{"id":675,"date":"2026-06-01T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:26:59","slug":"1957-chinese-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/de\/1957-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"1957 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rooster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n<link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Archivo:wght@400;500;600;700;800;900&#038;family=Noto+Sans+SC:wght@400;500;700&#038;family=Spline+Sans+Mono:wght@400;500&#038;display=swap\" as=\"style\" onload=\"this.onload=null;this.rel='stylesheet'\"><noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Archivo:wght@400;500;600;700;800;900&#038;family=Noto+Sans+SC:wght@400;500;700&#038;family=Spline+Sans+Mono:wght@400;500&#038;display=swap\"><\/noscript>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/@phosphor-icons\/web@2.1.1\" defer><\/script>\n<style>\n\/* The Zodiac Lore \u2014 Year\/Animal\/Compat page style \u2014 BRAND-UNIFIED to new homepage (Style B). 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The careful answer depends on the exact birthday, because the first 30 days of 1957 still belong to the previous lunar year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1957 Chinese zodiac answer<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Zodiac animal<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u9e21<\/span>Rooster \u00b7 <em>j\u012b<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Element<\/td>\n            <td>Fire \u00b7 <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u706b<\/span> \u00b7 <em>hu\u01d2<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full year type<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span> \u00b7 <em>D\u012bngy\u01d2u<\/em> \u00b7 Yin Fire Rooster<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>January 31, 1957 \u2013 February 17, 1958<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1\u201330, 1957 belongs to Fire Monkey<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Dog begins on February 18, 1958<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Compatibility pattern<\/td>\n            <td>Three Harmonies: Ox \u00b7 Snake \u00b7 Rooster; Six Harmony: Dragon; Six Conflict: Rabbit<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\"><i class=\"ph-bold ph-warning-circle\"><\/i><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>1957 has a late-January zodiac switch<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on January 25, 1957 is still Fire Monkey. A person born on February 1, 1957 is Fire Rooster.<\/p>\n        <p>That difference is not cosmetic. It changes the animal, the branch, and the way the year fits into the 60-year cycle.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1957 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1957, the birthday rule is very direct: check whether the birthday came before or after January 31. Any January birthday before that date belongs to the previous Fire Monkey year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Birthday range<\/th>\n            <th>Correct zodiac result<\/th>\n            <th>Reading note<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 1\u201330, 1957<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey<\/td>\n            <td>The Fire Rooster year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 31, 1957 \u2013 February 17, 1958<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Fire Rooster zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 18, 1958 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Dog<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins in mid-February 1958.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>This is why \u201cborn in 1957\u201d is not always enough. For Chinese zodiac purposes, January 1\u201330 and January 31 onward belong to different zodiac years.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"fire-rooster-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Fire Rooster means in the 1957 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Fire Rooster combines the Rooster animal sign with the Fire element. Rooster brings precision, visibility, timing, order, observation, and a strong sense of presentation. Fire adds warmth, expression, intensity, and a brighter outward tone.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Animal layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Rooster \u00b7 \u9e21<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with precision, alertness, standards, timing, presentation, and direct observation.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Element layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Fire \u00b7 \u706b<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with visibility, warmth, expression, brightness, confidence, and outward movement.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Fire Rooster<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests visible standards: a Rooster image that is more expressive, sharper, and easier to notice.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>A plain Rooster reading can sound overly neat or critical. Fire changes the tone. In Fire Rooster symbolism, the desire for order and precision becomes more visible, more expressive, and sometimes more urgent.<\/p>\n    <p>This does not mean every person born in the Fire Rooster year is loud or critical. The zodiac label is a cultural image, not a fixed psychological profile.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"dingyou-cycle\">\n    <h2>1957 in the 60-year cycle: <em>D\u012bngy\u01d2u<\/em> \u4e01\u9149<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1957 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span>, pronounced <em>D\u012bngy\u01d2u<\/em>. This label is more exact than \u201cRooster year,\u201d because it shows both the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Layer<\/th>\n            <th>Chinese<\/th>\n            <th>Pinyin<\/th>\n            <th>How it shapes the year<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Heavenly Stem<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>D\u012bng<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Fire: refined light, clarity, warmth, detail, and focused expression.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u9149<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Y\u01d2u<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Rooster sign in the zodiac cycle.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>D\u012bngy\u01d2u<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Fire Rooster, commonly written in English as Fire Rooster.