November Zodiac Sign: Scorpio or Sagittarius?

Is November 21 Scorpio or Sagittarius? The three border days

Number of years out of 96, 1930 to 2025, US Eastern time; Pacific time in brackets. Every other day of November was the same sign in all 96 years in both time zones.

Your birth year. In US Eastern time the Sun entered Sagittarius on November 21 in these 18 years: 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025; on November 23 in these 3 years: 1931, 1935, 1943. In every other year from 1930 to 2025 it entered on November 22. In each year the day of the change is split: every November birthday before it was Scorpio all day, every one after it Sagittarius all day. In Pacific time the change came three hours earlier on the clock. The calendar above gives the exact minute for your year.

November has a three-day border, one more than December. On an Eastern clock the 21st stayed Scorpio from dawn to midnight in 78 of our 96 years, and in 18 the change fell somewhere inside it. The 22nd is the busiest: there were 75 crossings inside the day, while 3 calendars had it end in Scorpio and 18 had it open in Sagittarius. The 23rd opened in Sagittarius for 93 of the years and kept a short Scorpio stretch at the start for only 3.

Every year from 1930 to 2030 with the minute of the change: November 21 zodiac sign by year · November 22 zodiac sign by year · November 23 zodiac sign by year.

November Scorpio: born November 1 to 21

Usually only the 1st of November falls in Scorpio's opening decan. Over 96 years the Sun hit 10° on November 2 80 times. Most years that leaves the 1st as the only first-decan day; in 7 years the mark came on November 3, and in 9 years on November 1. The tradition calls Scorpio fixed water ruled by Mars, with Pluto added in modern lists: intense, private, slow to change its mind and slower to drop a grievance. Fixed signs hold their ground, and water signs feel first and explain later.

The two remaining decans read differently. November 2 to 11 is the second: the old faces table hands it to the Sun, modern lists to Neptune, so that Scorpio is described as theatrical and imaginative. From November 12 through the 21st sits the third, with Venus as face ruler and the Moon taking over in modern lists. Venus is uneasy in this sign and the Moon is in fall here, so the third decan is often described as guarded and emotional. North of the equator, the days are getting shorter.

November Sagittarius: born November 22 to 30

Every November Sagittarius, in all 96 years, falls in the opening decan, so these are the sign's newest arrivals. The tradition gives Sagittarius to mutable fire ruled by Jupiter: restless, frank, looking toward the horizon and ready to change plans when a better road appears. Mutable signs close a season, and this one closes autumn.

That first decan has Mercury as face ruler in the old table and Jupiter in modern lists. Mercury has its detriment in Sagittarius, so the older reading hands these early Archers a questioning, talkative streak inside a sign that prefers big ideas to small print. The modern reading doubles up on Jupiter and makes this the most plainly Sagittarian stretch.

November birthdays by decan

A decan is a 10° third of a sign, about ten days of the calendar. This is where each November birthday falls, with the Sun's position at noon:

Most common decan at noon US Eastern time, 1930 to 2025. Days where the answer changed with the year: November 2, November 12, November 22. Classical rulers from the table of faces (Chaldean order, as in Lilly's Christian Astrology); modern rulers as listed in Wikipedia's "Decan (astrology)".

Why the Scorpio–Sagittarius change moves from year to year

The crossing has moved earlier over time. The 1930s logged 8 entries dated the 22nd, plus 2 dated the 23rd. Nothing reached the 21st before 1976. Since then the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s hold 4, 4 and 4 early entries, counting through 2025. A leap year drags the date back a day; the calendar years after it let the Sun creep forward again, so early entries cluster around leap years.

On a Pacific clock the entry lands a day early, on the 21st, in 27 years, with 18 in the East. On the Pacific clock no crossing fell on the 23rd.

Sagittarius begins in 2026 on Nov 22, 2026 Eastern, 2:23 a.m. New York time, and the evening before on Pacific clocks (11:23 p.m.). The 2027 entry comes on Nov 22, 2027, 8:16 a.m. New York time, so anyone born earlier that day is still a Scorpio.

When the Sun entered Sagittarius, 2021 to 2030

Moment the Sun reached 0° Sagittarius, from the astronomy-engine ephemeris (tropical zodiac), rounded to the minute, with that year's daylight saving time.

How much of November belongs to each sign

Scorpio holds roughly 21.3 of November's thirty days and Sagittarius 8.7, at most 9.38 (in 2024). The sign spans 30 degrees, and when November closes the Sun is just 8 to 9 degrees into it, so most Sagittarians have December birthdays.

Days counted to the minute from midnight November 1 to midnight after November 30, US Eastern time, 1930 to 2025. Shortest Sagittarius share: 7.94 days (1931); longest: 9.38 days (2024).

