November 22 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio or Sagittarius?

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Astrology recognises no “cusp sign”: someone with a November 22 birthday is either Sagittarius or Scorpio, depending on the year and time, and the table on this page settles it. In most years the Sun has just entered Sagittarius, mutable fire, at 0°, the sign’s first and rawest degree, in the first decan, ruled twice over by Jupiter. For those still in Scorpio, it is the final degree, intense and unfinished. What links them is a restless drive to get to the truth of things.

Rest needs movement for the Sagittarius version: a long walk, a drive with the windows down, a weekend in a new city. The late-Scorpio version recharges in a dark, quiet room. Both struggle with lying around doing nothing and can feel guilty about downtime. Sleep comes easier after physical tiredness than after mental strain. Both tend to wake early on holidays, impatient to start.

Risk excites both, but in different ways. The new Sagittarius says yes to the trip, the course, the move abroad before the details are known. The last-degree Scorpio takes emotional risks: confessing, confronting, walking away. Each benefits from the other’s caution. The growth edge is a single question asked before the leap, such as “what would make this hard to undo?”

Scorpio or Sagittarius?

The Sun moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius around November 22, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of November 22 in 89 years out of 111, at a median of 11:54 UTC (10:14 UTC in births from 1980 to 2010). In 11 years the whole day was still Scorpio. In 11 years it was already Sagittarius all day. So a November 22 birthday is Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.

The Sun on November 22, year by year (UTC)

1970Sagittarius from 17:24
1971Sagittarius from 23:14
1972Sagittarius from 05:02
1973Sagittarius from 10:54
1974Sagittarius from 16:38
1975Sagittarius from 22:30
1976Sagittarius from 04:22
1977Sagittarius from 10:07
1978Sagittarius from 16:04
1979Sagittarius from 21:54
1980Sagittarius from 03:41
1981Sagittarius from 09:36
1982Sagittarius from 15:23
1983Sagittarius from 21:18
1984Sagittarius from 03:11
1985Sagittarius from 08:51
1986Sagittarius from 14:44
1987Sagittarius from 20:30
1988Sagittarius from 02:12
1989Sagittarius from 08:05
1990Sagittarius from 13:47
1991Sagittarius from 19:36
1992Sagittarius from 01:26
1993Sagittarius from 07:07
1994Sagittarius from 13:06
1995Sagittarius from 19:02
1996Sagittarius from 00:50
1997Sagittarius from 06:47
1998Sagittarius from 12:35
1999Sagittarius from 18:25
2000Sagittarius from 00:19
2001Sagittarius from 06:00
2002Sagittarius from 11:54
2003Sagittarius from 17:43
2004Sagittarius all day
2005Sagittarius from 05:15
2006Sagittarius from 11:02
2007Sagittarius from 16:50
2008Sagittarius all day
2009Sagittarius from 04:23
2010Sagittarius from 10:15
2011Sagittarius from 16:08
2012Sagittarius all day
2013Sagittarius from 03:48
2014Sagittarius from 09:38
2015Sagittarius from 15:26
2016Sagittarius all day
2017Sagittarius from 03:05
2018Sagittarius from 09:01
2019Sagittarius from 14:59
2020Sagittarius all day
2021Sagittarius from 02:34
2022Sagittarius from 08:21
2023Sagittarius from 14:03
2024Sagittarius all day
2025Sagittarius from 01:36
2026Sagittarius from 07:23
2027Sagittarius from 13:16
2028Sagittarius all day
2029Sagittarius from 00:49
2030Sagittarius from 06:45

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 22 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 22 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).

2017Capricorn
2018Taurus
2019Virgo → Libra
2020Aquarius → Pisces
2021Gemini → Cancer
2022Scorpio
2023Pisces → Aries
2024Leo → Virgo
2025Sagittarius → Capricorn
2026Aries → Taurus

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Compatible signs for a Sagittarius

Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Sagittarius gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.

A gift for a November 22 birthday

A short trip to somewhere unfamiliar within a few hours’ reach, with a booked bed but no plan, so the restless side can roam and the quiet side can retreat.

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Questions

Asked about November 22

What zodiac sign is November 22?

November 22 can be Scorpio or Sagittarius. The Sun changed from Scorpio to Sagittarius during this date in 89 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 22 a cusp birthday?

Yes. November 22 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 22?

November 22 falls in the 1st decan of Sagittarius. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Sagittarius and its ruler Jupiter, which colours the Sagittarius Sun with a little of Sagittarius.

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Your birthday is only the Sun

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November 22 zodiac sign