November 20 zodiac sign: Scorpio, not Sagittarius
If you were born on November 20, your sign is Scorpio, not Sagittarius: from 1980 to 2030 the Sun always enters Sagittarius on November 21 or 22, so this date is Scorpio at any hour. The Sun sits about 28° 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 20 with the Moon in Taurus runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Scorpio: see Scorpio Sun, Taurus 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 11,862 babies were born on each November 20, rank 71 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on November 20, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on November 20 was most often in Virgo (7 years) and least often in Gemini, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Pisces (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On November 20, 2026, the Moon moves from Pisces into Aries at 05:52 UTC.
- 1980 Aries → Taurus 06:51
- 1981 Virgo
- 1982 Capricorn
- 1983 Taurus → Gemini 16:45
- 1984 Libra → Scorpio 20:31
- 1985 Pisces
- 1986 Cancer
- 1987 Scorpio
- 1988 Aries
- 1989 Leo → Virgo 08:54
- 1990 Sagittarius → Capricorn 08:32
- 1991 Taurus
- 1992 Libra
- 1993 Aquarius
- 1994 Gemini
- 1995 Libra → Scorpio 14:40
- 1996 Pisces → Aries 11:34
- 1997 Leo
- 1998 Sagittarius
- 1999 Aries
- 2000 Virgo
- 2001 Capricorn → Aquarius 09:55
- 2002 Taurus → Gemini 06:25
- 2003 Libra
- 2004 Pisces
- 2005 Cancer
- 2006 Scorpio
- 2007 Pisces → Aries 11:24
- 2008 Leo → Virgo 01:13
- 2009 Capricorn
- 2010 Taurus
- 2011 Virgo
- 2012 Aquarius → Pisces 16:55
- 2013 Gemini → Cancer 11:23
- 2014 Libra → Scorpio 05:31
- 2015 Pisces
- 2016 Leo
- 2017 Sagittarius
- 2018 Aries → Taurus 23:43
- 2019 Leo → Virgo 01:54
- 2020 Aquarius
- 2021 Gemini
- 2022 Libra
- 2023 Aquarius → Pisces 14:29
- 2024 Cancer → Leo 13:51
- 2025 Scorpio → Sagittarius 10:26
- 2026 Pisces → Aries 05:52
- 2027 Leo
- 2028 Capricorn
- 2029 Taurus
- 2030 Virgo → Libra 22:46
In 21 of those 51 years (41%) the Moon changed sign during November 20 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 20 in 1983 and 2002, and new in 2006 and 2025.
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 20: 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 20 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 20? 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 20 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 20?
November 20 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 28° Scorpio on this date, in the third decan.
What decan is November 20?
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 20?
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 20?
It depends on the year, and in 41% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Aries or Taurus; in 1990, Sagittarius or Capricorn; in 2000, Virgo; in 2010, Taurus; in 2020, Aquarius. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on November 20 was most often in Virgo. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on November 20 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 20 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.