Ruled by the Mercury

Born on a Wednesday

“Wednesday's child is full of woe.”

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Wednesday personality

Wednesday belongs to Mercury, the planet of communication. Wednesday babies are said to be clever, chatty and endlessly curious, quick learners who can talk their way into, and out of, almost anything. Despite the old rhyme, nothing about the day itself is unlucky.

In love

In love, Wednesday people are said to need a partner who is also a best friend: someone to talk with for hours, swap ideas with and never get bored of.

At work

Careers often linked with Wednesday people:

Writing and journalism
Sales and marketing
Teaching
Technology
Travel

Wednesday facts

Ruling planet☿ MercuryMore about the Mercury →

Traditional metalQuicksilver (mercury)

Name originWōdnesdægOld English for Woden's day. Latin: dies Mercurii.

US births16.3% of birthsThe second most common day to be born, about 12,911 babies a day.

Woden (Odin), chief of the Germanic gods, was matched with the Roman messenger god Mercury.

Language	Wednesday
Spanish	miércoles
French	mercredi
Japanese	suiyōbi (水曜日, water day)

Famous people born on a Wednesday

J. D. Salinger · American authorJanuary 1, 1919

Shakira · Colombian singer-songwriterFebruary 2, 1977

Jensen Ackles · American actorMarch 1, 1978

Wallace Beery · American actorApril 1, 1885

Oliver Bierhoff · German association football official and former playerMay 1, 1968

Sarah Wayne Callies · American actress and directorJune 1, 1977

Leslie Caron · French and American actress and dancerJuly 1, 1931

Jason Momoa · American actorAugust 1, 1979

Richard Farnsworth · American actorSeptember 1, 1920

Jimmy Carter · President of the United States from 1977 to 1981October 1, 1924

Stephen Crane · American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalistNovember 1, 1871

Britney Spears · American singer, songwriter, actress and modelDecember 2, 1981

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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.