BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on May 24.

Everyone born on May 24 is a Gemini — ruled by Mercury, two opinions, both sincere. The stone is emerald, the flower lily of the valley, and the day is shared with Queen Victoria and Bob Dylan.

Gemini, the Twins — an engraving
Sun sign
Gemini ♊︎
the Twins · ruled by Mercury · two opinions, both sincere
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 24? 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

Gemini, May 21 to June 20.

The Twins, ruled by Mercury, the messenger — and so the books give the sign to talkers, writers, the quick and the curious. An air sign, credited with wit and adaptability and blamed for changing its mind, which its people would call keeping up. Two of everything: two opinions, two projects, two friends who have never met. The tradition finds it charming and slightly exhausting, in that order.

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

Good company

Also born on May 24.

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

1819
Queen Victoria
of the United Kingdom
1941
Bob Dylan
American writer and singer-songwriter
1994
Rodrigo De Paul
Argentine footballer
1953
Alfred Molina
English actor
1945
Priscilla Presley
American actress
1986
Mark Ballas
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963
Michael Chabon
American novelist and short story writer
1944
Patti LaBelle
American singer-songwriter and actress

On this day

What May 24 has seen.

It is Aldersgate Day (Methodism).

1667Led by King Louis XIV, the French army invaded the Spanish Netherlands, beginning the War of Devolution.
1830The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale.
1976In a wine competition in Paris (wine bottle pictured), French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones.

The calendar

When May 24 falls.

A Sunday in 2026, a Monday in 2027, a Wednesday in 2028, a Thursday in 2029, and a Friday in 2030.