About Born On Box

Born On Box has a page for every birthday of the year, with its zodiac sign, decan, birthstone, birth flower, how common it is and what day of the week it fell on in past years.

Where the facts come from

• Zodiac signs use the tropical zodiac date ranges that most horoscopes and newspapers print. The Sun changes sign at a slightly different time each year, so if you were born on the first or last day of a sign, a birth chart with your birth time is the final word.
• Birthstones follow the modern list first published by the Jewelers of America in 1912, with later additions from the American Gem Trade Association.
• How common a birthday is comes from US birth records for 1994–2014, from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and the Social Security Administration, as compiled by FiveThirtyEight.
• Chinese New Year dates come from the Chinese calendar data in the Unicode ICU library.

Astrology and the meanings given to stones and flowers are traditions, not science. We present them for fun and for interest.

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