Sample Page Title

This is a detailed look at the essential facts regarding July 21, 1978, that no one tells you about. Prepare to have your mind blown if your birthday falls on this date.

Discover your zodiac sign, governing planet, soul animal, and attributes. Learn about your numerology number and its properties, as well as your power color and lucky day. Read about noteworthy things and events that occurred when you were born. Everything from global and athletic events to the number one song on your birthday, the most popular movie of the year, your birthstone, celebs that share your birthday, and much more!

Learning about yourself gives you direction and depth. The path to self-improvement begins with a journey to discover oneself. Knowing your own objectives, interests, and ambitions is critical. By reading this page, we feel that you will have a better understanding of yourself. 

📅 Day of the Week

What day of the week was July 21st, 1978: In the Georgian calendar, July 21st was the 202nd day of 1978. It was the 7th month of the year and the 29th Friday. This date was 17,313 days ago. It was also the 51st day of Summer, with 42 days left until Fall (autumn). In 2034, you will be able to re-use the 1978 calendar. The calendars will be identical in every way.

🗓️ 3rd quarter of the year
🗓️ July 21, 1978, was a Friday
🗓️ There were 365 days in 1978 since it is not a leap year.
🗓️ July 21 will fall on a Wednesday in 2025.

What is my age today?

You’re 47 old, born in the Year of the Horse 🐎. Your zodiac sign is Cancer ♋, and being born in 1978 makes you a part of the Generation X. Your zodiac sign and the generation you’re born into make a difference in your personality and life. We’ll explain everything further down.

You are part of Generation X, also known as "Gen X." They are sandwiched between the older boomers and the younger Millennials. Generation Xers were born amid a period of altering cultural ideals and were dubbed the "latchkey generation" as youngsters. In the 1990s, they were labeled as slackers, cynics, and disillusioned. This group begins in 1946 and ends about 1964, when the birth rate began to drop again.

You’ve been alive for , and you are approximately . If you’ve been sleeping for 8 hours every day since birth, you’ve slept for 5,771 days or 189 months – almost 33% of your life! Up till today, there have been 587 🌖 full moons since you were born.

You have been alive for:

⏱️ You are  old

With an average heart rate of 80 beats per minute, your heart beat 1,994,457,600 times. A human’s heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times throughout its lifetime. In addition, you took about 349,030,080 breaths since birth. A person resting breathing rate is between 12 and 16 breaths per minute.

🎂 Birthday

You were born on a Friday in the Summer of 1978. Venus, the planet of love, equilibrium, beauty, romance, elegance, and enjoyment, rules Friday. Lucky Friday babies are gregarious creatures who are artistic and concerned with beauty and love, but they may also be narcissistic.

This signifies that your birth date has a numerology of 8. This date also reveals your lucky day is a Monday, and your power color is Silver ⬤. Your numerology number makes a difference in your personality and life.

🐎 You were born in the Year of the Horse
⏳ You have been alive:  or
⭐️ On your next birthday, you will be 48 years old.
🌌 Your birth sign is Cancer

A person blinks about 17 times each minute, so you have blinked approximately 423,822,240 times in a lifetime. Assuming you took 7,000 steps every day, you’ve walked approximately 2,908,584,000 steps.

Your 48th birthday is away; this year, it will be on a Tuesday. The timer below counts down to your upcoming birthday.

⌛ In

🌠 Did you know: You’ve also traveled more than 27,700,800,000 miles 🚀 through the Milky Way since Earth moves over 1.6 million miles every day.

What day of the week is July 21

July 21, 2025	Monday
July 21, 2026	Tuesday
July 21, 2027	Wednesday
July 21, 2028	Friday
July 21, 2029	Saturday

🔭 What is my zodiac sign?

You are a Cancer ♋. There are 12 zodiac signs, also known as astrological signs, each having its unique set of strengths, problems, emotions, patterns, connections, and other characteristics. In Astrology, your zodiac sign represents the sun’s location at the time of your birth and has the most significance on your life and personality.

Cancer's life goal is ongoing comfort and connection, as well as a hidden yearning to feel protected (emotionally, spiritually, romantically, and financially). This Zodiac sign enjoys art, home-based activities, resting near or in water, assisting loved ones, and dislikes strangers and sharing personal information. This sign's virtues include being persistent, very inventive, loyal, sensitive, compassionate, and persuasive, while its flaws include being gloomy, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative, and insecure. Capricorn and Taurus have the best overall compatibility with Cancer.

🌌 Ruling Planet: Moon
🐎 Zodiac Animal Sign: Horse
〰️ Zodiac Quality: Mutable
🔥 Zodiac Element: Fire

Your ruling planet is Moon ☽. There are ten primary planets, each representing a particular set of features and characteristics and rules over a different aspect of our existence, each with its distinct feel. Just as with the zodiac sign, it’s vital to understand the planets and how they affect your life. They all have various effects on us, and knowing which aspects of our lives they rule is crucial to interpreting your horoscope.

The Moon signifies the caring and emotional instincts of a person. People born with the Moon as their governing planet are sensitive, caring, and exhibit mood swings.

