Birthday signs · Scorpio season
What zodiac sign is November 1?
Scorpio is the tropical zodiac sign in which November 1 appears. Over the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun stood in Scorpio at noon UTC on November 1, at 8.1° to 9.6° Scorpio. Its early part places November 1 on day 9 or 10 of Scorpio season, with the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
November 1 is Scorpio
| Scorpio at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 8 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
November 1 at a glance
| Sign | ♏︎ Scorpio, the Scorpion |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | water, fixed |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Mars (traditional); Pluto (modern, 20th-century assignment) |
| Sun on this date | 8.1° to 9.6° Scorpio at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 9 or 10 of Scorpio season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Mars |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Libra |
| Day number | 1 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Scorpio
| Noon Sun | 8.1° to 9.6° Scorpio |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Mars |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
November 1 by the numbers
| Day number | 1 (1) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (11 + 1 = 12, then 1 + 2 = 3) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Scorpio season | 9 or 10 |
|---|---|
| Scorpio season opened | October 23 (37 years) or October 24 (64) |
| Scorpio season closed | November 21 (48 years) or November 22 (53) |
| Element and mode | water, fixed |
| Traditional ruler | Mars |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Scorpio season
A person born on November 1 arrives at the opening edge of Scorpio, while the season is still settling from October's restlessness. They notice a friend's short reply and replay it for days. Their intensity shows up as careful watching rather than loud feeling. Over time they learn that saying what they saw, even clumsily, lets people stop guessing what is going on inside them. Early Scorpio starts with this watchful, private kind of listening.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Libra, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Libra | 14.6°–15.9° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on November 1
- Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563), French judge, writer and philosopher
- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711), French poet and critic
- Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), German climatologist and geophysicist
- Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015), 9th President of the Republic of Turkey
- Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American professor
- Robert B. Laughlin (1950), American physicist
- Tim Cook (1960), American business executive, former Apple executive chairman
- Aishwarya Rai (1973), Indian actress
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
November 1 in history
Observed on this date:
- Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico, Haiti)
- Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)
- Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma)
- Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India)
- Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.
- Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka, India)
- Kerala Day (Kerala, India)
- Liberty Day (United States Virgin Islands)
- International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
Events on November 1:
- 365: Roman Emperor Valentinian I learns the Alemanni have crossed the Rhine and invaded Gaul.
- 1928: The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
- 1973: Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
- 2011: Mario Draghi succeeds Jean-Claude Trichet and becomes the third president of the European Central Bank.
How the answer was worked out
The sign of each year from 1930 through 2030 was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on November 1, calculated at noon UTC with Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is November 1?
Counting the Sun at noon UTC over the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, November 1 is Scorpio every time.
Is November 1 on a zodiac cusp?
No. From 1930 to 2030, the noon Sun stayed in Scorpio on every November 1, and November 1 is at least 8 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is November 1?
The first decan of Scorpio (0°–10°) is where November 1 sits in every sampled year, so its Chaldean face ruler is Mars.
What is the birthday number for November 1?
When digits are added, modern numerology gives November 1 day number 1 and month-day number 3.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I — LacusCurtius, University of Chicago. Verified .
- Decan (astrology): the faces of the planets (after Lilly) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Life Path Number — Numerology.com (practitioner site). Verified .
- Ayanamsa (Lahiri and other sidereal conventions) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Scorpio (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: November 1 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .