Birthday signs · Scorpio season
What zodiac sign is November 16?
November 16 is assigned to Scorpio within the tropical zodiac. From 1930 through 2030, a span of 101 years, the Sun stood in Scorpio at noon UTC on November 16, at 23.17° to 24.66° Scorpio. Day 24 or 25 of Scorpio season is November 16, situated in its late part with the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
November 16 is Scorpio
| Scorpio at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 5 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
November 16 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 | 23.2° to 24.7° Scorpio at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 24 or 25 of Scorpio season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Scorpio (82 yrs), Libra (19 yrs) |
| Day number | 7 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Scorpio
| Noon Sun | 23.17° to 24.66° Scorpio |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
November 16 by the numbers
| Day number | 7 (1 + 6 = 7) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 9 (11 + 7 = 18, then 1 + 8 = 9) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Scorpio season | 24 or 25 |
|---|---|
| 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
Born in the final days of Scorpio, this person arrived as the season was closing its open questions. By this point the sign's intensity has mostly been spent on sorting out what matters. Finishing what others started can feel like the natural move, while stepping back to rest also pulls at them. Staying committed and wanting to pull away sit side by side in this person, and both feel like their own.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Scorpio in 82 years, Libra in 19 |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Scorpio | 0°–1° |
| Years in sidereal Libra | between 1975 and 2030 |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on November 16
- Tiberius (42 BCE–37), second Roman Emperor from 14 to 37 AD
- Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist
- Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher
- Burgess Meredith (1907–1997), American actor
- José Saramago (1922–2010), Portuguese novelist
- Guillermo Lasso (1955), 55th President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023
- Paul Scholes (1974), English association football player
- Sanna Marin (1985), Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
November 16 in history
Observed on this date:
- Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia)
- Volkstrauertag (Germany)
- Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)
- International Day for Tolerance (United Nations)
- Statia Day in Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands)
- Intergenerational Fairness Day (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations)
Events on November 16:
- 1822: American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
- 1933: The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
- 1973: Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
- 1990: Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
- 2022: Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.
How the answer was worked out
Each year's sign was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on November 16, which Astronomy Engine calculated at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is November 16?
The Sun at noon UTC places November 16 in Scorpio across all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030.
Is November 16 on a zodiac cusp?
No. In every November 16 from 1930 to 2030, the noon Sun fell within Scorpio, and November 16 is at least 5 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is November 16?
Because November 16 is in the third decan of Scorpio (20°–30°) in every sampled year, its face ruler in the Chaldean order is Venus.
What is the birthday number for November 16?
Modern numerology assigns November 16 a day number of 7 and a month-day number of 9, both obtained by adding digits.
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 16 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .