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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
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 | Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996) |
| 1913 | Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009) |
| 1913 | Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004) |