Born in 1942, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1942 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1942 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 15 February 1942 and 4 February 1943 are considered born in the Chinese year 1942 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1942 is also known as the Year of the Water Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1942 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1942
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1942. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1942. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Tim Lankester, English economist and academic |
| 1942 | Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (d. 1976) |
| 1942 | Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author |
| 1943 | César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005) |
| 1942 | Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish journalist and politician |
| 1942 | Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist |
| 1942 | Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager |
| 1942 | Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst |
| 1942 | Samuel Ramey, American opera singer |
| 1942 | John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014) |
| 1942 | Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer |
| 1942 | Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic |
| 1942 | Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor |
| 1942 | Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995) |
| 1942 | Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Paramount leader of China |
| 1942 | Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player |
| 1942 | Bill Nelson, American politician |
| 1942 | John Gladwin, English bishop |
| 1942 | Ron Rothstein, American basketball player and coach |
| 1942 | Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter |
| 1942 | Jean Ping, Gabonese politician and diplomat |
| 1942 | John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar |
| 1942 | Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator |
| 1942 | Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer (d. 2010) |
| 1943 | Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist |
| 1942 | Richard Sykes, English biochemist and academic |
| 1943 | Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, second President of the Regional Government of Madeira |