BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on February 1.

Everyone born on February 1 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is amethyst, the flower violet, and the day is shared with Harry Styles and Lisa Marie Presley.

Aquarius, the Water-Bearer — an engraving
Sun sign
Aquarius ♒︎
the Water-Bearer · ruled by Uranus · contrarian on principle
Amethyst, the birthstone for February — an engraving
Birthstone
Amethyst
February
Violet, the birth flower for February — an engraving
Birth flower
Violet
& primrose

Your book

Born on February 1? 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

Aquarius, January 20 to February 18.

The Water-Bearer, which is an air sign, and the books enjoy the confusion. Ruled by Saturn in the old texts and Uranus in the new, credited with originality, a wide circle and a certain coolness at the centre of it — the friend of everyone, intimate of few. Its people are supposed to be ahead of their time, which is only comfortable once the time catches up. The tradition calls it the sign of the future and cannot say whose.

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

Good company

Also born on February 1.

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

1994
Harry Styles
English singer-songwriter and actor
1968
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter and actress
1902
Langston Hughes
American poet and novelist
1986
Lauren Conrad
American author and fashion designer
1971
Michael C. Hall
American actor and producer
1969
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentinian footballer
1994
Julia Garner
American actress
1965
Brandon Lee
American actor and martial artist

On this day

What February 1 has seen.

It is Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day in Ireland.

1329The Teutonic Knights successfully besieged the hillfort of Medvėgalis in Samogitia, Lithuania, and baptised the defenders in the Catholic rite.
1884The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.
2001The Timor-Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.
2004During the halftime show of Super , Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

The calendar

When February 1 falls.

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