Year of 2011 is symbolized by two elements – yin metal element (辛) sit on top of a yin wood element (卯). It commences on 4^th February 2011 @ 12:34 p.m. According to interrelationship of elements, metal controlled the wood, so we can expect that this year 2011 is almost the same as last year of 2010 (yang metal element sit on top of a yang wood element),  a year of conflict but because this is a conflict between the yin element, the conflict is a bit subtle. Conflict can easily fire up by not sharing the same idea or quarrel. Please restrain your speech unless it is necessary for this year.

The Chinese year calendar goes on 60-year cycle, which means we share the same experience as the year of 1951. Year of 1951 is also a year of yin metal element sit on top of yin wood element. If you still remember, year of 1951 is year of Korean War, military coup in Bolivia, Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa (capital of Tibet), riots in Egypt, and so forth. We can expect this year is also a year of conflict but the conflict is not as serious as last year.

Yin metal is a small knife that cut down the small tree - yin wood element. If the land is not having so much plant to protect its soil, we can expect a flood.  As we flash back to 1951, there is also an occurrence of Great Flood in Kansas, USA and Po River flood in northern Italy. It can also mean that there will be a lot of pollution because the small tree has already been cut down and not so much tree to absorb the bad air.

Another thing that we should take point is that when the trees are cut down, slowly they will become dry up and easily ignites fire. This year of 2011, we can expect too that there will be a lot of burning forest.

For those who are born in the year of Dog – Tiger – Horse and still single, you can expect to have more opportunity to develop friendship with the opposite sex this year but for those who have been married, please take care of your family because the rabbit is the flower of romance for Dog – Tiger and Horse.

Regarding the economy, fire element is regarded as the driving force behind the stock market. The five elements affect people mood, fire is joy, earth is stable, metal is sadness, water is fear, and wood is anger. Year of 2011 is a year of metal on wood; it means this year the stock market is not a good year for stock market investment. High tech industries sector as represented by the NASDAQ will prosper.

The wood element of Rabbit year favours metal and water industries, as metal conquers wood, so the wood element is a symbol of money in metal industry, which includes automobile industry, metallurgy, metal furniture, metal and gold ornament, aeroplane industry, jobs that require using mouth like lawyer, judge, and human resource. As for water industries, water gives birth to wood, so the wood element in the year indicates productivity and strong activity in water industries – this include trading, fast moving good consumer, transportation, tourism, shipping, cold storage, communication, drinks.

The unfavourable industries in 2009 are industries of fire and earth. Fire industries include finance, entertainment, power plant, electricity, electronic products, energy, oil and gas, advertising, computer.  Earth industries include mining, property, construction, insurance, real estate, hotels.

Year of 2011 is a year in between of the year period from 2004 to 2024 which is called “Age of 8”. Number 8 symbolize young children. Since stepping into 2004, there seems to be more disaster and misfortune affecting children. These number 8 representing children are always present in the centre of the flying star chart in these 20 years from 2004 to 2024. In year 2011, the year star 7 is in centre which is metal which weaken the earth star 8, so pay attention for those who have small children in house.

In the year of Rabbit, the bad energy called “Five Yellow” – symbolizing obstacles and misfortune arrives at the East. If your entrance of your house or bedroom located in the East, it is recommended to hang a metal wind chime to dissolve this bad energy. The worst months will be in March, June and December. Another bad star 2 symbolizing sickness will arrive in South in 2011. The traditional method to dissolve this 2 is to hang a string of six metal coins in the affected area.