Birthdays

Born on November 1

Sun sign
Scorpio — every year, 1940–2030
Sun degrees
8°11′ Scorpio – 9°36′ Scorpio · noon UTC, 1940–2030
Decan
first decan of Scorpio — traditional ruler Mars
This year
November 1, 2026: Sun 9°04′ Scorpio · Moon in Leo at noon UTC

November opens with the Sun still in the first decan of Scorpio — the one stretch of the year that answers to Mars twice over, as the sign’s traditional ruler and as ruler of this decan in particular. A November 1 birthday gets Scorpio without additives: will, focus, and no urge whatsoever to narrate itself. And because the date falls at the decan’s far end, the force usually arrives with some finish on it — less raw charge, more aim.

Mars at the wheel

A Scorpio Sun organizes a life around depth; the Mars decan adds propulsion. People born today tend to decide early what matters and advance on it quietly — the colleague who never mentioned applying until the offer landed, the friend who trained all year for something announced as a whim. Confrontation doesn’t frighten this date; it just prefers not to spend the ammunition. The first move is observation, the second is patience, and the third, when it finally comes, tends to end the discussion.

Devotion with a strategy

In love this birthday commits the way it does everything: after vetting, then completely. Partners get constancy, protection, and a person who remembers the exact thing you said in March. At work the wiring wants real stakes and a worthy opponent — deadlines, diagnoses, negotiations, turnarounds. An aimless job reads as an insult; a hard one reads as respect, and the difference shows in the output within a week.

Where the edge cuts inward

The friction is that Mars doesn’t clock out. Pointed at problems it is superb. Pointed at people it scorches. Pointed at yourself — its favorite target on quiet days — it becomes a standing tribunal that no verdict ever satisfies. The kind move is to give the drive an external object and let the self off the docket now and then. You are a person, not a campaign.

The date settles your Sun and nothing else. The Moon, the rising sign, the houses that decide where all this drive lands — those turn on the hour and the town, and the birth chart calculator computes them from the exact moment you arrived.

The date, answered

What zodiac sign is November 1?

Scorpio. In every year from 1940 through 2030, the Sun is in Scorpio on November 1 — between 8°11′ Scorpio and 9°36′ Scorpio at noon universal time.

Is November 1 on the cusp?

No. Across 1940–2030 the Sun sits at least 8.2° inside Scorpio on November 1, so the sign never changes with the year.

What decan is November 1?

The first decan of Scorpio (0°–10°), whose traditional ruler is Mars.

What degree is the Sun on November 1?

Between 8°11′ Scorpio and 9°36′ Scorpio at noon universal time, depending on the year — the calendar drifts about a quarter degree per year against the Sun and resets on leap years. Your exact degree needs your birth date, year, and time.

The date gives you the Sun. The rest takes a chart.

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