Born in 1942, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1942 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1942 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 15 February 1942 and 4 February 1943 are considered born in the Chinese year 1942 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. 1942 is also known as the Year of the Water Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1942 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1942
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1942. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1942. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1942 | Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist |
| 1942 | Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer (d. 2010) |
| 1942 | Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager |
| 1942 | Susan Sullivan, American actress |
| 1942 | Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor |
| 1942 | Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist |
| 1942 | Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author (d. 2008) |
| 1942 | Dennis Ralston, American tennis player (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman |
| 1942 | Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst |
| 1942 | Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol |
| 1942 | Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, English politician, Minister of State for Europe |
| 1942 | Ian Callaghan, English footballer |
| 1942 | Bobby Keyes, Australian rugby league player (d. 2022) |
| 1943 | Don Novello, American comedian, screenwriter and producer |
| 1942 | Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter |
| 1942 | Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014) |
| 1942 | Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian (d. 2019) |
| 1942 | Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host |
| 1942 | Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer |
| 1942 | Henry S. Taylor, American author and poet |
| 1943 | Tony Trimmer, English race car driver |
| 1943 | Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2019) |
| 1942 | Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 1942 | Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Carlos Monzon, Argentinian boxer and actor (d. 1995) |
| 1942 | Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer |
| 1942 | Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Nick Tate, Australian actor and director |
| 1942 | Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic |