November 20 zodiac sign
Close to the end of Scorpio, November 20 puts the Sun at about 27°, where the Moon-ruled Cancer decan meets a sign already sensing the fire of Sagittarius just ahead.
Sun signScorpio
- Sun at 26°–30° Scorpio
- 3rd decan · Moon
November 20 in profile
Twenty-seven degrees is very late Scorpio, and in some years the Sun on this date is only a degree or two from the sign’s final degree. The third decan, with Cancer as sub-sign and the Moon as ruler, keeps feeling close to the surface. Late degrees concentrate the sign’s lessons: trust carefully, let go when it is time. A November 20 Scorpio has a little Sagittarian restlessness creeping in and a sharper sense of humour than earlier Scorpio dates.
First impressions are layered. They come across as warm but watchful, laughing easily while plainly assessing who is in front of them. Strangers sometimes feel they have been read in a minute, which is often true. A well-timed, slightly dark joke is their usual icebreaker. Those who laugh tend to stay. They also notice who did not laugh, and remember it.
Creativity runs to storytelling and atmosphere. They love horror films, ghost stories, dramatic baking projects and costume parties with an elaborate theme. Play feels best when it involves shared secrets or a twist at the end. Halloween often matters more to them than their own birthday. They can also be shy about showing serious art. The growth edge is finishing one project a season and sharing it with a small, trusted audience.
Scorpio all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 20, in every time zone. This is not a cusp birthday: the nearest changes of sign fall around October 24 and November 21.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on November 20 every year; the Moon is not. It changes sign every two and a half days, so people who share this birthday can have any of the twelve Moon signs. Here is where it was on November 20 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Sagittarius
- 2018Aries → Taurus
- 2019Leo → Virgo
- 2020Aquarius
- 2021Gemini
- 2022Libra
- 2023Aquarius → Pisces
- 2024Cancer → Leo
- 2025Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2026Pisces → Aries
Compatible signs for a Scorpio
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Scorpio gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. For a November 20 birthday, in the Cancer decan, Cancer is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a November 20 birthday
Tickets to an immersive theatre show or a candlelit ghost walk in an old part of town, followed by a late supper somewhere warm.
Asked about November 20
What zodiac sign is November 20?
November 20 is Scorpio in every year: the Sun is at about 26°–30° Scorpio that day, in the sign’s 3rd decan.
Is November 20 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Scorpio on November 20. The cusp days, when the Sun changes sign, fall around October 24 and November 21. Astrology has no blended cusp signs anyway: at any moment the Sun is in one sign.
What decan is November 20?
November 20 falls in the 3rd decan of Scorpio. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Cancer and its ruler Moon, which colours the Scorpio Sun with a little of Cancer.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A November 20 birthday tells you where the Sun was. The Moon, the Rising sign and eight more planets each sit somewhere of their own, and they depend on the year, the hour and the place. The free calculator shows all of them.