BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on February 27.

Everyone born on February 27 is a Pisces — ruled by Neptune, somewhere else, mostly. The stone is amethyst, the flower violet, and the day is shared with John Steinbeck and Constantine the Great.

Pisces, the Fish — an engraving
Sun sign
Pisces ♓︎
the Fish · ruled by Neptune · somewhere else, mostly
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 27? 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

Pisces, February 19 to March 20.

The Fishes, two of them, swimming opposite ways — the books make the sign of the last sign, carrying a little of all the others. Ruled by Jupiter of old and Neptune since, a water sign, credited with imagination, empathy and a porous border between itself and everyone else. Its people are said to feel the room before they enter it. The tradition gives Pisces the artists and the dreamers, and asks them please to remember where they parked.

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

Good company

Also born on February 27.

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

1902
John Steinbeck
American author and journalist
272
Constantine the Great
Roman emperor
1983
Kate Mara
American actress
1932
Elizabeth Taylor
English-American actress and humanitarian
1980
Chelsea Clinton
American journalist and academic
1807
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet
1967
Jony Ive
English-American industrial designer and former chief design officer of Apple
1962
Adam Baldwin
American actor

On this day

What February 27 has seen.

It is Feast day of Saint Gregory of Narek (Catholicism).

1776American Revolutionary War: A Patriot victory at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge resulted in the arrests of 850 Loyalists over the following days.
1814Peninsular War: In the south of France, Spanish, British and Portuguese soldiers under the command of the Marquess of Wellington defeated French soldiers in the Battle of Orthez, causing the French to retreat east.
1996The multimedia franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red and Green.

The calendar

When February 27 falls.

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