November 28 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
The short answer
People born on November 28 are Sagittarius. On this date the Sun sits between 4.9° Sagittarius and 7.2° Sagittarius in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the first decan of Sagittarius.
November 28 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius (November 22 to December 21) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 4.9° Sagittarius to 7.2° Sagittarius (usually 6.0° Sagittarius at noon UTC) |
| Decan | first decan of Sagittarius: Sagittarius (triplicity), Mercury (Chaldean), Eight of Wands (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Fire |
| Modality | Mutable |
| Ruling planet | Jupiter |
| Nearest sign change | About 5.0 days away |
What a November 28 birthday means
On November 28 the Sun sits between 4.9° Sagittarius and 7.2° Sagittarius in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 6.0° Sagittarius.
That places November 28 in the first decan of Sagittarius. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Sagittarius, the older Chaldean order gives it to Mercury, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Eight of Wands.
Sagittarius is a fire sign of the mutable modality, ruled by Jupiter. Fire signs act first and warm up the room; they need something to aim at. Mutable signs adapt: each one closes a season and gets ready for the next.
November 28 is about 5 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Sagittarius 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 28 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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