Born in 1942, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1942 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1942 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 15 February 1942 and 4 February 1943 are considered born in the Chinese year 1942 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1942 is also known as the Year of the Water Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1942 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1942
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1942. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1942. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1942 | Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician |
| 1942 | Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004) |
| 1943 | Princess Margriet of the Netherlands |
| 1943 | Blythe Danner, American actress |
| 1942 | Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016) |
| 1942 | Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator |
| 1942 | Richard Sykes, English biochemist and academic |
| 1942 | Frank Zane, American professional bodybuilder and author |
| 1942 | Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Rita Tushingham, English actress |
| 1942 | Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 1942 | Kent McCord, American actor |
| 1942 | Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic |
| 1942 | Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer |
| 1942 | Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) |
| 1942 | Pete Hamilton, American race car driver (d. 2017) |
| 1942 | Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1942 | Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008) |
| 1942 | Reginald F. Lewis, American Business Tycoon and Philanthropist (d. 1993) |
| 1942 | Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (d. 2009) |
| 1942 | Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer |
| 1942 | Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | John Bellany, Scottish painter (d. 2013) |
| 1942 | Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah |
| 1942 | Matthias Bamert, Swiss composer and conductor |
| 1942 | Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) |