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 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1913 | Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1912 | Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | George O. Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, Governor of Texas (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1913 | Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |