BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on October 10.

Everyone born on October 10 is a Libra — ruled by Venus, fair to a fault, decisive never. The stone is opal, the flower marigold, and the day is shared with Lucy Powell and Gavin Newsom.

Libra, the Scales — an engraving
Sun sign
Libra ♎︎
the Scales · ruled by Venus · fair to a fault, decisive never
Opal, the birthstone for October — an engraving
Birthstone
Opal
October
Marigold, the birth flower for October — an engraving
Birth flower
Marigold
& cosmos

Your book

Born on October 10? 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

Libra, September 23 to October 22.

The Scales, ruled by Venus, and the only sign that is an object rather than a creature — the books make much of that. An air sign, credited with a sense of fairness, an eye for beauty and a talent for company; blamed for taking a very long time to choose, because both sides really do have a point. Its people are supposed to keep the peace, and to look good doing it.

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

Good company

Also born on October 10.

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

1974
Lucy Powell
English politician
1967
Gavin Newsom
American businessman and politician
1954
David Lee Roth
American singer-songwriter and producer
1967
Michael Giacchino
American composer
1950
Nora Roberts
American author
1959
Bradley Whitford
American actor and producer
1957
Rumiko Takahashi
Japanese author and illustrator
1930
Harold Pinter
English playwright and screenwriter

On this day

What October 10 has seen.

1760In a treaty with Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname gained territorial autonomy.

The calendar

When October 10 falls.

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