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November 5 zodiac sign: Scorpio, second decan

If you were born on November 5, 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 13° into Scorpio on this date, in the second decan, where Scorpio's core takes on a Sun 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 5 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 11,448 babies were born on each November 5, rank 149 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on November 5, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on November 5 was most often in Scorpio (6 years) and least often in Taurus, Leo, Libra, Capricorn, and Pisces (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On November 5, 2026, the Moon moves from Virgo into Libra at 14:38 UTC.

In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during November 5 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 5 in 1987, 2006, and 2025; it was never new on this date between 1980 and 2030.

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 second 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 10–20 of Scorpio belong to Sun: the core of who you are — your conscious identity, your will, your essential self. Read it as Scorpio with a Sun accent — the water core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Six of Cups

Nostalgia · Innocence · Reunion. 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 Six of Cups in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for November 5: 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 5 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 5? 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 5 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 5?

November 5 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 13° Scorpio on this date, in the second decan.

What decan is November 5?

The second decan of Scorpio (10°–20°), sub-ruled by Sun. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here the core of who you are — your conscious identity, your will, your essential self.

What tarot card is November 5?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the second decan of Scorpio it is the Six of Cups (nostalgia, innocence, reunion). 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 5?

It depends on the year, and in 43% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Libra; in 1990, Gemini; in 2000, Aquarius or Pisces; in 2010, Libra or Scorpio; in 2020, Cancer. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on November 5 was most often in Scorpio. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on November 5 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 5 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.