Born in 1938, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1938 is the Year of the Tiger and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1938 are Tigers. The Chinese Tiger year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 31 January 1938 and 18 February 1939 are considered born in the Chinese year 1938 and are a Tiger sign. In addition, each Tiger 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. 1938 is also known as the Year of the Earth Tiger. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1938 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Tiger and 1938

Famous People Born in the Year of the Tiger and Chinese Year 1938. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Tiger 1938. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1938 Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020)
1938 Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1939 Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)
1938 Barry Newman, American actor
1938 Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1997)
1938 Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
1938 Elliott Gould, American actor and producer
1938 Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
1938 Terence Stamp, English actor
1938 Antje Gleichfeld, German runner
1938 Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
1938 Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic (d. 2010)
1939 Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
1938 Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
1938 Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1938 David Freiberg, American singer and bass player
1938 Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
1938 Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author
1938 Liliane Ackermann, French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (d. 2007)
1939 Ralph Gibson, American photographer
1938 David Higgins, English composer and conductor (d. 2006)
1938 Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)
1939 Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer
1938 Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player (d. 2021)
1938 Al Weis, American baseball player
1938 Angela Huth, English journalist and author
1938 McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (d. 2020)
1938 Janet Fish, American painter and academic
1938 John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel