Born in 1917, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

1. Chinese Zodiac Signs
2. 1917 Chinese Zodiac

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)