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 Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992)
1917 Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013)
1917 Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001)
1917 Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012)
1917 William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013)
1917 Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1917 Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (d. 1999)
1917 Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022)
1917 Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983)
1917 Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)
1917 Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994)
1917 Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018)
1917 David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000)
1917 June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
1917 Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 2016)
1917 James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)
1917 Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019)
1917 Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998)
1917 Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
1917 Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005)
1917 Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001)
1917 Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005)
1917 Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
1917 Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009)
1917 Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008)
1917 Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1982)
1917 Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965)
1917 Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1917 J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999)
1917 Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978)