November 21 zodiac sign
Scorpio or Sagittarius on November 21 depends on the year and the hour: in most years the Sun is still at about 28° Scorpio, but in a few it has just crossed into Sagittarius.
Sun signScorpio or Sagittarius
- Sun at 27°–30° Scorpio
- 3rd decan · Moon
- Cusp birthday
November 21 in profile
There is no blended cusp sign in astrology. A November 21 birthday is Scorpio or Sagittarius, decided by the exact moment the Sun changed sign that year, and the table on this page shows which. For most, the Sun sits in the final degrees of Scorpio, in the Moon-ruled Cancer decan, close to the anaretic 29° where the sign’s lessons gather urgency. For the minority born after the change, it is 0° Sagittarius, raw fire under Jupiter. What the two share is intensity of conviction.
Home matters to both versions, though differently. The late-Scorpio November 21 makes a private, well-defended nest and guards family secrets. The early-Sagittarius version treats home as a base camp, loved but often left for the next trip. Both are fiercely loyal to their own people and will defend a sibling in public even while arguing with them in private.
Talk is direct on either side of the line. The Scorpio version chooses words carefully and lands them hard; the Sagittarius one blurts the truth and laughs about it afterwards. Both dislike vague answers and polite evasions. The useful habit for either is a short pause before the most honest sentence, which keeps candour from turning into collateral damage.
Scorpio or Sagittarius?
The Sun moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius around November 21, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of November 21 in 11 years out of 111, at a median of 20:40 UTC (23:22 UTC in births from 1980 to 2010). In 100 years the whole day was still Scorpio. So a November 21 birthday is Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on November 21, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Scorpio all day
- 1971Scorpio all day
- 1972Scorpio all day
- 1973Scorpio all day
- 1974Scorpio all day
- 1975Scorpio all day
- 1976Scorpio all day
- 1977Scorpio all day
- 1978Scorpio all day
- 1979Scorpio all day
- 1980Scorpio all day
- 1981Scorpio all day
- 1982Scorpio all day
- 1983Scorpio all day
- 1984Scorpio all day
- 1985Scorpio all day
- 1986Scorpio all day
- 1987Scorpio all day
- 1988Scorpio all day
- 1989Scorpio all day
- 1990Scorpio all day
- 1991Scorpio all day
- 1992Scorpio all day
- 1993Scorpio all day
- 1994Scorpio all day
- 1995Scorpio all day
- 1996Scorpio all day
- 1997Scorpio all day
- 1998Scorpio all day
- 1999Scorpio all day
- 2000Scorpio all day
- 2001Scorpio all day
- 2002Scorpio all day
- 2003Scorpio all day
- 2004Sagittarius from 23:22
- 2005Scorpio all day
- 2006Scorpio all day
- 2007Scorpio all day
- 2008Sagittarius from 22:44
- 2009Scorpio all day
- 2010Scorpio all day
- 2011Scorpio all day
- 2012Sagittarius from 21:50
- 2013Scorpio all day
- 2014Scorpio all day
- 2015Scorpio all day
- 2016Sagittarius from 21:22
- 2017Scorpio all day
- 2018Scorpio all day
- 2019Scorpio all day
- 2020Sagittarius from 20:40
- 2021Scorpio all day
- 2022Scorpio all day
- 2023Scorpio all day
- 2024Sagittarius from 19:56
- 2025Scorpio all day
- 2026Scorpio all day
- 2027Scorpio all day
- 2028Sagittarius from 18:55
- 2029Scorpio all day
- 2030Scorpio all day
Calculated by Lunonis from the same ephemeris code as our charts (astronomy-engine, checked against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Times are UTC: add or subtract your time zone’s offset, which can move the change to the day before or after.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on November 21 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 21 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Sagittarius → Capricorn
- 2018Taurus
- 2019Virgo
- 2020Aquarius
- 2021Gemini
- 2022Libra → Scorpio
- 2023Pisces
- 2024Leo
- 2025Sagittarius
- 2026Aries
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 21 birthday, in the Cancer decan, Cancer is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a November 21 birthday
A sturdy travel bag with a framed family photo slipped inside, so home comes along on every trip, whichever sign the chart shows.
Asked about November 21
What zodiac sign is November 21?
November 21 can be Scorpio or Sagittarius. The Sun changed from Scorpio to Sagittarius during this date in 11 of the 111 years from 1930 to 2040, so the answer depends on the birth year, time and place. The year-by-year list above shows when; a birth chart gives the exact answer.
Is November 21 a cusp birthday?
Yes. November 21 is one of the days the Sun leaves Scorpio for Sagittarius. People call it the Scorpio–Sagittarius cusp, but there is no blended sign: someone born before the change is Scorpio, after it Sagittarius.
What decan is November 21?
November 21 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 21 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.