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 | Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Juan José Arreola, Mexican writer and academic (d. 2001) |
| 1919 | Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Scottish-English politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Bobby Riggs, American tennis player; winner of three major titles, 1939–1941 (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944) |
| 1918 | Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | James Joll, English historian, author, and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (d. 1970) |
| 1919 | Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951) |
| 1918 | Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961) |
| 1918 | Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Robert Roosa, American economist and banker (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic |