Born in 1912, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1912 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1912 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 18 February 1912 and 5 February 1913 are considered born in the Chinese year 1912 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. 1912 is also known as the Year of the Water Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1912 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1912

Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1912. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1912. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1912 Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
1912 Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971)
1912 Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953)
1912 A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000)
1912 Karl Adam, German rowing coach (d. 1976)
1912 Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1912 Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980)
1912 Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977)
1912 Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979)
1912 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
1913 Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001)
1912 Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1912 Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994)
1912 Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971)
1912 Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)
1912 María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
1912 Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1912 Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978)
1912 Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
1912 Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005)
1913 Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003)
1912 Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (d. 2011)
1912 Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980)
1912 Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997)
1912 Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011)
1912 Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006)
1912 Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014)
1912 Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (d. 1980)
1912 Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1912 Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954)