BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on April 7.

Everyone born on April 7 is a Aries — ruled by Mars, first, loudest, already gone. The stone is diamond, the flower daisy, and the day is shared with Jackie Chan and Ravi Shankar.

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 7? 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 7.

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

1954
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong director and actor
1920
Ravi Shankar
Indian-American composer and sitar player
1770
William Wordsworth
English poet
1939
Francis Ford Coppola
American director and producer
1964
Russell Crowe
New Zealand-Australian actor
1928
James Garner
American actor and singer
1931
Daniel Ellsberg
American activist and author
1945
Joël Robuchon
French author and chef

On this day

What April 7 has seen.

It is National Beer Day in the United States.

1831Pedro II became emperor of the Empire of Brazil.
2001NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.

The calendar

When April 7 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.