Born in 1918, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1918 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1918 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 11 February 1918 and 31 January 1919 are considered born in the Chinese year 1918 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1918 is also known as the Year of the Earth Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1918 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1918
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1918. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1918. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Billy Bevis, English footballer (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944) |
| 1918 | Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1919 | Ernest Bender, American Indologist (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Stephen Elliott, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985) |
| 1918 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (d. 1986) |
| 1918 | Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot (d. 2002) |