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.
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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 |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1913 | Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998) |
| 1913 | Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Otto Kretschmer, German admiral (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (d. 1969) |
| 1913 | Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1913 | Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |