Birthday facts

Born on September 25.

Everyone born on September 25 is a Libra — ruled by Venus, fair to a fault, decisive never. The stone is sapphire, the flower aster, and the day is shared with William Faulkner and Shel Silverstein.

Sun sign

Libra ♎︎

the Scales · ruled by Venus · fair to a fault, decisive never

Birthstone

Sapphire

September

Birth flower

Aster

& morning glory

Your book

Born on September 25? 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 September 25.

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

1897

William Faulkner

American novelist and short story writer

1930

Shel Silverstein

American poet and author

1963

Keely Shaye Smith

American author and journalist

1944

Michael Douglas

American actor and producer

1992

Rosalía

Spanish singer-songwriter

1983

Donald Glover

American actor and rapper

1969

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Welsh actress

1968

Will Smith

American actor and rapper

On this day

What September 25 has seen.

It is Mid-Autumn Festival (2026) in China, Taiwan, and Korea.

1066Harold Godwinson defeated King Harald III of Norway and his English ally Tostig Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, ending the last Norse invasion of the British Isles.

1775American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia failed to capture the city of Montreal from British forces.

1800French Revolutionary Wars: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned their invasion of the Batavian island of Curaçao.

1990The Ram Rath Yatra, a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, began in the Indian state of Gujarat.

The calendar

When September 25 falls.

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