BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on September 15.

Everyone born on September 15 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 Agatha Christie and Sophie Dahl.

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 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

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 15.

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

1890
Agatha Christie
English playwright and crime novelist
1977
Sophie Dahl
English author and model
1977
Tom Hardy
English actor and producer
1972
Queen Letizia of Spain
Queen Consort of King Felipe VI of Spain
1857
William Howard Taft
27th President of the United States
1254
Marco Polo
Italian explorer and merchant
1995
David Raya
Spanish footballer
1939
Subramanian Swamy
Indian economist and politician

On this day

What September 15 has seen.

It is Battle of Britain Day in the United Kingdom.

1776American Revolutionary War: British forces made an unopposed amphibious landing at Kips Bay on Manhattan, the American defenders having fled due to artillery fire.
1795French Revolutionary Wars: Great Britain seized the Dutch Cape Colony to use its facilities against the French Navy.
1935Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of their citizenship.
1944World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.

The calendar

When September 15 falls.

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