November 23 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio or Sagittarius?
The short answer
People born on November 23 can be Scorpio or Sagittarius: the Sun changed sign during this date in 5 of the 76 years from 1950 to 2025, sitting between 29.8° Scorpio and 2.1° Sagittarius.
November 23 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio or Sagittarius (conventional tables say Sagittarius, November 22 to December 21) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 29.8° Scorpio to 2.1° Sagittarius (usually 1.0° Sagittarius at noon UTC) |
| Decan | third decan of Scorpio: Cancer (triplicity), Venus (Chaldean), Seven of Cups (Golden Dawn); first decan of Sagittarius: Sagittarius (triplicity), Mercury (Chaldean), Eight of Wands (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Water (Scorpio) or Fire (Sagittarius) |
| Modality | Fixed (Scorpio) or Mutable (Sagittarius) |
| Ruling planet | Pluto, traditionally Mars (Scorpio) or Jupiter (Sagittarius) |
| Nearest sign change | On this date in 5 of the 76 years |
What a November 23 birthday means
On November 23 the Sun sits between 29.8° Scorpio and 2.1° Sagittarius in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 1.0° Sagittarius.
That places November 23 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. In some years the Sun moves on into the first decan of Sagittarius during this date, so both apply.
Scorpio is a water sign of the fixed modality, ruled by Pluto. Sagittarius is a fire sign of the mutable modality, ruled by Jupiter.
November 23 is a cusp date. The Sun changed sign during this date in 5 of the 76 years charted, so someone born on November 23 can be Scorpio or Sagittarius; the birth year and time decide it.
When the Sun changes sign around November 23
Across 1950 to 2025, the Sun entered Sagittarius on these dates (UTC):
- November 21: 6 years
- November 22: 65 years
- November 23: 5 years
If you were born near the change, your birth year and time decide your sign: cast your free birth chart to see it.
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 23 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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