BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on October 15.

Everyone born on October 15 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 Didier Deschamps and Emeril Lagasse.

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 15? 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 15.

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

1968
Didier Deschamps
French footballer and manager
1959
Emeril Lagasse
American author and chef
1844
Friedrich Nietzsche
German composer and poet
1926
Michel Foucault
French historian and philosopher
1924
Lee Iacocca
American author
1989
Anthony Joshua
British professional boxer
1931
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian engineer and academic
1920
Mario Puzo
American author and screenwriter

On this day

What October 15 has seen.

It is White Cane Safety Day in the United States.

1815Napoleon began his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, which would encompass his final six years.
1932Air India (modern aircraft pictured), the flag carrier airline of India, began operations under the name Tata Airlines.

The calendar

When October 15 falls.

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