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 | Laurence Yep, American author and playwright |
| 1948 | Mimmo Paladino, Italian sculptor and painter |
| 1948 | Kevin Borich, New Zealand-Australian guitarist and songwriter |
| 1948 | Rudy Tomjanovich, American basketball player and coach |
| 1948 | Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician |
| 1948 | Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (d. 2005) |
| 1948 | David Rendall, English tenor and actor |
| 1948 | Colin Todd, English football player and coach |
| 1948 | Tanimura Shinji, Japanese singer-songwriter |
| 1948 | Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| 1948 | Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist |
| 1948 | Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player |
| 1948 | Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter |
| 1949 | Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach |
| 1948 | Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d. 1991) |
| 1949 | Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997) |
| 1948 | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (d. 1997) |
| 1948 | Jeff Baxter, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1948 | Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant (d. 2017) |
| 1948 | Boudewijn Büch, Dutch author, poet, and television host (d. 2002) |
| 1949 | David Strathairn, American actor |
| 1948 | Susan Ruttan, American actress |
| 1948 | Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director |
| 1948 | Alison Britton, English sculptor and educator |
| 1948 | Tihomir "Pop" Asanović, Croatian jazz-rock keyboardist and composer |
| 1948 | Jane Humphries, English economist, historian, and academic |
| 1948 | Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director |
| 1948 | Trevor Cherry, English footballer (d. 2020) |
| 1948 | Tom Coburn, American physician and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1948 | Sandra Dickinson, American-English actress and composer |