Born in 1917, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1917 is the Year of the Snake and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1917 are Snakes. The Chinese Snake year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 23 January 1917 and 10 February 1918 are considered born in the Chinese year 1917 and are a Snake sign. In addition, each Snake 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. 1917 is also known as the Year of the Fire Snake. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1917 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Snake and 1917

Famous People Born in the Year of the Snake and Chinese Year 1917. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Snake 1917. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1917 Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
1917 Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967)
1917 Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997)
1917 Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 2016)
1917 Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian (d. 2004)
1917 Ling Yun, Chinese politician (d. 2018)
1917 Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (d. 2015)
1917 John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1917 William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)
1918 Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1917 Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)
1917 Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)
1917 William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1917 Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992)
1917 Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017)
1918 William Seawell, American general (d. 2005)
1917 Augustine Harris, English bishop (d. 2007)
1917 Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
1917 Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007)
1917 Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011)
1918 Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991)
1917 Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
1917 Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001)
1917 Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014)
1917 Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013)
1917 Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
1917 Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001)
1917 John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1917 Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)
1917 Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)