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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1913 | Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | George Emmett, English cricketer and coach (d. 1976) |
| 1913 | Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1913 | Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1953) |