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 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1913 | Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Essie Summers, New Zealand author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1913 | Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1913 | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |