Born in 1948, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1948 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1948 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 10 February 1948 and 28 January 1949 are considered born in the Chinese year 1948 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. 1948 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1948 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1948
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1948. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1948. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1948 | David Rendall, English tenor and actor |
| 1949 | John Cooper Clarke, English poet and critic |
| 1948 | John Cushnahan, Northern Irish educator and politician |
| 1948 | Ken James, Australian actor |
| 1948 | William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer |
| 1948 | Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist |
| 1948 | Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1948 | Leo Sayer, English-Australian singer-songwriter and musician |
| 1948 | Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician |
| 1948 | Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director |
| 1948 | Denis Burke, Australian soldier and politician, 6th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory |
| 1948 | Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (d. 2002) |
| 1948 | Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1948 | Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions |
| 1948 | Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (d. 2022) |
| 1948 | Austin Carr, American basketball player |
| 1948 | Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland |
| 1948 | Ludwig Scotty, Nauruan politician, 10th President of Nauru |
| 1948 | Tom Udall, American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General, United States Senator from New Mexico |
| 1948 | Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic |
| 1948 | Philip Jackson, English actor |
| 1948 | Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host |
| 1948 | Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor |
| 1948 | David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe |
| 1948 | Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot |
| 1948 | Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator |
| 1948 | Scott Fahlman, American computer scientist and academic |
| 1948 | Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter |
| 1948 | Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter |