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 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Sally Kirkland, American journalist (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2006) |