BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on July 20.

Everyone born on July 20 is a Cancer — ruled by the Moon, homebody, loyal, feels everything. The stone is ruby, the flower larkspur, and the day is shared with Cormac McCarthy and Terri Irwin.

Cancer, the Crab — an engraving
Sun sign
Cancer ♋︎
the Crab · ruled by the Moon · homebody, loyal, feels everything
Ruby, the birthstone for July — an engraving
Birthstone
Ruby
July
Larkspur, the birth flower for July — an engraving
Birth flower
Larkspur
& water lily

Your book

Born on July 20? 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

Cancer, June 21 to July 22.

The Crab, ruled by the Moon, and the books make it the sign of home — the one who remembers your birthday, keeps the photographs, and knows where everything is. A water sign, credited with loyalty, intuition and a memory that forgets nothing, kind or otherwise. The shell is the point: soft inside, and it takes a while to get there. Its people are said to feel everything, which is a talent as much as a burden.

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

Good company

Also born on July 20.

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

1933
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist and playwright
1964
Terri Irwin
American-Australian author and zoologist
1964
Chris Cornell
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975
Judy Greer
American actress and producer
2001
Álex Baena
Spanish footballer
1925
Frantz Fanon
French philosopher and –Algerian psychiatrist
1985
John Francis Daley
American actor and screenwriter
1304
Petrarch
Italian poet and scholar

On this day

What July 20 has seen.

1807French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.
1976The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
1997, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.

The calendar

When July 20 falls.

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