♏︎ Sun at ~1° Scorpio · first decan · Mars

October 24 zodiac sign: Scorpio, not Libra

If you were born on October 24, your sign is Scorpio, not Libra: from 1980 to 2030 the Sun always enters Scorpio on October 22 or 23, so this date is Scorpio at any hour. The Sun sits about 1° into Scorpio on this date, in the first decan, where Scorpio's core takes on a Mars 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 October 24 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 11,723 babies were born on each October 24, rank 88 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on October 24, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on October 24 was most often in Virgo (7 years) and least often in Cancer, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On October 24, 2026, the Moon stays in Aries the whole UTC day.

In 26 of those 51 years (51%) the Moon changed sign during October 24 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 October 24 in 1999 and 2018, and new in 1984 and 1995.

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.

October 2026: full moon October 26, 2026, Taurus · new moon October 10, 2026, Libra.

Your decan: the first 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 0–10 of Scorpio belong to Mars: your drive — how you take action, what makes you angry, and what you fight for. Read it as Scorpio with a Mars accent — the water core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Five of Cups

Loss · Regret · What remains. 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 Five of Cups in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for October 24: 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 October 24 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 October 24? 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 an October 24 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 October 24?

October 24 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 1° Scorpio on this date, in the first decan.

What decan is October 24?

The first decan of Scorpio (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Mars. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here your drive — how you take action, what makes you angry, and what you fight for.

What tarot card is October 24?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Scorpio it is the Five of Cups (loss, regret, what remains). 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 October 24?

It depends on the year, and in 51% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Taurus; in 1990, Sagittarius or Capricorn; in 2000, Virgo or Libra; in 2010, Taurus; in 2020, Aquarius. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on October 24 was most often in Virgo. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on October 24 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 October 24 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.