Born in 1924, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1924 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1924 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 5 February 1924 and 24 January 1925 are considered born in the Chinese year 1924 and are a Rat sign. In addition, each Rat 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. 1924 is also known as the Year of the Wood Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1924 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1924

Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1924. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1924. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1924 Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)
1925 Charles Aidman, American actor (d. 1993)
1924 Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)
1924 Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer and director (d. 2019)
1924 Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013)
1924 Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1924 Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and historian (d. 2006)
1924 Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
1924 Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director (d. 2003)
1924 Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998)
1925 Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (d. 2013)
1924 Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963)
1924 Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1965)
1924 Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
1924 Stanley K. Hathaway, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 2005)
1924 Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (d. 2014)
1924 John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)
1924 Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018)
1924 Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician (d. 2014)
1924 Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)
1924 Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
1924 Philip H. Hoff, American politician (d. 2018)
1924 Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1924 Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (d. 2012)
1924 Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
1924 Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014)
1924 Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (d. 2022)
1924 Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1924 Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006)
1924 Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 2012)