Having been Thinking (yes, I know, shouldn't try this too often), I now suspect it's the other way round.
If the day on which you were born is magically significant, then it's something you *don't* want your enemies to know about. Not if they're liable to be able to take advantage of it. So if you're important enough to have that sort of enemy, the day on which you were born is a secret. Therefore, if you think/hope you might one day be important enough....
Birthday celebrations, yes (though not cake and candles). But at family and trusted friends level. To outsiders, it's "yes, we're having a birthday celebration, and we're not telling you whose!" So no presents. Just beer. And suitable religious rites for the day, carried out by everyone present.
What do you reckon, does that make sense?
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