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
1918 Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
1917 Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)
1917 Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999)
1918 Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
1917 Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
1917 Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010)
1917 Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
1918 David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1917 Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994)
1917 Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978)
1917 Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000)
1917 Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015)
1917 Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (d. 1999)
1917 Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002)
1918 Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005)
1917 Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
1917 Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011)
1918 Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1918 Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996)
1917 James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)
1917 Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
1917 Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996)
1917 Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1917 Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
1917 Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)
1917 Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
1917 Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
1917 Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1993)