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 Byron White, American football player, lawyer and judge (d. 2002)
1917 William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)
1917 Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
1917 Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
1918 Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943)
1917 June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
1918 Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
1917 Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015)
1917 Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002)
1917 Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013)
1917 Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996)
1917 Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
1917 Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012)
1917 June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
1918 Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
1917 Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017)
1917 Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000)
1917 Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (d. 2008)
1917 Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977)
1917 Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
1917 Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992)
1917 Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
1917 Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1998)
1918 Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1917 Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018)
1917 Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000)
1917 Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
1918 Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007)
1917 Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1917 Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020)