Born in 1912, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

1. Chinese Zodiac Signs
2. 1912 Chinese Zodiac

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	John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982)
1912	Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001)
1912	Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002)
1912	Otto Kretschmer, German admiral (d. 1998)
1912	Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012)
1912	Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998)
1912	Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
1912	Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001)
1912	Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (d. 2011)
1912	Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1912	Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
1912	Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
1913	Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
1912	Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
1912	Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995)
1912	Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
1912	Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912	Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)
1912	István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979)
1912	Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996)
1912	Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993)
1912	Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004)
1912	John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004)
1912	Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013)
1912	Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1912	Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1912	Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1912	Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009)
1912	Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978)
1913	Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)