BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on October 6.

Everyone born on October 6 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 Bronny James and Olivia Thirlby.

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 6? 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 6.

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

2004
Bronny James
American basketball player
1986
Olivia Thirlby
American actress
1963
Elisabeth Shue
American actress
1887
Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect and painter
2000
Addison Rae
American singer and social media personality
1773
Louis Philippe I
of France
1971
Emily Mortimer
English actress
1949
Lonnie Johnson
American inventor

On this day

What October 6 has seen.

It is German-American Day in the United States.

1762Seven Years' War: The Battle of Manila concluded with a British victory over Spain, leading to a twenty-month occupation.
1777American Revolutionary War: Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery were captured by British forces under Sir Henry Clinton, dismantling the Hudson River Chains.
1995Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star.
2000Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.

The calendar

When October 6 falls.

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