November 23 zodiac sign
Early Sagittarius usually holds November 23, the Sun at about 1° in the Jupiter-ruled first decan, though in a handful of years the date still opens in late Scorpio.
Sun signScorpio or Sagittarius
- Sun at 0°–3° Sagittarius
- 1st decan · Jupiter
- Cusp birthday
November 23 in profile
For nearly every year this birthday is Sagittarius, mutable fire, with the Sun at roughly 1°. In a few years, though, the Sun was still in Scorpio for part of the day, and there is no cusp blend: a person is one sign or the other, and the table on this page shows which. On the Sagittarius side the first decan belongs to the sign itself, so Jupiter rules twice and the sign’s optimism is new and unfiltered. The rare Scorpio version carries the last degree of that sign’s focus. Both share an appetite for meaning.
Freedom is non-negotiable. A November 23 Sagittarius keeps a bag half packed and grows restless if the calendar fills more than two weeks ahead. They need partners who also have their own lives. Shared plans are welcome; schedules imposed by others are not. Any sense of being tied down turns their cheerfulness flat.
Money comes and goes with enthusiasm. They spend on experiences: flights, courses, concert tickets, gear for the next adventure. Saving for a distant goal feels dull unless the goal itself is exciting. Jupiter brings luck and occasional overconfidence. The useful habit is a dedicated travel fund that fills automatically, so freedom has a budget rather than a credit card bill.
Scorpio or Sagittarius?
The Sun moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius around November 23, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of November 23 in 11 years out of 111, at a median of 02:51 UTC. In 100 years it was already Sagittarius all day. So a November 23 birthday is Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on November 23, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Sagittarius all day
- 1971Sagittarius all day
- 1972Sagittarius all day
- 1973Sagittarius all day
- 1974Sagittarius all day
- 1975Sagittarius all day
- 1976Sagittarius all day
- 1977Sagittarius all day
- 1978Sagittarius all day
- 1979Sagittarius all day
- 1980Sagittarius all day
- 1981Sagittarius all day
- 1982Sagittarius all day
- 1983Sagittarius all day
- 1984Sagittarius all day
- 1985Sagittarius all day
- 1986Sagittarius all day
- 1987Sagittarius all day
- 1988Sagittarius all day
- 1989Sagittarius all day
- 1990Sagittarius all day
- 1991Sagittarius all day
- 1992Sagittarius all day
- 1993Sagittarius all day
- 1994Sagittarius all day
- 1995Sagittarius all day
- 1996Sagittarius all day
- 1997Sagittarius all day
- 1998Sagittarius all day
- 1999Sagittarius all day
- 2000Sagittarius all day
- 2001Sagittarius all day
- 2002Sagittarius all day
- 2003Sagittarius all day
- 2004Sagittarius all day
- 2005Sagittarius all day
- 2006Sagittarius all day
- 2007Sagittarius all day
- 2008Sagittarius all day
- 2009Sagittarius all day
- 2010Sagittarius all day
- 2011Sagittarius all day
- 2012Sagittarius all day
- 2013Sagittarius all day
- 2014Sagittarius all day
- 2015Sagittarius all day
- 2016Sagittarius all day
- 2017Sagittarius all day
- 2018Sagittarius all day
- 2019Sagittarius all day
- 2020Sagittarius all day
- 2021Sagittarius all day
- 2022Sagittarius all day
- 2023Sagittarius all day
- 2024Sagittarius all day
- 2025Sagittarius all day
- 2026Sagittarius all day
- 2027Sagittarius all day
- 2028Sagittarius all day
- 2029Sagittarius all day
- 2030Sagittarius 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 23 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 23 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2018Taurus → Gemini
- 2019Libra
- 2020Pisces
- 2021Cancer
- 2022Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2023Aries
- 2024Virgo
- 2025Capricorn
- 2026Taurus
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 23 birthday
A world map with pins for marking the places they have been and want to go, alongside a voucher toward their next flight.
Asked about November 23
What zodiac sign is November 23?
November 23 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 23 a cusp birthday?
Yes. November 23 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 23?
November 23 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.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A November 23 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.