Birthday signs · Sagittarius season
What zodiac sign is November 24?
Using the tropical zodiac, November 24 is assigned to Sagittarius. In each of the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, noon UTC on November 24 found the Sun in Sagittarius, at 1.25° to 2.74° Sagittarius. Its early part places November 24 on day 2 or 3 of Sagittarius season, with the element fire.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
November 24 is Sagittarius
| Sagittarius at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 1 day away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
November 24 at a glance
| Sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius, the Archer |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | fire, mutable |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Jupiter (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 1.2° to 2.7° Sagittarius at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 2 or 3 of Sagittarius season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Mercury |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Scorpio |
| Day number | 6 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Sagittarius
| Noon Sun | 1.25° to 2.74° Sagittarius |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Mercury |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
November 24 by the numbers
| Day number | 6 (2 + 4 = 6) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 8 (11 + 6 = 17, then 1 + 7 = 8) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Sagittarius season | 2 or 3 |
|---|---|
| Sagittarius season opened | November 22 (48 years) or November 23 (53) |
| Sagittarius season closed | December 20 (5 years) or December 21 (82) or December 22 (14) |
| Element and mode | fire, mutable |
| Traditional ruler | Jupiter |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Sagittarius season
Born on November 24, this person comes in early in the Sagittarius season, when the restless fire of the sign is still warming up. A friend asks for a straight answer about a move across the country, and this person hears the question twice: once as a plan, once as a fear of being left behind. They want to say yes to the adventure and also to stay near the people they love. The work here is learning to say which pull is louder today.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Scorpio, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Scorpio | 7.7°–9.1° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on November 24
- Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), Dutch philosopher
- Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800), Russian marshal
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), president of the United States from 1849 to 1850
- Carlo Collodi (1826–1890), Italian writer
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), French painter and illustrator
- Dale Carnegie (1888–1955), American writer and lecturer
- Emir Kusturica (1954), Serbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician
- Arundhati Roy (1961), Indian novelist, essayist, and activist
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
November 24 in history
Observed on this date:
- Evolution Day (International observance)
- Lachit Divas (Assam)
- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (India)
- Teachers' Day (Turkey)
Events on November 24:
- 1859: British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published.
- 1962: The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
- 1974: Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
- 2013: Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine provided the Sun's tropical longitude on November 24 at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030, and each year's sign was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is November 24?
Sagittarius applies to November 24 in every one of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, with the Sun counted at noon UTC.
Is November 24 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The Sun was in Sagittarius at noon on every November 24 from 1930 to 2030, and November 24 sits at least 1 day from the nearest sign boundary.
What decan is November 24?
November 24 falls in the first decan of Sagittarius (0°–10°) in every sampled year, so its face ruler in the Chaldean order is Mercury.
What is the birthday number for November 24?
Modern numerology finds November 24 has day number 6 and month-day number 8, each determined 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 .
- Sagittarius (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: November 24 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .