The end of the Year of the Tiger - bring in the Rabbit!

According to Chinese culture, 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit.  This comes directly after 2010's Year of the Tiger.  And apparently, the Year of the Rabbit is time to recover from the rough year we've had with the Tiger.

http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2010ChineseHoroscope.htm
"... which implies 2010 won't come quietly and peacefully. We can image that 2010 is a Tiger wearing armor. This Tiger doesn't like armor on the top its body and keeps jumping around. For safety, we should keep our distance from it. That's why many Chinese don't like White Tiger.
"Tiger has the potential to become vigorous, ferocious and cruel. So Tiger is a symbol of power and authority. This kind of personality is good for the leadership. With the inflexible and destructive personality, Tiger has very poor people relationship, especially, with family members. In traditional customary, Chinese family don't invite people born in year of Tiger to involve private wedding ceremony."

And, as far as I am concerned, 2010 has been very much the Year of the Tiger, so I welcome in the Year of the Rabbit which, according to the Chinese, is :  "A placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger. We should go off to some quiet spot to lick our wounds and get some rest after all the battles of the previous year."

Good taste and refinement will shine on everything and people will acknowledge that persuasion is better than force. A congenial time in which diplomacy, international relations and politics will be given a front seat again. We will act with discretion and make reasonable concessions without too much difficulty.

A time to watch out that we do not become too indulgent. The influence of the Rabbit tends to spoil those who like too much comfort and thus impair their effectiveness and sense of duty.

"Law and order will be lax; rules and regulations will not be rigidly enforced. No one seems very inclined to bother with these unpleasant realities. They are busy enjoying themselves, entertaining others or simply taking it easy. The scene is quiet and calm, even deteriorating to the point of somnolence. We will all have a tendency to put off disagreeable tasks as long as possible"

"Money can be made without too much labor. Our life style will be languid and leisurely as we allow ourselves the luxuries we have always craved for. A temperate year with unhurried pace. For once, it may seem possible for us to be carefree and happy without too many annoyances." http://www.theholidayspot.com/chinese_new_year/more_zodiacs/rabbit.htm
Not at all sure life will be that easy, but with any luck, the pressures from 2010 will be released a little.