BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on February 13.

Everyone born on February 13 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is amethyst, the flower violet, and the day is shared with Rachel Reeves and Mena Suvari.

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 13? 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 13.

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

1979
Rachel Reeves
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1979
Mena Suvari
American actress and fashion designer
1974
Robbie Williams
English singer-songwriter
1960
Pierluigi Collina
Italian footballer and referee
1879
Sarojini Naidu
Indian poet and activist
1966
Neal McDonough
American actor and producer
1957
Denise Austin
American author and fitness trainer
1961
Henry Rollins
American singer-songwriter and actor

On this day

What February 13 has seen.

It is Carnival begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1960African-American college students staged the first of the Nashville sit-ins (sign at protest pictured) at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of a nonviolent direct-action campaign to end racial segregation in the U.S.
1981Explosions caused by the ignition of hexane vapors destroyed more than of sewer lines in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

The calendar

When February 13 falls.

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