November 8 zodiac sign: Scorpio, second decan
If you were born on November 8, 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 16° 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.
- ElementWater
- ModalityFixed
- RulerPluto
- SeasonOctober 23 – November 21
The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Scorpio born November 8 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 11,531 babies were born on each November 8, rank 131 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on November 8, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on November 8 was most often in Aries, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, and Aquarius (5 years each) and least often in Cancer and Libra (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On November 8, 2026, the Moon stays in Scorpio the whole UTC day.
- 1980 Scorpio
- 1981 Pisces → Aries 14:39
- 1982 Leo
- 1983 Sagittarius → Capricorn 13:31
- 1984 Taurus
- 1985 Virgo
- 1986 Aquarius
- 1987 Gemini
- 1988 Libra → Scorpio 04:46
- 1989 Pisces
- 1990 Cancer → Leo 07:24
- 1991 Sagittarius
- 1992 Aries → Taurus 23:19
- 1993 Leo → Virgo 08:47
- 1994 Capricorn → Aquarius 22:48
- 1995 Taurus → Gemini 13:54
- 1996 Libra
- 1997 Aquarius → Pisces 22:35
- 1998 Cancer
- 1999 Scorpio
- 2000 Pisces → Aries 05:02
- 2001 Leo
- 2002 Sagittarius → Capricorn 02:59
- 2003 Taurus
- 2004 Virgo → Libra 23:23
- 2005 Aquarius
- 2006 Gemini → Cancer 19:46
- 2007 Libra → Scorpio 12:18
- 2008 Pisces
- 2009 Cancer → Leo 10:23
- 2010 Sagittarius
- 2011 Aries
- 2012 Leo → Virgo 04:35
- 2013 Capricorn → Aquarius 23:30
- 2014 Taurus → Gemini 01:45
- 2015 Libra
- 2016 Aquarius → Pisces 21:45
- 2017 Cancer
- 2018 Scorpio → Sagittarius 18:59
- 2019 Pisces → Aries 11:49
- 2020 Leo
- 2021 Sagittarius → Capricorn 01:03
- 2022 Taurus
- 2023 Virgo
- 2024 Aquarius
- 2025 Gemini → Cancer 15:06
- 2026 Scorpio
- 2027 Pisces
- 2028 Cancer → Leo 13:50
- 2029 Sagittarius
- 2030 Aries → Taurus 16:20
In 25 of those 51 years (49%) the Moon changed sign during November 8 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 8 in 1984 and 2022, and new in 1999.
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.
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 8: 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 8 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 8? 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 8 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 8?
November 8 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 16° Scorpio on this date, in the second decan.
What decan is November 8?
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 8?
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 8?
It depends on the year, and in 49% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Scorpio; in 1990, Cancer or Leo; in 2000, Pisces or Aries; in 2010, Sagittarius; in 2020, Leo. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on November 8 was most often in Aries, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, and Aquarius. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on November 8 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 8 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.