{"id":681,"date":"2026-06-01T17:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=681"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:26:51","slug":"1952-chinese-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/de\/1952-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"1952 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Dragon"},"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 checks the exact birthday, because January 1\u201326, 1952 still belongs to the previous Metal Rabbit year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1952 Chinese zodiac answer<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Zodiac animal<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u9f99<\/span>Dragon \u00b7 <em>l\u00f3ng<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Element<\/td>\n            <td>Water \u00b7 <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u6c34<\/span> \u00b7 <em>shu\u01d0<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full year type<\/td>\n            <td>Water Dragon<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span> \u00b7 <em>R\u00e9nch\u00e9n<\/em> \u00b7 Yang Water Dragon<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>January 27, 1952 \u2013 February 13, 1953<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1\u201326, 1952 belongs to Metal Rabbit<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Water Snake begins on February 14, 1953<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Compatibility pattern<\/td>\n            <td>Three Harmonies: Rat \u00b7 Dragon \u00b7 Monkey; Six Harmony: Rooster; Six Conflict: Dog<\/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>1952 has a late-January zodiac switch<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on January 20, 1952 is still Metal Rabbit. A person born on January 30, 1952 is Water Dragon.<\/p>\n        <p>That small date difference changes the animal, element, and full stem-branch label. This is why a Gregorian birth year alone is not enough.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1952 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1952, the key question is whether the birthday came before or after January 27. Dates before January 27 still belong to the Metal Rabbit year, even though the Gregorian year says 1952.<\/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\u201326, 1952<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Rabbit<\/td>\n            <td>The Water Dragon year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 27, 1952 \u2013 February 13, 1953<\/td>\n            <td>Water Dragon<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Water Dragon zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 14, 1953 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Water Snake<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins in mid-February 1953.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>This year is a useful example of why Chinese zodiac pages should not simply say \u201c1952 = Dragon.\u201d For people born before January 27, that answer is wrong.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"water-dragon-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Water Dragon means in the 1952 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Water Dragon combines the Dragon animal sign with the Water element. Dragon brings presence, imagination, confidence, ambition, and a sense of larger possibility. Water adds adaptability, reflection, communication, depth, and the ability to move around obstacles.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Animal layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Dragon \u00b7 \u9f99<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with vitality, confidence, imagination, visibility, ambition, and a larger-than-life symbolic presence.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Element layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Water \u00b7 \u6c34<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with flow, reflection, communication, adaptability, emotional range, and strategic movement.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Water Dragon<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests ambition with flexibility: a Dragon image that can adapt, listen, and move through changing conditions.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Dragon symbolism can easily be written too loudly in English, as if every Dragon year were only about power and grandeur. Water changes that tone. In a Water Dragon year, the big Dragon image is softened by flow, communication, and emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n    <p>That does not mean every person born in the Water Dragon year is charismatic or visionary. The zodiac label is cultural language, not a fixed psychological profile.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"renchen-cycle\">\n    <h2>1952 in the 60-year cycle: <em>R\u00e9nch\u00e9n<\/em> \u58ec\u8fb0<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1952 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span>, pronounced <em>R\u00e9nch\u00e9n<\/em>. This is more exact than \u201cDragon year,\u201d because it combines 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\">\u58ec<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>R\u00e9n<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yang Water: expansive, flowing, adaptive, outward-moving, and broad in reach.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Ch\u00e9n<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Dragon sign in the zodiac cycle.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>R\u00e9nch\u00e9n<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yang Water Dragon, commonly written in English as Water Dragon.<\/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>Yang Water gives this Dragon a wider flow<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec<\/span> is Yang Water. A useful image is a river or open current: broad, moving, adaptive, and difficult to hold in one fixed shape.<\/p>\n        <p>When that Water layer meets Dragon, the reading becomes less rigid and more fluid: vision with movement, confidence with adaptability.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1952\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1952 Water Dragon year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Water Dragon date range are often described through themes of confidence, imagination, adaptability, communication, emotional range, and the ability to keep moving through changing situations.<\/p>\n    <p>The Water layer makes the Dragon image less fixed. Instead of only boldness or dominance, Water Dragon symbolism suggests a broader kind of presence: flexible ambition, social intelligence, and the ability to adjust without losing direction.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Flexible vision<\/strong>\n        <p>Water Dragon can suggest imagination, adaptability, communication, emotional depth, and a strong sense of possibility.