BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on October 29.

Everyone born on October 29 is a Scorpio — ruled by Pluto, remembers everything. The stone is opal, the flower marigold, and the day is shared with Bob Ross and Richard Dreyfuss.

Scorpio, the Scorpion — an engraving
Sun sign
Scorpio ♏︎
the Scorpion · ruled by Pluto · remembers everything
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 29? 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 October 29.

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

1942
Bob Ross
American painter and television host
1947
Richard Dreyfuss
American activist and actor
1972
Tracee Ellis Ross
American actress and producer
1971
Winona Ryder
American actress and producer
1925
Dominick Dunne
American author and journalist
1982
Ahmed al-Sharaa
Syrian revolutionary and military leader
1972
Gabrielle Union
American actress and producer
1967
Rufus Sewell
English actor

On this day

What October 29 has seen.

It is Republic Day in Turkey.

1883The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.
1955An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

The calendar

When October 29 falls.

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