BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on December 28.

Everyone born on December 28 is a Capricorn — ruled by Saturn, will outwork you, quietly. The stone is turquoise, the flower narcissus, and the day is shared with Woodrow Wilson and Sienna Miller.

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 28? 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 28.

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

1856
Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States
1981
Sienna Miller
American-British actress and fashion designer
1903
John von Neumann
Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist
1922
Stan Lee
American actor and publisher
1954
Denzel Washington
American director and actor
1994
Adam Peaty
English swimmer
1934
Maggie Smith
English actress
1976
Joe Manganiello
American actor

On this day

What December 28 has seen.

1065Westminster Abbey, built by Edward the Confessor as the first Romanesque church in England, was first consecrated.
1612Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
1925The Tokyo Grand Sumo Association became the All Japan Sumo Association at the instigation of Prince-Regent Hirohito, laying the foundations for the world's sole professional sumo association.

The calendar

When December 28 falls.

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