BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on November 18.

Everyone born on November 18 is a Scorpio — ruled by Pluto, remembers everything. The stone is topaz, the flower chrysanthemum, and the day is shared with Margaret Atwood and Alan Moore.

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 18? 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 18.

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

1939
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
1953
Alan Moore
English author
1970
Megyn Kelly
American lawyer and journalist
1974
Chloë Sevigny
American actress and model
1968
Owen Wilson
American actor
1981
Mekia Cox
American actress and dancer
1952
Delroy Lindo
English-American director and actor
1982
Damon Wayans Jr.
American actor and comedian

On this day

What November 18 has seen.

1210, Holy Roman Emperor, was excommunicated by Pope after Otto commanded him to annul the Concordat of Worms.
1865"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, becoming the first great success of American author Mark Twain.
1872American suffragist Susan B. Anthony was arrested and later fined $100 for having voted in the presidential election two weeks earlier.
2011The sandbox video game Minecraft exited beta with the official release of version 1.0.

The calendar

When November 18 falls.

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