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 | Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher (d. 2019) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Per Imerslund, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006) |