BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on February 2.

Everyone born on February 2 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is amethyst, the flower violet, and the day is shared with Shakira and Gerard Piqué.

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 2? 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 2.

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

1977
Shakira
Colombian singer-songwriter and actress
1987
Gerard Piqué
Spanish footballer
1905
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American novelist and philosopher
1882
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet
1948
Ina Garten
American author and chef
1996
Paul Mescal
Irish actor
1947
Farrah Fawcett
American actress and producer
1986
Gemma Arterton
English actress and singer

On this day

What February 2 has seen.

506Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgated a collection of Roman law known as the Breviary of Alaric (excerpt pictured).
1659Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, produced the first bottle of South African wine.
1963Cold War in Asia: 113 alleged communists were arrested and detained without trial by Singapore's security agencies.
2009Omid, Iran's first domestically made satellite, was launched from Semnan Space Center.

The calendar

When February 2 falls.

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