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)