BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on September 11.

Everyone born on September 11 is a Virgo — ruled by Mercury, you have already spotted the error. The stone is sapphire, the flower aster, and the day is shared with D. H. Lawrence and Taraji P. Henson.

Virgo, the Maiden — an engraving
Sun sign
Virgo ♍︎
the Maiden · ruled by Mercury · you have already spotted the error
Sapphire, the birthstone for September — an engraving
Birthstone
Sapphire
September
Aster, the birth flower for September — an engraving
Birth flower
Aster
& morning glory

Your book

Born on September 11? 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

Virgo, August 23 to September 22.

The Maiden, ruled by Mercury, and the books make it the sign of the well-kept list — precise, useful, quietly indispensable. An earth sign, credited with discernment and a work ethic, and blamed for noticing the flaw in everything, including itself. Its people are said to be the ones who actually read the instructions. The tradition admires Virgo and slightly fears having its work checked by one.

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

Good company

Also born on September 11.

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

1885
D. H. Lawrence
English novelist and poet
1970
Taraji P. Henson
American actress and singer
1945
Franz Beckenbauer
German footballer and manager
1917
Jessica Mitford
English-American author and journalist
1950
Amy Madigan
American actress
1862
O. Henry
American short story writer
1962
Kristy McNichol
American actress
1977
Ludacris
American rapper and producer

On this day

What September 11 has seen.

It is National Day of Catalonia.

1776British and American leaders held a peace conference on Staten Island, New York, in the hopes of bringing an end to the nascent American Revolutionary War.
1851In a fight near Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of escaped slaves and free Blacks led by William Parker fought off a federal posse seeking to arrest and return the escapees to slavery.
2025Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a coup plot.

The calendar

When September 11 falls.

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