November 18 zodiac sign: Scorpio, third decan
If you were born on November 18, 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 26° 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 18 with the Moon in Pisces runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Scorpio: see Scorpio Sun, Pisces 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 11,259 babies were born on each November 18, rank 207 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on November 18, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on November 18 was most often in Leo (7 years) and least often in Gemini and Scorpio (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On November 18, 2026, the Moon stays in Pisces the whole UTC day.
- 1980 Pisces → Aries 06:22
- 1981 Leo → Virgo 21:53
- 1982 Sagittarius → Capricorn 16:21
- 1983 Aries → Taurus 10:06
- 1984 Virgo → Libra 19:29
- 1985 Aquarius
- 1986 Gemini
- 1987 Libra
- 1988 Pisces
- 1989 Cancer → Leo 00:45
- 1990 Sagittarius
- 1991 Aries
- 1992 Virgo
- 1993 Capricorn → Aquarius 19:08
- 1994 Taurus → Gemini 15:41
- 1995 Virgo → Libra 10:18
- 1996 Aquarius → Pisces 08:00
- 1997 Cancer
- 1998 Scorpio
- 1999 Pisces
- 2000 Leo → Virgo 21:15
- 2001 Sagittarius → Capricorn 00:40
- 2002 Taurus
- 2003 Virgo
- 2004 Aquarius
- 2005 Gemini → Cancer 19:42
- 2006 Libra → Scorpio 14:47
- 2007 Aquarius → Pisces 07:14
- 2008 Leo
- 2009 Sagittarius
- 2010 Aries
- 2011 Leo → Virgo 22:19
- 2012 Capricorn → Aquarius 12:10
- 2013 Taurus → Gemini 00:07
- 2014 Libra
- 2015 Aquarius
- 2016 Cancer
- 2017 Scorpio → Sagittarius 18:59
- 2018 Pisces → Aries 15:56
- 2019 Leo
- 2020 Capricorn
- 2021 Taurus
- 2022 Virgo
- 2023 Capricorn → Aquarius 11:27
- 2024 Gemini → Cancer 08:50
- 2025 Scorpio
- 2026 Pisces
- 2027 Cancer
- 2028 Sagittarius
- 2029 Aries → Taurus 17:06
- 2030 Leo → Virgo 16:04
In 24 of those 51 years (47%) the Moon changed sign during November 18 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 18 in 1994, and new in 2017.
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.
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 18: 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 18 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 18? 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
- Sun
- Moon
- 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 18 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 18?
November 18 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 26° Scorpio on this date, in the third decan.
What decan is November 18?
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 18?
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 18?
It depends on the year, and in 47% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Pisces or Aries; in 1990, Sagittarius; in 2000, Leo or Virgo; in 2010, Aries; in 2020, Capricorn. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on November 18 was most often in Leo. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on November 18 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 18 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.