October 30 zodiac sign: Scorpio, first decan
If you were born on October 30, 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 7° 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.
- ElementWater
- ModalityFixed
- RulerPluto
- SeasonOctober 23 – November 21
The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Scorpio born October 30 in the early afternoon has Pisces 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 11,110 babies were born on each October 30, rank 264 of 366 dates; Scorpio is number 7 of 12 signs (8.19%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on October 30, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on October 30 was most often in Leo (7 years) and least often in Virgo (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On October 30, 2026, the Moon moves from Gemini into Cancer at 02:05 UTC.
- 1980 Cancer → Leo 02:38
- 1981 Sagittarius
- 1982 Aries
- 1983 Leo → Virgo 21:33
- 1984 Capricorn → Aquarius 21:13
- 1985 Taurus → Gemini 19:59
- 1986 Virgo → Libra 11:05
- 1987 Aquarius
- 1988 Cancer
- 1989 Scorpio
- 1990 Pisces
- 1991 Leo
- 1992 Sagittarius → Capricorn 02:18
- 1993 Taurus
- 1994 Virgo
- 1995 Capricorn → Aquarius 09:23
- 1996 Gemini → Cancer 21:56
- 1997 Libra → Scorpio 18:15
- 1998 Aquarius → Pisces 08:58
- 1999 Cancer → Leo 22:47
- 2000 Sagittarius
- 2001 Aries
- 2002 Leo → Virgo 23:59
- 2003 Capricorn
- 2004 Taurus → Gemini 03:11
- 2005 Libra
- 2006 Aquarius
- 2007 Gemini → Cancer 00:49
- 2008 Scorpio → Sagittarius 22:41
- 2009 Pisces → Aries 17:56
- 2010 Cancer → Leo 00:39
- 2011 Sagittarius → Capricorn 16:39
- 2012 Taurus
- 2013 Virgo
- 2014 Capricorn → Aquarius 13:52
- 2015 Gemini
- 2016 Libra → Scorpio 02:01
- 2017 Pisces
- 2018 Cancer
- 2019 Sagittarius
- 2020 Aries → Taurus 21:19
- 2021 Leo → Virgo 18:09
- 2022 Capricorn
- 2023 Taurus → Gemini 15:08
- 2024 Libra
- 2025 Aquarius
- 2026 Gemini → Cancer 02:05
- 2027 Scorpio
- 2028 Pisces → Aries 00:52
- 2029 Leo
- 2030 Sagittarius → Capricorn 15:59
In 26 of those 51 years (51%) the Moon changed sign during October 30 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 30 in 1993, and new in 2016.
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.
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 30: 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 30 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.
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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
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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 an October 30 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 30?
October 30 is Scorpio, the fixed water sign ruled by Pluto. The Sun sits at roughly 7° Scorpio on this date, in the first decan.
What decan is October 30?
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 30?
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 30?
It depends on the year, and in 51% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Cancer or Leo; in 1990, Pisces; in 2000, Sagittarius; in 2010, Cancer or Leo; in 2020, Aries or Taurus. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on October 30 was most often in Leo. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on October 30 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 30 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.