卯) also names a year in the 60-year cycle. Recent Water Rabbit years: 1963 and 2023, and the next one is 2083. A saju year starts at Ipchun (around February 4), not on January 1 or Lunar New Year.

Born in a Water Rabbit year? That is your year pillar, the part of your chart about family and roots. The type on this page is a day pillar, and yours may be different. Look up any birth year.

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Free. Your day pillar comes from your birth date, time and place, not just your birth year.

Questions

What years are Water Rabbit years?1963 and 2023, and next in 2083. In saju each year starts at Ipchun, around February 4, so people born in January or early February belong to the year before.

Am I a Water Rabbit if I was born in a Water Rabbit year?Not necessarily. Your birth year gives your year pillar, which describes your roots. The type that describes you is your day pillar, which comes from your birth date. Someone born in a Water Rabbit year can have any of the 60 day pillars.

What is the Water Rabbit personality?Morning dew on new leaves: fresh, gentle, wise beyond its years. Pure-hearted, Artistic soul, Highly tuned in.