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 I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019)
1917 John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1917 Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1917 Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
1917 Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
1917 Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
1918 Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1918 Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007)
1917 Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012)
1918 Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005)
1917 Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994)
1917 Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965)
1917 Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (d. 1992)
1918 Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1917 William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
1917 Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005)
1917 Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005)
1917 Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (d. 1996)
1917 John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996)
1917 Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1917 Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (d. 2019)
1917 Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014)
1917 Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)
1917 Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992)
1918 Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1917 Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020)
1917 Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)
1918 Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007)
1917 Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009)