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 Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945)
1912 M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (d. 2015)
1912 Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
1912 Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995)
1912 Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003)
1912 Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943)
1912 Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
1912 A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000)
1912 Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)
1912 Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978)
1912 Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010)
1912 Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012)
1912 Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
1913 W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006)
1912 John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986)
1912 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
1912 Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005)
1912 Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912 Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979)
1912 Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972)
1912 Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)
1912 Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001)
1912 María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
1912 Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015)
1912 Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
1912 Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1912 Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994)
1912 Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1912 Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
1912 Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010)