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\"><i class=\"ph-bold ph-yin-yang\"><\/i><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>Yin Fire is not the same as a wildfire<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01<\/span> is Yin Fire. Instead of a huge blaze, it is often easier to imagine a lamp, candle, or focused flame: visible, precise, and illuminating.<\/p>\n        <p>That fits the Rooster image well. The 1957 label suggests not just Fire energy, but refined visibility and sharper clarity.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1957\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1957 Fire Rooster year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Fire Rooster date range are often described through themes of clarity, standards, visibility, observation, confidence, and a desire to present things correctly.<\/p>\n    <p>The Fire layer makes the Rooster image more expressive. Instead of quiet precision alone, Fire Rooster symbolism can suggest standards that want to be seen, spoken, displayed, or defended.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Visible precision<\/strong>\n        <p>Fire Rooster can suggest clarity, confidence, presentation, directness, and a strong awareness of detail.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not turn symbolism into judgment<\/strong>\n        <p>A zodiac sign should not be used to label a real person as vain, critical, rigid, or difficult.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For a birth year such as 1957, real life context matters more than a symbolic label. Family, education, work, language, historical environment, health, migration, and personal choices all shape the person far beyond the zodiac year.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"compatibility\">\n    <h2>1957 Fire Rooster compatibility notes<\/h2>\n    <p>In traditional compatibility, Rooster belongs to the Ox-Snake-Rooster Three Harmonies group. This group is usually read through planning, precision, patience, and structured progress. Rooster\u2019s Six Harmony partner is Dragon, while its Six Conflicts pair is Rabbit.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Pattern<\/th>\n            <th>Signs<\/th>\n            <th>How to read it for Fire Rooster<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Three Harmonies<\/td>\n            <td>Ox \u00b7 Snake \u00b7 Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster brings visible standards and sharp timing to a group focused on discipline and refinement.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Harmony<\/td>\n            <td>Rooster \u00b7 Dragon<\/td>\n            <td>Dragon gives Rooster a larger stage; Rooster gives Dragon presentation, order, and a sharper finish.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Conflicts<\/td>\n            <td>Rooster \u00b7 Rabbit<\/td>\n            <td>Rooster may speak too directly for Rabbit, while Rabbit may feel too indirect for Rooster. The tension is tone, not destiny.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Compatibility should be read as symbolic relationship language. It can help describe possible differences in communication style, but it should not be treated as a rule for choosing or rejecting relationships.<\/p>\n    <p>For the full system, read <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-compatibility\/\">Chinese Zodiac Compatibility<\/a>, <a href=\"\/three-harmonies-chinese-zodiac\/\">Three Harmonies<\/a>, <a href=\"\/six-harmonies-chinese-zodiac\/\">Six Harmonies<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/six-conflicts-chinese-zodiac\/\">Six Conflicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"nearby-years\">\n    <h2>Nearby years that are easy to confuse with 1957<\/h2>\n    <p>1957 should be checked with 1956 and 1958 because both edges matter: January 1957 still belongs to Fire Monkey, and early 1958 still belongs to Fire Rooster.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Year page<\/th>\n            <th>Zodiac type<\/th>\n            <th>Date range<\/th>\n            <th>Why it matters<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1956-chinese-zodiac\/\">1956 Chinese zodiac<\/a><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey<\/td>\n            <td>February 12, 1956 \u2013 January 30, 1957<\/td>\n            <td>January 1\u201330, 1957 belongs here, not to Fire Rooster.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1957 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>January 31, 1957 \u2013 February 17, 1958<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Fire Rooster range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1958-chinese-zodiac\/\">1958 Chinese zodiac<\/a><\/td>\n            <td>Earth Dog<\/td>\n            <td>February 18, 1958 \u2013 February 7, 1959<\/td>\n            <td>February 18, 1958 starts Earth Dog; February 1\u201317 is still Fire Rooster.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"same-cycle\">\n    <h2>1957 and other Fire Rooster years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Fire Rooster label repeats every 60 years. That means 1897, 1957, and 2017 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span>. What repeats is the calendar label, not the person\u2019s life story.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Fire Rooster year<\/th>\n            <th>Traditional label<\/th>\n            <th>What repeats<\/th>\n            <th>What changes<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1897<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1957<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The lived experience of people born in 1957 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2017<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Modern childhood, education, family culture, and social environment are completely different.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>A good comparison between 1957 and 2017 is therefore cultural and calendrical: the same animal-element label returns, while human context changes entirely.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"common-mistakes\">\n    <h2>Common mistakes about the 1957 Chinese zodiac<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 1<\/span>\n        <strong>Calling all 1957 births Rooster<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1\u201330, 1957 is still Fire Monkey. Fire Rooster begins on January 31.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u4e01\u9149<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span>, not only \u201cRooster.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 3<\/span>\n        <strong>Reading Fire as only intensity<\/strong>\n        <p>In 1957, Fire is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01<\/span> Yin Fire: focused, visible, illuminating, and refined.