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 Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1917 Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)
1917 Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1917 Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
1918 Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
1917 Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994)
1917 Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1917 Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)
1917 Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
1917 Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (d. 1999)
1917 Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
1917 Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
1917 Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
1917 Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007)
1917 Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1917 Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010)
1917 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (d. 1994)
1917 Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001)
1917 Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015)
1917 Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015)
1918 George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1917 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
1917 James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
1917 Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010)
1917 Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006)
1917 Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012)
1917 Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1917 Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008)
1918 Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996)
1917 Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012)