Born in 1912, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1912 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1912 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 18 February 1912 and 5 February 1913 are considered born in the Chinese year 1912 and are a Rat sign. In addition, each Rat 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. 1912 is also known as the Year of the Water Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1912 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1912
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1912. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1912. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1912 | Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962) |
| 1912 | William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Karl Adam, German rowing coach (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1912 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994) |
| 1913 | Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |