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 | Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate |
| 1942 | Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003) |
| 1942 | Frew McMillan, South African tennis player |
| 1942 | Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Marsha Mason, American actress |
| 1942 | Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician |
| 1943 | Richard Moll, American actor |
| 1942 | Dennis Ralston, American tennis player (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician |
| 1942 | Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018) |
| 1943 | Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer (d. 2018) |
| 1942 | Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst |
| 1942 | Matthias Bamert, Swiss composer and conductor |
| 1942 | Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1970) |
| 1942 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile |
| 1942 | Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (d. 2021) |
| 1942 | Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican-American jockey |
| 1943 | Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1942 | Jonathan Raban, English author and academic |
| 1942 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd President of Equatorial Guinea |
| 1942 | Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006) |
| 1943 | Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer |
| 1942 | Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (d. 2012) |
| 1943 | Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager |
| 1942 | Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1942 | Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1942 | Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator (d. 2017) |
| 1942 | Inez Foxx, American singer |
| 1942 | Roger Young, American director, producer, and screenwriter |