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 Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
1917 Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)
1917 Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
1917 Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
1917 Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)
1917 June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
1917 Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014)
1917 Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996)
1917 Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)
1917 Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
1918 Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
1917 Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967)
1917 Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011)
1917 Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
1918 Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008)
1917 Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917 Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
1917 Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008)
1917 Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1998)
1917 Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)
1917 John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917 Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1917 Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009)
1918 Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1917 Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1986)
1917 Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010)
1917 Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014)
1917 Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
1917 Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992)
1917 Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (d. 2020)