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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| 1943 | Princess Margriet of the Netherlands |
| 1942 | Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 2013) |
| 1942 | Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014) |
| 1942 | Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995) |
| 1942 | István Rosztóczy, Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (d. 1993) |
| 1943 | Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator |
| 1942 | Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst |
| 1942 | Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement |
| 1942 | Maki Carrousel, Japanese actor |
| 1942 | David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, English engineer and politician (d. 2022) |
| 1942 | Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright |
| 1942 | Togo D. West, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (d. 2018) |
| 1942 | Susan Anspach, American actress (d. 2018) |
| 1943 | Kenzo Yokoyama, Japanese footballer |
| 1942 | Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer |
| 1942 | Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1942 | Hannes Löhr, German footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2016) |
| 1943 | Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language |
| 1942 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile |
| 1942 | Ole Anderson, American wrestler |
| 1942 | Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1942 | Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (d. 2012) |
| 1942 | Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (d. 2012) |
| 1942 | Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman (d. 2021) |
| 1942 | Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1942 | Sharon Olds, American poet and academic |
| 1942 | Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (d. 2004) |
| 1942 | Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter |
| 1942 | Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki |
| 1942 | James Hood, American activist (d. 2013) |