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 Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
1912 Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)
1912 Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003)
1912 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979)
1912 Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1912 Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999)
1912 Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1912 Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011)
1912 Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003)
1912 Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
1912 Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978)
1912 André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968)
1912 Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001)
1912 Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997)
1912 Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)
1912 Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005)
1912 Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012)
1912 Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1912 María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009)
1913 Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993)
1912 Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (d. 2000)
1912 Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979)
1912 Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
1912 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1912 Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943)
1912 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
1912 Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997)
1912 John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004)
1912 Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979)
1912 Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985)