BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on January 13.

Everyone born on January 13 is a Capricorn — ruled by Saturn, will outwork you, quietly. The stone is garnet, the flower carnation, and the day is shared with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Orlando Bloom.

Capricorn, the Sea-Goat — an engraving
Sun sign
Capricorn ♑︎
the Sea-Goat · ruled by Saturn · will outwork you, quietly
Garnet, the birthstone for January — an engraving
Birthstone
Garnet
January
Carnation, the birth flower for January — an engraving
Birth flower
Carnation
& snowdrop

Your book

Born on January 13? 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

Capricorn, December 22 to January 19.

The Sea-Goat, ruled by Saturn, the taskmaster, and the books make it the sign of the long game — the climb, the plan, the thing built to last. An earth sign, credited with discipline, dry humour and an old head on young shoulders that grows into itself around forty. Its people are said to arrive late to their own success and stay. The tradition respects Capricorn the way one respects a well-kept ledger.

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

Good company

Also born on January 13.

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

1961
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
American actress and comedian
1977
Orlando Bloom
English actor
1962
Trace Adkins
American singer-songwriter and actor
1997
Luis Díaz
Colombian footballer
1966
Patrick Dempsey
American actor and race car driver
1990
Liam Hemsworth
Australian actor
1925
Gwen Verdon
American actress and dancer
1976
Michael Peña
American actor

On this day

What January 13 has seen.

It is Saint Knut's Day in Finland and Sweden.

1815British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, in the only battle of the War of 1812 to take place in the state of Georgia.
1916The first Feminist Congress of Yucatán (delegates pictured) began in Mérida, Mexico, to propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights.
1949In the first recorded instance of strike action by Catholic laity against the clergy, gravediggers at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York City, went on strike.
2003The trans-Neptunian object 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory, California.

The calendar

When January 13 falls.

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