Born in 1938, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1938 is the Year of the Tiger and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1938 are Tigers. The Chinese Tiger year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 31 January 1938 and 18 February 1939 are considered born in the Chinese year 1938 and are a Tiger sign. In addition, each Tiger 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. 1938 is also known as the Year of the Earth Tiger. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1938 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Tiger and 1938

Famous People Born in the Year of the Tiger and Chinese Year 1938. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Tiger 1938. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1938 Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996)
1938 Bengt Fahlström, Swedish journalist (d. 2017)
1938 César Luis Menotti, Argentinian footballer and manager
1938 Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (d. 2008)[110]
1938 Gene Mingo, American football player
1939 John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1938 Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada
1938 Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1938 Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1997)
1938 James Montgomery Boice, American pastor and theologian (d. 2000)
1938 Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
1938 Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist (d. 2019)
1938 Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (d. 2019)
1938 Red Steagall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet
1938 Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
1938 John Eleuthère du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Delaware Museum of Natural History (d. 2010)
1938 Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
1938 Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player (d. 2021)
1938 Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1938 Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania (d. 2020)
1938 Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
1938 Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (d. 2005)
1938 David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
1938 Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach
1938 Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (d. 2022)
1938 John Ashworth, English biologist and academic
1938 Michael Murphy, American actor
1938 John Byner, American actor and comedian