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November 17 zodiac sign: Scorpio, third decan

If you were born on November 17, 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 25° 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.

The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Scorpio born November 17 in the small hours has Virgo rising, and a different first impression from one born at dawn. 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 11,248 babies were born on each November 17, rank 213 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on November 17, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on November 17 was most often in Cancer, Leo, and Aquarius (6 years each) and least often in Taurus, Gemini, Libra, Scorpio, and Capricorn (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On November 17, 2026, the Moon moves from Aquarius into Pisces at 21:19 UTC.

In 21 of those 51 years (41%) the Moon changed sign during November 17 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 17 in 2013, and new in 1990.

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.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

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 17: 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 17 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 17? 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.

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 17 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 17?

November 17 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 25° Scorpio on this date, in the third decan.

What decan is November 17?

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.

What tarot card is November 17?

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 17?

It depends on the year, and in 41% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Pisces; in 1990, Scorpio or Sagittarius; in 2000, Leo; in 2010, Aries; in 2020, Sagittarius or Capricorn. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on November 17 was most often in Cancer, Leo, and Aquarius. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on November 17 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 17 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.