BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on July 7.

Everyone born on July 7 is a Cancer — ruled by the Moon, homebody, loyal, feels everything. The stone is ruby, the flower larkspur, and the day is shared with Hamish Linklater and Bill Oddie.

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 7? 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 7.

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

1976
Hamish Linklater
American playwright and actor
1941
Bill Oddie
English comedian and actor
1940
Ringo Starr
English singer-songwriter and drummer
1907
Robert A. Heinlein
American science fiction writer and screenwriter
1972
Kirsten Vangsness
American writer and actress
1986
Ana Kasparian
American journalist and producer
1933
David McCullough
American historian and author
1860
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer and conductor

On this day

What July 7 has seen.

1777American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.
1898US president William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
1911Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.
1974West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against the Netherlands at the Munich Olympiastadion.

The calendar

When July 7 falls.

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