Born in 1968, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1968 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1968 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 30 January 1968 and 16 February 1969 are considered born in the Chinese year 1968 and are a Monkey sign. In addition, each Monkey 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. 1968 is also known as the Year of the Earth Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1968 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1968
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1968. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1968. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1968 | Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director |
| 1969 | Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1969 | William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist |
| 1968 | Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician |
| 1968 | Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager |
| 1968 | Andy Flower, South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach |
| 1968 | Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster |
| 1969 | Tim Sherwood, English international footballer and manager |
| 1969 | Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer |
| 1968 | Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer |
| 1968 | Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster |
| 1968 | Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1968 | Eric Lamaze, Canadian jockey |
| 1968 | Patricia Arquette, American actress and director |
| 1969 | István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter |
| 1968 | Esera Tuaolo, American football player |
| 1968 | Tracy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1968 | Alma Čardžić, Bosnian singer |
| 1968 | Gary Payton, American basketball player and actor |
| 1968 | Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager |
| 1968 | Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player |
| 1968 | Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 1968 | Marleen Renders, Belgian runner |
| 1968 | Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist |
| 1968 | Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player |
| 1968 | Mark Lee, Singaporean actor and singer |
| 1968 | Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist |
| 1969 | Christy Turlington, American model |
| 1968 | Gary Sheffield, American baseball player |
| 1968 | Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist |