BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on February 18.

Everyone born on February 18 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is amethyst, the flower violet, and the day is shared with Mary I and Toni Morrison.

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 18? 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 18.

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

1516
Mary I
Queen of England
1931
Toni Morrison
American novelist and editor
1933
Yoko Ono
Japanese-American musician and multimedia artist
1201
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian scientist and writer
1954
John Travolta
American actor and singer
1977
Ike Barinholtz
American actor and comedian
1974
Julia Butterfly Hill
American author and environmentalist
1967
Roberto Baggio
Italian footballer

On this day

What February 18 has seen.

It is First day of Ramadan (2026).

1268Northern Crusades: The Battle of Wesenberg took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia.
1766Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.
1943The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo.
1946President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World.
2001American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period.

The calendar

When February 18 falls.

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