Scorpio and Sagittarius side by side: symbol, element, ruler

Scorpio is water and fixed, Sagittarius is fire and mutable, so the month passes from a sign that digs in to one that moves on. Mars rules the first and Jupiter the second: pressure, then expansion. The Scorpion stays low and waits; the Archer aims at something far away.

Each sign in full: Scorpio zodiac sign · Sagittarius zodiac sign.

Famous people born in November

The list below keeps people whose birthday sits wholly inside one sign. Names born on the three border days are left out because the year decides their sign, so the Sagittarius side is shorter, partly because it has only 8.7 days.

♏︎ November Scorpio

• Aishwarya Rai, Indian actressNov 1, 1973
• Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor, producer and television personalityNov 2, 1965
• Kendall Jenner, American media personality and modelNov 3, 1995
• Matthew McConaughey, American actorNov 4, 1969
• Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter and musicianNov 5, 1959
• Kazuo Ishiguro, British novelistNov 8, 1954
• Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist, cosmologist and authorNov 9, 1934
• Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producerNov 11, 1974
• Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and criticNov 16, 1930
• Jodie Foster, American actress and filmmakerNov 19, 1962

♐︎ November Sagittarius

• Miley Cyrus, American singer, actress, and television personalityNov 23, 1992
• Tina Turner, American-born Swiss singer and songwriterNov 26, 1939
• Bruce Lee, Hong Kong–American martial artist and actorNov 27, 1940
• Jimi Hendrix, American guitaristNov 27, 1942

Full birth charts with a recorded birth time, born in November: Kendall Jenner (November 3, Scorpio) · Matthew McConaughey (November 4, Scorpio) · Kris Jenner (November 5, Scorpio) · Emma Stone (November 6, Scorpio) · SZA (November 8, Scorpio) · Gordon Ramsay (November 8, Scorpio) · Eric Dane (November 9, Scorpio) · Leonardo DiCaprio (November 11, Scorpio) · Demi Moore (November 11, Scorpio) · Travis Barker (November 14, Scorpio) · Adam Driver (November 19, Scorpio) · Goldie Hawn (November 21, Scorpio) · Miley Cyrus (November 23, Sagittarius) · Jimi Hendrix (November 27, Sagittarius) · Bruce Lee (November 27, Sagittarius).

Birth dates from Wikidata, only people whose Sun was in the same sign for the whole birthday in every time zone. The chart pages use birth times on record.

November birthdays in US birth data

In US birth data for 2000 to 2014, November had 11,131 births a day, putting it 9th of the 12 months. Counting from the fixed dates, 68.3 percent were Scorpios and 21.9 percent Sagittarians, while 9.8 percent arrived on the three border days.

US births 2000 to 2014 from the Social Security Administration, as published by FiveThirtyEight: 5,008,750 November births. Average per day: 11,131.

Scorpio and Sagittarius in love

Scorpio and Sagittarius stand one step apart, and the tradition expects an uneven start, since water and fire, fixed and mutable, have little in common. Scorpio wants depth and one trusted person; Sagittarius wants room and laughs off heavy talk. It works when Scorpio lightens up and Sagittarius learns to sit through a hard conversation.

For longer matches the tradition points Scorpio to Cancer and Pisces, its fellow water signs, with earth signs like Virgo and Capricorn as complements. Sagittarius is matched with the fire signs Aries and Leo, or with air signs such as Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. One planet cannot settle a couple, so compare full birth dates before you decide anything.

Scorpio and Sagittarius compatibility · Scorpio and Scorpio · Sagittarius and Sagittarius · Scorpio's soulmate · Sagittarius's soulmate · compatibility by two birth dates

Questions about November zodiac signs

Zodiac signs of the other months

• January: Capricorn to 18, Aquarius from 22
• February: Aquarius to 17, Pisces from 20
• March: Pisces to 18, Aries from 22
• April: Aries to 18, Taurus from 21
• May: Taurus to 19, Gemini from 22
• June: Gemini to 19, Cancer from 23
• July: Cancer to 21, Leo from 24
• August: Leo to 21, Virgo from 24
• September: Virgo to 21, Libra from 24
• October: Libra to 21, Scorpio from 25
• November: Scorpio to 20, Sagittarius from 24
• December: Sagittarius to 20, Capricorn from 23

Days that are always one sign, US Eastern and Pacific time, 1930 to 2025. The days between depend on the year. All twelve months in one table: zodiac signs by month. All twelve signs with the exact change by year: zodiac sign dates.

Written by The Zodiac Atlas editorial team with the help of AI and edited by a person. Every date, count and share on this page comes from our own run of the astronomy-engine ephemeris (tropical zodiac) over 1930 to 2025, with historical US time zone rules. Traits follow the Western tradition. Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science.