November Zodiac Sign: Scorpio or Sagittarius?

The November zodiac sign is Scorpio from November 1 to 21 and Sagittarius from November 22 to 30. Scorpio covers the first three weeks, as fall darkens toward winter, and Sagittarius takes the last nine days, usually including Thanksgiving. In 2026 the Sun enters Sagittarius at 2:23 a.m. on November 22, Eastern time, which on the West Coast is still 11:23 p.m. on the 21st.

At a glance	Scorpio	Sagittarius
Days in November	November 1 to 21	November 22 to 30
Full sign dates	October 23 to November 21	November 22 to December 21
Element	Water	Fire
Modality	Fixed	Mutable
Ruler	Mars, modern Pluto	Jupiter
Symbol	Scorpion	Archer
Sun enters in 2026	October 23, 5:38 a.m. EDT	November 22, 2:23 a.m. EST

November birthdays and their signs

The table gives the usual November dates, Scorpio to the 21st and Sagittarius from the 22nd. They are right for nearly every birthday; the edge days are covered below.

Date	Sun sign
November 1	Scorpio
November 2	Scorpio
November 3	Scorpio
November 4	Scorpio
November 5	Scorpio
November 6	Scorpio
November 7	Scorpio
November 8	Scorpio
November 9	Scorpio
November 10	Scorpio
November 11	Scorpio
November 12	Scorpio
November 13	Scorpio
November 14	Scorpio
November 15	Scorpio
November 16	Scorpio
November 17	Scorpio
November 18	Scorpio
November 19	Scorpio
November 20	Scorpio
November 21	Scorpio
November 22	Sagittarius
November 23	Sagittarius
November 24	Sagittarius
November 25	Sagittarius
November 26	Sagittarius
November 27	Sagittarius
November 28	Sagittarius
November 29	Sagittarius
November 30	Sagittarius

A change that straddles midnight in 2026

Daylight saving time ends on November 1, 2026, so the change comes on Eastern Standard Time. The Sun's ingress into Sagittarius falls on November 22 at 2:23 a.m. EST, or 07:23 UTC, computed from the Sun's real position by the NovaOracles astronomy engine. Because it comes so soon after midnight, the date depends on where in the country you are:

Time zone	Sun enters Sagittarius
Eastern	November 22, 2:23 a.m.
Central	November 22, 1:23 a.m.
Mountain	November 22, 12:23 a.m.
Pacific	November 21, 11:23 p.m.

So a birth in Los Angeles at 11:40 p.m. on November 21, 2026, has a Sagittarius Sun, while a birth in New York at 1 a.m. on November 22 still has a Scorpio Sun. Both are correct: the Sun changes sign at one instant, and the local clocks read it differently.

Scorpio and Sagittarius: depth, then distance

Scorpio is fixed water, with Mars as its classical ruler and Pluto as its modern one. Tradition reads it as intense and perceptive, slow to trust and hard to fool. Sagittarius, the archer, is mutable fire ruled by Jupiter, the planet of growth, and its reading is open and restless, fond of big questions and long trips. The change of element from water to fire is one of the sharper turns in the year. Scorpio goes deep into one thing, Sagittarius goes out to see more of the world.

Scorpio or Sagittarius: checking your November date

November 1 to 20 is Scorpio and November 24 to 30 is Sagittarius in every year from 1930 to 2030, by our own calculation. From the 21st to the 23rd, the year, the hour and even the time zone can decide it; in that span the change in Eastern time fell on each of those three days. The sign comes from the date and time of birth alone. How intense or easygoing you are has no bearing on where the Sun stood. The zodiac sign dates tool gives the Sun's sign for any date in any year and marks the day of a change.

The Sun sign and the big three

Your November sign is your Sun sign, and astrology uses it as a starting point. The Moon sign adds your emotional side and the rising sign the style you meet the world with, and together they fill in much of what the Sun leaves open. A Sagittarius Sun with a Scorpio Moon, for instance, can be adventurous in public and guarded in private. The big three calculator finds your Sun, Moon and rising sign from your date, time and place of birth.