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 Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
1917 Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
1917 Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)
1917 Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962)
1918 William Seawell, American general (d. 2005)
1917 Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1917 Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012)
1918 Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
1918 Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
1917 Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998)
1917 Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1917 Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 Cleveland Amory, American author and critic (d. 1997)
1917 Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1917 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)
1917 Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
1917 Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016)
1917 Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951)
1917 Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981)
1917 Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1968)
1917 Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917 David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)
1918 Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007)
1917 Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (d. ?)
1917 Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022)
1917 Clarence E. Miller, American engineer and politician (d. 2011)
1917 Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1917 Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
1917 Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (d. 2017)