BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on December 14.

Everyone born on December 14 is a Sagittarius — ruled by Jupiter, packed, gone, unreachable. The stone is turquoise, the flower narcissus, and the day is shared with George VI and Hal Williams.

Sagittarius, the Archer — an engraving
Sun sign
Sagittarius ♐︎
the Archer · ruled by Jupiter · packed, gone, unreachable
Turquoise, the birthstone for December — an engraving
Birthstone
Turquoise
December
Narcissus, the birth flower for December — an engraving
Birth flower
Narcissus
& holly

Your book

Born on December 14? 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

Sagittarius, November 22 to December 21.

The Archer, half horse and aiming somewhere over the horizon; ruled by Jupiter, the planet of more. A fire sign, and the books credit it with optimism, honesty to a fault and a need to be elsewhere — the traveller, the student, the one with the ticket already booked. Its people are supposed to say the true thing before checking whether anyone wanted it said. The tradition forgives them, mostly.

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

Good company

Also born on December 14.

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

1895
George VI
of the United Kingdom
1934
Hal Williams
American actor
1916
Shirley Jackson
American novelist and short story writer
1979
Michael Owen
English footballer and sportscaster
1988
Vanessa Hudgens
American actress and singer
1996
Raphinha
Brazilian footballer
1546
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and chemist
1948
Lester Bangs
American author and journalist

On this day

What December 14 has seen.

It is Martyred Intellectuals Day in Bangladesh (1971), Monkey Day.

835In the Sweet Dew incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot was foiled.
1925Wozzeck (poster pictured) by composer Alban Berg, described as the first atonal opera, premiered at the Berlin State Opera.
1948American physicists Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann were awarded a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the first interactive electronic game.
1960Australian cricketer Ian Meckiff was run out on the last day of the first Test match between Australia and the West Indies, resulting in the first tied Test in cricket history.

The calendar

When December 14 falls.

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