Born in 1912, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1912 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1912 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 18 February 1912 and 5 February 1913 are considered born in the Chinese year 1912 and are a Rat sign. In addition, each Rat year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1912 is also known as the Year of the Water Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1912 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1912

Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1912. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1912. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1912 Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
1912 Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1912 W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994)
1912 Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977)
1912 Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980)
1912 Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)
1912 Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
1912 William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009)
1912 Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981)
1912 Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980)
1913 Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (d. 2008)
1912 Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011)
1912 David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
1912 Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011)
1912 Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)
1912 Carlos "Botong" Francisco, Filipino painter (d. 1969)
1912 Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972)
1912 Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000)
1912 William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963)
1912 Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003)
1912 Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
1912 Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989)
1912 Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1912 Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009)
1912 Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
1912 Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1988)
1912 Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994)
1913 Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
1912 Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004)
1912 Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003)