BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on November 1.

Everyone born on November 1 is a Scorpio — ruled by Pluto, remembers everything. The stone is topaz, the flower chrysanthemum, and the day is shared with Anthony Kiedis and Susanna Clarke.

Scorpio, the Scorpion — an engraving
Sun sign
Scorpio ♏︎
the Scorpion · ruled by Pluto · remembers everything
Topaz, the birthstone for November — an engraving
Birthstone
Topaz
November
Chrysanthemum, the birth flower for November — an engraving
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
& peony

Your book

Born on November 1? 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

Scorpio, October 23 to November 21.

The Scorpion, ruled by Mars in the old books and Pluto in the newer ones, which tells you the tradition could not agree on how to handle it. A water sign, credited with intensity, loyalty that runs to the bone, and a stare. Its people are said to keep secrets well — their own and yours — and to forgive nothing and forget less. The books call it magnetic, from a safe distance.

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

Good company

Also born on November 1.

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

1962
Anthony Kiedis
American singer-songwriter
1959
Susanna Clarke
English author
1947
Jim Steinman
American songwriter and producer
1918
Ken Miles
English-American race car driver
1949
David Foster
Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1973
Aishwarya Rai
Indian actress and model
1972
Toni Collette
Australian actress
1972
Jenny McCarthy
American actress and model

On this day

What November 1 has seen.

It is Samhain and Beltane in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively.

1141After Empress Matilda released her rival King Stephen, he in turn released Robert of Gloucester, her strongest supporter, thus prolonging the Anglo-Norman civil war known as The Anarchy.
1824The disposable ship Columbus arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
1914World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force departed Albany, Western Australia.
1956The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
1972Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened.

The calendar

When November 1 falls.

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