BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on December 18.

Everyone born on December 18 is a Sagittarius — ruled by Jupiter, packed, gone, unreachable. The stone is turquoise, the flower narcissus, and the day is shared with Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg.

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 18? 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 18.

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

1963
Brad Pitt
American actor and producer
1946
Steven Spielberg
American director and producer
2002
Giuliano Simeone
Argentine footballer
2001
Billie Eilish
American singer
1978
Katie Holmes
American actress
1943
Keith Richards
English musician
1980
Christina Aguilera
American singer-songwriter and actress
1954
Ray Liotta
American actor

On this day

What December 18 has seen.

It is National Day in Qatar.

1499Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.
1792Thomas Paine was found guilty of seditious libel for the publication of the second part of his book Rights of Man.
1939Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.
2023A series of mass protests began in Belgrade, Serbia, alleging electoral irregularities in the Serbian parliament and Belgrade city assembly elections.

The calendar

When December 18 falls.

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