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing early 1958<\/strong>\n        <p>February 1\u201317, 1958 is still Fire Rooster. Earth Dog begins on February 18.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Treating Rooster as only critical<\/strong>\n        <p>Rooster symbolism also includes timing, presentation, alertness, and care for standards.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 6<\/span>\n        <strong>Using zodiac as biography<\/strong>\n        <p>Fire Rooster is a calendar and cultural label, not a complete life story.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n          <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"go-deeper\">\n      <h2>Want it for your own chart?<\/h2>\n      <p>Everything above is the public year picture. If you or the person you are reading this for were actually born in this year, two things go a step past what a public page can give you:<\/p>\n      <div class=\"tzl-links\">\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/product\/personalized-reading\/\"><strong>Personalized Reading<\/strong>Your full birth-chart write-up &#8211; element balance, the signs and years it traditionally clashes or harmonizes with, and a printable report.<span>See the reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/product\/couple-chinese-zodiac-compatibility-report\/\"><strong>Couple Compatibility Report<\/strong>How two birth charts read together &#8211; both sides side by side, not a generic match-score list.<span>See the report &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"faq\">\n    <h2>1957 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1957?<\/summary>\n        <p>1957 is the Year of the Rooster. More specifically, it is the Year of the Fire Rooster for birthdays from January 31, 1957 to February 17, 1958.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1957 Rooster or Monkey?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1\u201330, 1957 is still Fire Monkey. January 31, 1957 begins the Fire Rooster year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1957?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1957 Chinese zodiac element is Fire. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span> <em>D\u012bngy\u01d2u<\/em>, meaning Yin Fire Rooster.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does Fire Rooster mean?<\/summary>\n        <p>Fire Rooster combines Rooster symbolism of precision, timing, standards, and presentation with Fire symbolism of visibility, expression, warmth, and clarity.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1957 Fire Rooster?<\/summary>\n        <p>Rooster belongs to the Ox-Snake-Rooster Three Harmonies group. Dragon is Rooster\u2019s Six Harmony partner, while Rabbit is Rooster\u2019s Six Conflicts pair.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 1957 the same zodiac type as 2017?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1957 and 2017 are Fire Rooster years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u9149<\/span>. But the same 60-year cycle label does not mean the same personality, fate, or life story.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\">\n    <h2>Next steps<\/h2>\n    <p>Use these pages to confirm the boundary, understand Rooster symbolism, and compare nearby zodiac years.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-next\">\n      <a href=\"\/zodiac-years-chart\/\">\n        <span>Chart<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Years Chart<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/year-of-the-rooster\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Rooster<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1956-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Boundary<\/span>\n        <b>1956 Fire Monkey<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1958-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Next year<\/span>\n        <b>1958 Earth Dog<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-elements\/\">\n        <span>Elements<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Elements<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-compatibility\/\">\n        <span>Compatibility<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Compatibility<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style id=\"tzl-enh\">\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-table th{background:#262626;color:#f2f2f2}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-next a:hover{background:var(--accent,#e1391b);color:#fff}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-next a:hover span{color:rgba(255,255,255,.7)}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-links a:hover{background:var(--accent,#e1391b);color:#fff}\n.tzl-toc{border:2px solid var(--ink,#0a0a0a);padding:16px 22px;margin:0 0 30px;background:var(--bg,#fff)}\n.tzl-toc-h{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--ink,#0a0a0a);margin-bottom:10px}\n.tzl-toc-list{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;columns:2;column-gap:30px}\n.tzl-toc-list li{margin:0 0 7px;break-inside:avoid}\n.tzl-toc-list a{color:var(--ink,#0a0a0a);text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;border-bottom:1px solid transparent}\n.tzl-toc-list a:hover{color:var(--accent,#e1391b);border-bottom-color:var(--accent,#e1391b)}\n@media(max-width:600px){.tzl-toc-list{columns:1}}\nhtml.tzl-dark section.tzl-card{background:var(--bg)!important}\r\n<\/style>\n<script>\n(function(){function go(){var page=document.querySelector('.tzl-page');if(!page||page.querySelector('.tzl-toc'))return;var hs=[].filter.call(page.querySelectorAll('h2'),function(h){return !h.closest('.tzl-hero')&&!h.closest('.tzl-faq');});if(hs.length<3)return;var ul='';hs.forEach(function(h,i){if(!h.id){var s=(h.textContent||'').trim().toLowerCase().replace(\/[^a-z0-9]+\/g,'-').replace(\/^-+|-+$\/g,'').slice(0,50)||('sec'+i);var id=s,k=2;while(document.getElementById(id)){id=s+'-'+(k++);}h.id=id;}ul+='<li><a href=\"#'+h.id+'\">'+(h.textContent||'').trim()+'<\/a><\/li>';});var nav=document.createElement('nav');nav.className='tzl-toc';nav.setAttribute('aria-label','Contents');nav.innerHTML='<div class=\"tzl-toc-h\">On this page<\/div><ul class=\"tzl-toc-list\">'+ul+'<\/ul>';var hero=page.querySelector('.tzl-hero');if(hero&&hero.parentNode)hero.parentNode.insertBefore(nav,hero.nextSibling);else page.insertBefore(nav,page.firstChild);}if(document.readyState!=='loading')go();else document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',go);})();\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1957 \u00b7 Fire Rooster Year \u00b7 \u4e01\u9149 1957 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rooster 1957 is the Year of the Fire Rooster in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from January 31, 1957 to February 17, 1958. 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