Born in 1949, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1949 is the Year of the Ox and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1949 are Oxs. The Chinese Ox year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 29 January 1949 and 16 February 1950 are considered born in the Chinese year 1949 and are a Ox sign. In addition, each Ox 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. 1949 is also known as the Year of the Earth Ox. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1949 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Ox and 1949

Famous People Born in the Year of the Ox and Chinese Year 1949. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Ox 1949. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1949 Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic
1949 Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor
1949 K. C. Kamalasabayson, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 39th Attorney General of Sri Lanka (d. 2007)
1949 Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author
1949 Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
1949 Katha Pollitt, American poet and author
1949 Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
1949 Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge
1950 Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger
1949 Flora Gomes, Bissau-Guinean filmmaker
1949 Cliff Williams, Australian bass player
1949 David Perdue, American politician
1949 Alexander Godunov, Russian-American actor and dancer (d. 1995)
1949 Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013)
1950 Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician
1949 Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter
1949 Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (d. 2016)
1949 Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949 Chris Langham, English actor and screenwriter
1949 Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
1950 Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician
1949 Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author
1949 Brent Spiner, American actor and singer
1949 Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1950 Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician
1949 Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (d. 2022)
1949 Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1949 Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 Nigel Olsson, English rock drummer and singer-songwriter
1949 Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (d. 1993)