What Happens If You Are Born On A Leap Year

People born on leap day.

Once every four years people born on feb. That s right monday is leap day the extra day added every fourth year to help fix the problem that while. Getty leap day february 29 comes around just once every four years and this year is the first one since 2016. The leaplings the technical term for folks born on leap day will get to have their cake and they can eat it on the day they were actually born.

Each leap day businesses do offer an array of specials for people born on the 29th. And if you love astrology you ll know pisces are compassionate artistic and intuitive but also fearful and over trusting. You would celebrate your birthday on the same day as every other year. On the other hand some astrologists believe that leap day babies have special and unique characteristics.

It s basically a corrective measure because the earth doesn t orbit the sun in exactly 365 days it s a little more than that so february 29 can help the planet and our calendars keep in sync. Newsweek spoke to a few leaplings who will celebrate. This year specials include free food free birthday parties and even free travel. A leap year is a year with 366 days instead of 365 the extra day falling on february 29 when every other year the month would end on february 28.

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In the original set up and others however leap day birthdays are excluded to keep things uniform. It is basically just another year with one extra day. 29 actually get to celebrate their birthday. It s a date that has captured the imagination of people for centuries an upside down day where anything can happen.

Leaplings or leapers are babies born on this most rare of days the 29th february. Perhaps the most famous leap day plot device appears in the 1879 gilbert and sullivan opera the. It s a day where women can ask men to marry them unless of course you re in greece where it s extremely unlucky to do anything even vaguely romantic on a leap day.