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 | Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Jacques Hélian, French bandleader (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |