BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on October 22.

Everyone born on October 22 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 Javier Milei and Saffron Burrows.

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 22? 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 22.

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

1970
Javier Milei
Argentine economist and politician
1972
Saffron Burrows
English-American actor and actress{{Cite news|title=Other Lives: Birthdays|author=|date=22 October 2024|work=The Guardian|page=SS2-11|quote=Saffron Burrows
1919
Doris Lessing
British novelist and poet
1920
Timothy Leary
American author and psychologist
1952
Jeff Goldblum
American actor and producer
1962
Bob Odenkirk
American actor and comedian
1988
Corey Hawkins
American actor
1811
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer and pianist

On this day

What October 22 has seen.

1940After evading Vichy French and Francoist Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.
1945Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months.
1964The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously.

The calendar

When October 22 falls.

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