BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on December 25.

Everyone born on December 25 is a Capricorn — ruled by Saturn, will outwork you, quietly. The stone is turquoise, the flower narcissus, and the day is shared with Isaac Newton and Justin Trudeau.

Capricorn, the Sea-Goat — an engraving
Sun sign
Capricorn ♑︎
the Sea-Goat · ruled by Saturn · will outwork you, quietly
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 25? 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

Capricorn, December 22 to January 19.

The Sea-Goat, ruled by Saturn, the taskmaster, and the books make it the sign of the long game — the climb, the plan, the thing built to last. An earth sign, credited with discipline, dry humour and an old head on young shoulders that grows into itself around forty. Its people are said to arrive late to their own success and stay. The tradition respects Capricorn the way one respects a well-kept ledger.

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

Good company

Also born on December 25.

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

1642
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
1971
Justin Trudeau
23rd Prime Minister of Canada
1924
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
10th Prime Minister of India
1954
Annie Lennox
Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
1924
Rod Serling
American screenwriter and producer
1925
Carlos Castaneda
Peruvian-American author and anthropologist
1946
Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1923
René Girard
French-American historian and philosopher

On this day

What December 25 has seen.

It is Christmas (Western Christianity.

1100Baldwin I was crowned the first king of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
1725J. S. Bach led the first performance of the Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, making laughter audible in singing.
1990British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor.
2000Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill officially adopting a new national anthem, with music by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov originally composed for the anthem of the Soviet Union.

The calendar

When December 25 falls.

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