November 3 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
The short answer
People born on November 3 are Scorpio. On this date the Sun sits between 9.7° Scorpio and 12.0° Scorpio in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the first decan of Scorpio.
November 3 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio (October 23 to November 21) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 9.7° Scorpio to 12.0° Scorpio (usually 10.9° Scorpio at noon UTC) |
| Decan | first decan of Scorpio: Scorpio (triplicity), Mars (Chaldean), Five of Cups (Golden Dawn); second decan of Scorpio: Pisces (triplicity), Sun (Chaldean), Six of Cups (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Water |
| Modality | Fixed |
| Ruling planet | Pluto, traditionally Mars |
| Nearest sign change | About 9.9 days away |
What a November 3 birthday means
On November 3 the Sun sits between 9.7° Scorpio and 12.0° Scorpio in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 10.9° Scorpio.
That places November 3 in the first decan of Scorpio. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Scorpio, the older Chaldean order gives it to Mars, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Five of Cups. In some years the Sun moves on into the second 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 3 is about 10 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 3 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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