November 12 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
The short answer
People born on November 12 are Scorpio. On this date the Sun sits between 18.7° Scorpio and 21.0° Scorpio in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the second decan of Scorpio.
November 12 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio (October 23 to November 21) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 18.7° Scorpio to 21.0° Scorpio (usually 19.9° Scorpio at noon UTC) |
| Decan | second decan of Scorpio: Pisces (triplicity), Sun (Chaldean), Six of Cups (Golden Dawn); third decan of Scorpio: Cancer (triplicity), Venus (Chaldean), Seven of Cups (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Water |
| Modality | Fixed |
| Ruling planet | Pluto, traditionally Mars |
| Nearest sign change | About 9.0 days away |
What a November 12 birthday means
On November 12 the Sun sits between 18.7° Scorpio and 21.0° Scorpio in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 19.9° Scorpio.
That places November 12 in the second decan of Scorpio. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Pisces, the older Chaldean order gives it to the Sun, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Six of Cups. In some years the Sun moves on into the third decan of Scorpio during this date, so both apply.
Scorpio is a water sign of the fixed modality, ruled by Pluto. Water signs read the mood first; feeling is how they know what is true. Fixed signs hold steady: each one sits in the middle of a season.
November 12 is about 9 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Scorpio on this date in every year charted.
Where these figures come from
The Sun's position was charted at 12:00 UTC on every day from 1950 to 2025, and the start and end of each date were placed on the straight line between neighbouring days, which is exact to a small fraction of a degree. The range covers every hour of November 12 in UTC across all 76 years; someone born far from UTC can sit up to about half a degree beyond it. Decans follow two traditional systems: the triplicity system, which gives each third of a sign to the three signs of its element in turn, and the older Chaldean order of faces, which runs through the seven classical planets from Mars at the start of Aries.
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