BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on February 6.

Everyone born on February 6 is a Aquarius — ruled by Uranus, contrarian on principle. The stone is amethyst, the flower violet, and the day is shared with Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ronald Reagan.

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 6? 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 6.

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

1665
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Queen of England
1911
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States
1756
Aaron Burr
President of the United States
1895
Babe Ruth
American baseball player and coach
1748
Adam Weishaupt
German philosopher
1966
Rick Astley
British pop singer
1955
Michael Pollan
American author and journalist
1924
Jin Yong
Hong Kong author and publisher

On this day

What February 6 has seen.

It is Sámi National Day (1917).

1778France and the United States signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance, respectively establishing commercial and military ties between the two nations.
1806Napoleonic Wars: A British naval squadron captured or destroyed five French ships of the line at the Battle of San Domingo in the Caribbean Sea.
1976Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka.

The calendar

When February 6 falls.

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