BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on April 2.

Everyone born on April 2 is a Aries — ruled by Mars, first, loudest, already gone. The stone is diamond, the flower daisy, and the day is shared with Charlemagne and Hans Christian Andersen.

Aries, the Ram — an engraving
Sun sign
Aries ♈︎
the Ram · ruled by Mars · first, loudest, already gone
Diamond, the birthstone for April — an engraving
Birthstone
Diamond
April
Daisy, the birth flower for April — an engraving
Birth flower
Daisy
& sweet pea

Your book

Born on April 2? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Aries, March 21 to April 19.

The first sign, and the tradition treats it that way: the Ram is the one who goes first — through the door, into the argument, off the cliff. Ruled by Mars, a fire sign, and the books credit it with courage, impatience and a short memory for grudges, which is a generous way of saying it has already moved on. Its people are supposed to start things. Finishing them is what the other eleven are for.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on April 2.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

747
Charlemagne
Frankish king
1805
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish novelist and poet
1977
Michael Fassbender
German-Irish actor and producer
1939
Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter
1975
Pedro Pascal
Chilean American actor
1988
Jesse Plemons
American actor
1725
Giacomo Casanova
Italian explorer and author
1840
Émile Zola
French novelist and playwright

On this day

What April 2 has seen.

It is World Autism Awareness Day.

1513Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León sighted land in North America, naming the area La Florida.
1871Creatures of Impulse, by W. S. Gilbert, premiered at the Court Theatre in London.
1911The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the first national census of the country.

The calendar

When April 2 falls.

A Thursday in 2026, a Friday in 2027, a Sunday in 2028, a Monday in 2029, and a Tuesday in 2030.