Birthday signs · Scorpio season
What zodiac sign is November 21?
November 21 falls in Scorpio according to the tropical zodiac. Over the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun stood in Scorpio at noon UTC on November 21, at 28.21° to 29.71° Scorpio. Day 29 or 30 of Scorpio season is November 21, located in its late part and linked to the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
November 21 is Scorpio
| Scorpio at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 0 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
November 21 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 | 28.2° to 29.7° Scorpio at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 29 or 30 of Scorpio season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Scorpio |
| Day number | 3 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Scorpio
| Noon Sun | 28.21° to 29.71° Scorpio |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
November 21 by the numbers
| Day number | 3 (2 + 1 = 3) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 5 (11 + 3 = 14, then 1 + 4 = 5) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Scorpio season | 29 or 30 |
|---|---|
| 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 on November 21, late in Scorpio's season, this person arrives after the sign's intensity has been building for weeks. They know what it feels like to hold a grudge and to let one go, and they have learned that loyalty is worth more when it is chosen with care. Friends bring them their hardest questions because they listen before they answer. Their calm can read as distance until people see how much they have thought things through.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Scorpio, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Scorpio | 4.7°–6.1° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on November 21
- Voltaire (1694–1778), French writer, historian and philosopher
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834), German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar
- Pope Benedict XV (1854–1922), Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922
- René Magritte (1898–1967), Belgian surrealist
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991), Polish-American writer
- Goldie Hawn (1945), American actress
- Björk (1965), Icelandic singer
- Jesús Navas (1985), Spanish association football player
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
November 21 in history
Observed on this date:
Events on November 21:
- 1620: Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
- 1905: Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
- 1961: "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, the first revolving restaurant in the United States.
- 1986: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.
- 2019: Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.
How the answer was worked out
Each year's sign was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on November 21, calculated at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030 by Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is November 21?
Counting the Sun at noon UTC over the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, November 21 is Scorpio every time.
Is November 21 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Every November 21 from 1930 to 2030 found the noon Sun in Scorpio, and November 21 is situated at least 0 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is November 21?
November 21 remains in the third decan of Scorpio (20°–30°) throughout every sampled year, so the face ruler under the Chaldean order is Venus.
What is the birthday number for November 21?
In modern numerology, the figures for November 21 are a day number of 3 and a month-day number of 5, found 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 21 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .