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 Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
1918 Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (d. 2011)
1917 Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998)
1918 Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1917 Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
1917 Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010)
1917 Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011)
1917 Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005)
1917 Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)
1917 Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012)
1918 Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
1917 Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)
1918 Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1917 George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)
1917 Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962)
1917 Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992)
1917 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995)
1917 Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
1917 Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006)
1917 George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1917 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)
1917 Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
1917 Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001)
1917 Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010)
1918 Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013)
1917 Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
1917 Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1917 Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983)
1917 João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (d. 1990)
1917 Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)