November 16 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
The short answer
People born on November 16 are Scorpio. On this date the Sun sits between 22.8° Scorpio and 25.1° Scorpio in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the third decan of Scorpio.
November 16 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio (October 23 to November 21) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 22.8° Scorpio to 25.1° Scorpio (usually 23.9° Scorpio at noon UTC) |
| Decan | 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 4.9 days away |
What a November 16 birthday means
On November 16 the Sun sits between 22.8° Scorpio and 25.1° Scorpio in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 23.9° Scorpio.
That places November 16 in the third decan of Scorpio. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Cancer, the older Chaldean order gives it to Venus, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Seven of Cups.
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 16 is about 5 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 16 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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