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not over-mythologize Dragon<\/strong>\n        <p>Dragon is culturally powerful, but a real person is shaped by far more than a zodiac animal.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For a birth year such as 1952, real life context matters. Family, education, language, work, health, migration, historical environment, and personal choices all matter more than a symbolic calendar label.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"compatibility\">\n    <h2>1952 Water Dragon compatibility notes<\/h2>\n    <p>In traditional compatibility, Dragon belongs to the Rat-Dragon-Monkey Three Harmonies group. This group is usually read through strategy, invention, timing, movement, and adaptive intelligence. Dragon\u2019s Six Harmony partner is Rooster, while its Six Conflicts pair is Dog.<\/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 Water Dragon<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Three Harmonies<\/td>\n            <td>Rat \u00b7 Dragon \u00b7 Monkey<\/td>\n            <td>Water Dragon brings broad vision and adaptable movement to a group focused on strategy and momentum.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Harmony<\/td>\n            <td>Dragon \u00b7 Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>Rooster gives Dragon precision and polish; Dragon gives Rooster scale, confidence, and larger direction.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Conflicts<\/td>\n            <td>Dragon \u00b7 Dog<\/td>\n            <td>Dragon may move toward big possibility, while Dog may ask for proof, trust, and caution. The tension is scale, not destiny.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Compatibility is symbolic relationship language. It can help describe different rhythms, but it should not be used as a rule for love, marriage, friendship, or family decisions.<\/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 1952<\/h2>\n    <p>1952 should be checked with 1951 and 1953 because both edges matter: late January 1952 begins Dragon, while early February 1953 still belongs to Water Dragon.<\/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>1951 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Rabbit<\/td>\n            <td>February 6, 1951 \u2013 January 26, 1952<\/td>\n            <td>January 1\u201326, 1952 belongs here, not to Water Dragon.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1952 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Water Dragon<\/td>\n            <td>January 27, 1952 \u2013 February 13, 1953<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Water Dragon range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1953 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Water Snake<\/td>\n            <td>February 14, 1953 \u2013 February 2, 1954<\/td>\n            <td>February 14, 1953 starts Water Snake; February 1\u201313 is still Water Dragon.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"same-cycle\">\n    <h2>1952 and other Water Dragon years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Water Dragon label repeats every 60 years. That means 1892, 1952, and 2012 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/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>Water Dragon 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>1892<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Water Dragon cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1952<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Water Dragon cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The lived experience of people born in 1952 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2012<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Water Dragon 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 useful comparison between 1952 and 2012 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 1952 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 1952 births Dragon<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1\u201326, 1952 is still Metal Rabbit. Water Dragon begins on January 27.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u58ec\u8fb0<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span>, not only \u201cDragon.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 3<\/span>\n        <strong>Reading Dragon as only power<\/strong>\n        <p>Dragon symbolism also includes imagination, presence, vitality, and a sense of larger possibility.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing early 1953<\/strong>\n        <p>February 1\u201313, 1953 is still Water Dragon. Water Snake begins on February 14.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Forgetting the Water layer<\/strong>\n        <p>Water softens the Dragon reading with adaptability, communication, reflection, and flow.<\/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>Water Dragon 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>1952 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1952?<\/summary>\n        <p>1952 is the Year of the Dragon. More specifically, it is the Year of the Water Dragon for birthdays from January 27, 1952 to February 13, 1953.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1952 Dragon or Rabbit?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1\u201326, 1952 is still Metal Rabbit. January 27, 1952 begins the Water Dragon year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1952?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1952 Chinese zodiac element is Water. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/span> <em>R\u00e9nch\u00e9n<\/em>, meaning Yang Water Dragon.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does Water Dragon mean?<\/summary>\n        <p>Water Dragon combines Dragon symbolism of presence, imagination, confidence, and possibility with Water symbolism of adaptability, communication, reflection, and flow.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1952 Water Dragon?<\/summary>\n        <p>Dragon belongs to the Rat-Dragon-Monkey Three Harmonies group. Rooster is Dragon\u2019s Six Harmony partner, while Dog is Dragon\u2019s Six Conflicts pair.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 1952 the same zodiac type as 2012?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1952 and 2012 are Water Dragon years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u58ec\u8fb0<\/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 Dragon 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-dragon\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Dragon<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/2012-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Same cycle<\/span>\n        <b>2012 Water Dragon<\/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=\"\/zodiac-element-combinations\/\">\n        <span>60-year cycle<\/span>\n        <b>Zodiac Element Combinations<\/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>1952 \u00b7 Water Dragon Year \u00b7 \u58ec\u8fb0 1952 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Dragon 1952 is the Year of the Water Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from January 27, 1952 to February 13, 1953. 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