Born in 1948, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1948 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1948 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 10 February 1948 and 28 January 1949 are considered born in the Chinese year 1948 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. 1948 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1948 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1948

Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1948. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1948. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1948 Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 1980)
1948 Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher
1948 Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
1949 Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)
1948 Lindsay Crouse, American actress
1948 Janice Lynde, American actress
1949 Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach
1948 Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designer[page needed]
1948 Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
1948 Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
1948 Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (d. 2008)
1948 Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter
1948 Candy Crowley, American journalist
1948 Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1948 Mel Galley, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1948 Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 2021)
1948 Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
1948 Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter
1948 Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author
1948 Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal
1948 Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1949 Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1948 Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager (d. 2021)
1949 Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist
1948 Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
1948 Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011)
1948 Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar
1948 Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2013)
1948 Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator
1948 Christos Iakovou, Greek weightlifter