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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983) |
| 1913 | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1913 | Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2001 or 2010) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |