Ruled by the Moon

Born on a Monday

“Monday's child is fair of face.”

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Monday personality

Monday belongs to the Moon, so tradition paints Monday babies as gentle, intuitive and tuned in to other people's feelings. They are said to be natural caretakers who make a house feel like home, with moods that can rise and fall like the tides.

In love

In love, Monday people are said to be loyal and nurturing. They want a partner who feels like a safe harbor and who notices the small things.

At work

Careers often linked with Monday people:

  • Nursing and care work
  • Teaching
  • Hospitality
  • Counseling
  • Home and interior design

Monday facts

Ruling planet☽ MoonMore about the Moon →
Traditional metalSilver
Name originMōnandægOld English for the Moon's day. Latin: dies Lunae.
US births15.0% of birthsThe fifth most common day to be born, about 11,898 babies a day.
LanguageMonday
Spanishlunes
Frenchlundi
Japanesegetsuyōbi (月曜日, moon day)

Famous people born on a Monday

Tia Carrere · American actressJanuary 2, 1967
Brandon Lee · American actorFebruary 1, 1965
Ron Howard · American film director, producer, and actorMarch 1, 1954
Milan Kundera · Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelistApril 1, 1929
Glenn Ford · Canadian-American actorMay 1, 1916
Amy Schumer · American comedian and actressJune 1, 1981
Hermann Hesse · Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painterJuly 2, 1877
Nemanja Matić · Serbian association football playerAugust 1, 1988
Jung Kook · South Korean singerSeptember 1, 1997
George Peppard · American actorOctober 1, 1928
Roseanne Barr · American actress and comedianNovember 3, 1952
Lucy Liu · American actressDecember 2, 1968

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For entertainment. Name origins are standard etymology; ruling planets, metals and personality descriptions are traditional folklore, not science. Births: SSA data via FiveThirtyEight, 2000 to 2014. Famous birthdays: Wikidata.