November 5 zodiac sign
Scorpio’s steadiest stretch includes November 5, with the Sun near 12° in the second decan, where Pisces and Jupiter add a wide imagination to a very private will.
Sun signScorpio
- Sun at 11°–15° Scorpio
- 2nd decan · Jupiter (modern: Neptune)
November 5 in profile
At 12° Scorpio the sign is fully itself, neither raw nor tired. The second decan, ruled by Pisces with Jupiter as sub-ruler (Neptune in modern practice), brings faith and imagination to Scorpio’s fixed water. A November 5 Scorpio believes strongly in a few things and quietly ignores most others. They tend to know their own mind years before they share it, and they rarely change course once a decision is made.
Independence is not loud for them. They do not storm out of situations; they simply build a second option until the first stops mattering. Shared flats, group trips and joint accounts feel like small cages unless the rules are clear. They like a room of their own, a key nobody else has, and the freedom to vanish for an afternoon without explaining.
With money they are discreet and often more careful than they look. They keep a reserve fund nobody knows about and research big purchases for months. Jupiter can tip them toward one generous splurge, often on someone else. Talking about money with partners feels uncomfortable, so they postpone it. The useful habit is one short, scheduled conversation each month about shared costs, which removes most of the tension before it builds.
Scorpio all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 5, 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 5 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 5 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Taurus → Gemini
- 2018Libra
- 2019Aquarius → Pisces
- 2020Cancer
- 2021Scorpio
- 2022Aries
- 2023Leo
- 2024Sagittarius → Capricorn
- 2025Taurus
- 2026Virgo → Libra
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 5 birthday, in the Pisces decan, Pisces is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a November 5 birthday
A well-made leather wallet or card case, chosen for quality rather than logos, with a handwritten note tucked into one of the pockets.
Asked about November 5
What zodiac sign is November 5?
November 5 is Scorpio in every year: the Sun is at about 11°–15° Scorpio that day, in the sign’s 2nd decan.
Is November 5 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Scorpio on November 5. 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 5?
November 5 falls in the 2nd decan of Scorpio. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Pisces and its ruler Jupiter (modern: Neptune), which colours the Scorpio Sun with a little of Pisces.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A November 5 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.