November 12 zodiac sign: Scorpio, third decan
If you were born on November 12, your sign is Scorpio, the water sign ruled by Pluto: the Sun is in Scorpio on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 20° into Scorpio on this date, in the third decan, where Scorpio's core takes on a Venus flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Scorpio
The fixed water sign that goes to the depths and refuses to keep things shallow.
A Scorpio Sun is built around intensity and depth. You see through people — not always charitably, but accurately. The polite veneer most adults walk around in is transparent to you; you watch what people do, not what they say, and you remember. This makes you formidable in any field that rewards the willingness to look at uncomfortable things directly: therapy, investigation, surgery, research, art that doesn't flinch.
- ElementWater
- ModalityFixed
- RulerPluto
- SeasonOctober 23 – November 21
The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Scorpio born November 12 with the Moon in Virgo runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Scorpio: see Scorpio Sun, Virgo Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Scorpio Sun combinations show what each one changes.
Scorpio dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Scorpio birth chart looks like →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,359 babies were born on each November 12, rank 177 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on November 12, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on November 12 was most often in Aries and Scorpio (6 years each) and least often in Leo, Libra, and Pisces (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On November 12, 2026, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 20:27 UTC.
- 1980 Capricorn
- 1981 Taurus → Gemini 14:59
- 1982 Libra
- 1983 Aquarius
- 1984 Gemini → Cancer 05:31
- 1985 Scorpio
- 1986 Pisces → Aries 04:14
- 1987 Leo
- 1988 Sagittarius → Capricorn 21:12
- 1989 Taurus
- 1990 Virgo → Libra 21:08
- 1991 Capricorn → Aquarius 18:06
- 1992 Gemini
- 1993 Libra → Scorpio 11:00
- 1994 Pisces
- 1995 Cancer
- 1996 Sagittarius
- 1997 Aries
- 1998 Virgo
- 1999 Capricorn
- 2000 Taurus → Gemini 14:27
- 2001 Libra
- 2002 Aquarius → Pisces 17:42
- 2003 Gemini → Cancer 18:10
- 2004 Scorpio
- 2005 Pisces → Aries 03:22
- 2006 Leo
- 2007 Sagittarius
- 2008 Taurus
- 2009 Virgo → Libra 17:22
- 2010 Aquarius
- 2011 Gemini
- 2012 Libra → Scorpio 11:10
- 2013 Pisces
- 2014 Cancer → Leo 18:44
- 2015 Scorpio → Sagittarius 15:14
- 2016 Aries
- 2017 Virgo
- 2018 Capricorn
- 2019 Taurus
- 2020 Libra
- 2021 Aquarius → Pisces 07:54
- 2022 Gemini → Cancer 00:22
- 2023 Scorpio
- 2024 Pisces → Aries 06:26
- 2025 Leo → Virgo 23:52
- 2026 Sagittarius → Capricorn 20:27
- 2027 Aries → Taurus 12:58
- 2028 Virgo → Libra 20:00
- 2029 Aquarius
- 2030 Gemini
In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during November 12 itself, so in those years the birth time decides the Moon as well as the rising sign. Cells with an arrow mark them, with the UTC time of the change. The Moon was exactly full on November 12 in 2019, and new in 1985 and 2004.
Find your birth year. One sign means the Moon spent the whole UTC day there; an arrow means it changed sign that day, at the UTC time shown: born before it, the first sign; after it, the second. The Moon sign calculator settles it in seconds; your birth chart adds the rising sign and houses.
Times in UTC: a birth late in the evening in the Americas, or early in the morning in Asia, can fall on the neighbouring UTC date.
November 2026: full moon November 24, 2026, Gemini · new moon November 9, 2026, Scorpio.
Your decan: the third decan of Scorpio
Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 20–30 of Scorpio belong to Venus: how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value. Read it as Scorpio with a Venus accent — the water core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
November 12 sits on a decan boundary: in 46 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030 the Sun spends part or all of the day (UTC) in the second decan of Scorpio (10°–20°), sub-ruled by Sun. Which one is yours depends on your birth year and time; a birth chart gives the exact degree.
Seven of Cups
Choices · Illusion · Wishful thinking. The card assigned to this ten-degree slice of the zodiac — a birthday card in the same sense a sun sign is a birthday sign: one lens on the date, not a verdict.
Read the Seven of Cups in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for November 12: decan, sign, ruling planet and year card →
What the date can't tell you
The Sun is one placement out of ten. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so Scorpios born on November 12 in different years have different Moons; your rising sign changes every two hours and needs a birth time and place. Those two carry most of what people mean by "personality" in a chart.
Born November 12? Add your year, time and place
Your Moon and rising depend on the year and hour. Computed here in a few seconds — then your full chart with a preview of its reading, no sign-up.
Your big three
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- Rising
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Or browse the twelve possibilities: Scorpio Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for a November 12 birthday
By sun sign, Scorpio pairs most easily with Cancer, Pisces, Capricorn, Virgo. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
What zodiac sign is November 12?
November 12 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 20° Scorpio on this date, in the third decan.
What decan is November 12?
The third decan of Scorpio (20°–30°), sub-ruled by Venus. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value. November 12 sits on a decan boundary: in 46 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030 the Sun spends part or all of the day (UTC) in the second decan of Scorpio (10°–20°), sub-ruled by Sun. Which one is yours depends on your birth year and time; a birth chart gives the exact degree.
What tarot card is November 12?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the third decan of Scorpio it is the Seven of Cups (choices, illusion, wishful thinking). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.
What Moon sign is someone born on November 12?
It depends on the year, and in 43% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Capricorn; in 1990, Virgo or Libra; in 2000, Taurus or Gemini; in 2010, Aquarius; in 2020, Libra. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on November 12 was most often in Aries and Scorpio. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on November 12 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in Scorpio, but the Moon changes sign every two to three days, the rising sign every two hours, and the outer planets by year. Two people born November 12 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.