Birthday facts

Born on February 16.

Everyone born on February 16 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is amethyst, the flower violet, and the day is shared with Jon Ossoff and Iain Banks.

Sun sign

Aquarius ♒︎

the Water-Bearer · ruled by Uranus · contrarian on principle

Birthstone

Amethyst

February

Birth flower

Violet

& primrose

Your book

Born on February 16? 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 16.

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

1987

Jon Ossoff

American politician and filmmaker

1954

Iain Banks

Scottish playwright and author

1934

August Coppola

American author

1990

The Weeknd

Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

1958

Ice-T

American rapper and actor

1989

Elizabeth Olsen

American actress

1959

John McEnroe

American tennis player and sportscaster

1964

Christopher Eccleston

English actor

On this day

What February 16 has seen.

It is J'ouvert morning, Carnival begins in Trinidad and Tobago.

1270Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved a decisive victory over the Livonian Order on the frozen surface of the Baltic Sea.

1900The Southern Cross Expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieved a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.

1936The Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, came to power in the Spanish general election, a factor in the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War five months later.

1961The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.

The calendar

When February 16 falls.

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