BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on May 11.

Everyone born on May 11 is a Taurus — ruled by Venus, immovable, and comfortable about it. The stone is emerald, the flower lily of the valley, and the day is shared with Richard Feynman and Thibaut Courtois.

Taurus, the Bull — an engraving
Sun sign
Taurus ♉︎
the Bull · ruled by Venus · immovable, and comfortable about it
Emerald, the birthstone for May — an engraving
Birthstone
Emerald
May
Lily of the valley, the birth flower for May — an engraving
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
& hawthorn

Your book

Born on May 11? 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

Taurus, April 20 to May 20.

The Bull is ruled by Venus, and the books make it the sign of pleasure taken slowly — good food, good cloth, a chair that is exactly right. An earth sign, credited with patience, loyalty and a stubbornness so complete it stops looking like a fault and starts looking like a policy. Its people are said to be the ones you can lean on, provided you do not try to hurry them.

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

Good company

Also born on May 11.

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

1918
Richard Feynman
American physicist and engineer
1992
Thibaut Courtois
Belgian footballer
1999
Sabrina Carpenter
American singer and actress
1895
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian philosopher and speaker
1984
Andrés Iniesta
Spanish footballer
1963
Natasha Richardson
English actress
1933
Louis Farrakhan
American religious leader
1904
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist

On this day

What May 11 has seen.

1813William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first confirmed Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains.
1894In response to a 28-percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on strike in Illinois, bringing rail traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
1981Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats (performers pictured), opened at the New London Theatre.

The calendar

When May 11 falls.

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