🌌 What is my Chinese Zodiac sign?

According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, being born in 1978 means your zodiac animal is a Horse 🐎. The Chinese zodiac follows a 12-year cycle, with each year cycle corresponding to a different animal sign. For more than 2,000 years, Chinese culture has had a zodiac system. The Chinese zodiac animal, like the zodiac signs, has characteristics and importance. The animal that rules a person’s birth year has a significant impact on their personality and fate.

People born in the Year of the Horse are thought to be kind and easygoing. Independence is one of their greatest assets, although they may be too blunt with others at times. Men born in the Horse year are independent and yearn for independence, while women are lovely and exude a rejuvenating air. Those born in the Year of the Horse, unfortunately, are also impatient.

Serpent is the animal of the year for 2025.

🐺 What is my Spirit Animal?

Woodpecker is your Spirit Animal. Connection, intelligence, healing, revelation, perception, and individuality are all important. Woodpeckers are incredibly resourceful.

🎶 Number 1 song on my birthday

The number one song on July 21, 1978, was – "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb

🔀 Popular birthday songs: Katy Perry's 'Birthday'.

✅ Fact: In the United States, the song “Happy Birthday” is in the public domain. Warner Chappell Music has claimed copyright in the past, however that claim was found to be invalid in 2015.

🔢 My Numerology number

We calculated your numerology number. If you were born on July 21, 1978, your numerology number is 8. Your numerology number is intended to provide information about your larger purpose, such as your strengths, weaknesses, personality, abilities, and objectives. The tone of your experiences, as well as why events occur in the past, present, and future, are revealed by your numerology number.

According to Numerology of 8, you came into this plane prepared to lead, direct, organize, and rule. You are driven and goal-oriented. The number eight emphasizes professions, business, wealth, and authority. You are spiritual, yet you keep your spirituality practical and realistic. The values of eights include authority, material goods, and achievement, while the problems are learning when exercising control is beneficial and when it is best to delegate authority.

🎂 Famous birthdays on this day

Celebrities born on July 21, 1978, are listed below. You share a birthday with Josh Hartnett (movie actor), Damian Marley (reggae singer).

🗺️ The world on July 21, 1978

Jimmy Carter (Democratic) was President of the United States, and the world population was around 4.3 billion people. In 1978, there were an estimated 122,638,528 infants born across the world. According to Social Security Administration, the most common baby names in 1978 were Jennifer for girls and Michael for males.

In 1978, the TIME Person of the Year was Deng Xiaoping. In 1978, Deng, China's Vice Premier, deposed Hua Guofeng and took de facto leadership of China as the Paramount Leader.

Grease directed by Randal Kleiser and starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing was the most popular film of 1978. Space Invaders developed by Taito, was one of the most popular video games in 1978.

🎅 Holidays on July 21

No major holidays found for this date.

📜 Historical events on this day

Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria.
First Battle of Bull Run [Battle of First Manassas], 1st major battle of the US Civil War is fought near Manassas, Virginia, Confederate victory.
After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed.
John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial”, Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 & costs.
Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT).

🏟️ Sporting events in 1978

⚽ The 1978 UEFA Champions League season was the 23rd season of Europe's elite club football tournament. In the final, played in London, Liverpool defeated Club Brugge 1 - 0.

🏏 India and West Indies faced off in the 1983 Cricket World Cup at Lord's in London, England. In the final, India defeated West Indies by 43 runs.

🏈 Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XII on January 15, 1978 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 2) to win the 1978 World Series.

🏀 Washington Bullets beat Seattle SuperSonics (4 - 3) to win the 1978 NBA Finals.

🏒 Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1978 Stanley Cup.

🎾 In the 1978 US Open Tennis Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Bj�rn Borg (6-4, 6-2, 6-2) to win men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Pam Shriver (7-5, 6-4) to become US Open women's singles champion.

🏆 Argentina beat Netherlands (3 - 1) to win the World Cup in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

🪨 What is my Birthstone?

The birthstone for July 21 is Ruby. July's only birthstone is ruby. The name is derived from the Latin term ruber, which means "red." It represents love, passion, and vitality. Many cultures have loved rubies since ancient times, when people thought they had the power to keep people alive.

🌸 What is my Birth Flower?

According to BirthdayFact, the birth flower for July 21 is Larkspur. The larkspur is the birth flower for July. Larkspurs and delphiniums are both annual species of the genus Delphinium, and the names are used interchangeably. The Tudors named the flower larkspur because it resembled a lark's spur or claw. This July flower bloomed where Ajax's blood was spilt at the battle of Troy, according to Greek legend.

Larkspur is a plant that is used to deter dangerous snakes and to treat scorpion stings. In England, people sprinkled larkspur in their bathwater to ward off ghosts and magic. Native Americans used it for dye since it grows wild in both the United States and Europe.

The second July birth flower is the water lily, which stands for the eternal rebirth of life, spirituality, and enlightenment.

Continue to the next page 👉 to learn more about this date and a quick overview of your birthday.