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 Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989)
1917 Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1917 Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1917 Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975)
1917 June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
1917 Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012)
1917 Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994)
1917 Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1917 Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
1917 Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)
1917 Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011)
1917 Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)
1918 Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008)
1917 Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
1918 Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)
1917 Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019)
1917 Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1917 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952)
1917 Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998)
1918 David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1917 Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002)
1917 Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
1917 Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
1917 Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
1918 Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1917 Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008)
1917 Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979)
1917 Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012)