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 Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1917 Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002)
1917 Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)
1917 Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)
1917 Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
1917 Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1993)
1917 Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer (d. 1988)
1917 Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)
1917 Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
1917 Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019)
1917 William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)
1918 Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009)
1917 Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1989)
1917 Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012)
1917 Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
1917 John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1917 Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1917 Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
1917 Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
1917 Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1917 Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001)
1917 Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)
1917 John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917 David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)
1917 Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)
1917 Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
1917 Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
1918 Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
1917 Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)
1917 Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006)