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 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943) |
| 1913 | Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1975) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1912 | Alfred Klingler, German field handballer |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |