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
1917	Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
1917	Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)
1918	Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1917	Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001)
1917	Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000)
1917	Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)
1917	Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
1917	Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)
1917	Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
1917	Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1917	Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006)
1917	João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (d. 1990)
1917	Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001)
1917	Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013)
1917	Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
1917	William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
1917	Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005)
1917	Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
1917	Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981)
1917	Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
1917	Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992)
1917	Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (d. 1996)
1917	Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009)
1917	Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
1917	Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)
1917	Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1917	Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
1917	Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008)
1918	Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1917	Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009)