Born in 1918, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1918 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1918 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 11 February 1918 and 31 January 1919 are considered born in the Chinese year 1918 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1918 is also known as the Year of the Earth Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1918 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1918
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1918. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1918. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1918 | Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Dee Molenaar, American mountaineer (d. 2020) |
| 1918 | Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951) |
| 1918 | Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1919 | J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (d. 1962) |
| 1918 | Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Ray Graves, American football player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Paul Harvey, American radio host (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Robert Roosa, American economist and banker (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Juan José Arreola, Mexican writer and academic (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (d. 1985) |
| 1919 | Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005) |