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 Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994)
1912 Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (d. 1989)
1912 Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993)
1912 Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994)
1912 Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992)
1912 Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997)
1912 Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1975)
1912 Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
1912 Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996)
1912 Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)
1912 Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
1912 Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995)
1912 Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004)
1912 Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988)
1912 Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010)
1913 Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992)
1912 Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983)
1912 Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015)
1912 René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
1912 Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018)
1912 Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005)
1912 Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954)
1912 John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985)
1912 Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)
1912 Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992)
1912 Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher (d. 2019)
1912 Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)
1912 Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1989)
1912 Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971)
1912 Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997)