Birthdays

Born on November 5

Sun sign
Scorpio — every year, 1940–2030
Sun degrees
12°12′ Scorpio – 13°36′ Scorpio · noon UTC, 1940–2030
Decan
second decan of Scorpio — traditional ruler Jupiter
This year
November 5, 2026: Sun 13°04′ Scorpio · Moon in Virgo at noon UTC

Deep autumn is Scorpio’s home ground, and November 5 sits well inside it — leaves down, nights long, the year reduced to what actually holds. The Sun here runs through the sign’s second decan, Jupiter’s by tradition, which gives the date a distinctive pairing: the endurance of fixed water, and an appetite that keeps asking for more to endure for.

Endurance with an appetite

Scorpio is built to hold — a feeling, a project, a promise — through the long unglamorous middle. The Jupiter decan adds hunger for growth, so a November 5 birthday rarely holds still even while holding on. Think of the person a decade into a craft who is somehow still improving, or the friendship that has survived four cities and deepened at every address. A Scorpio Sun on this date doesn’t just keep things; it compounds them.

Slow builds, deep roots

In love, slow is the tell of serious: this date warms by degrees and then stays warm for decades. Partners should read the patience as commitment under construction, not indifference — and understand that quiet is not distance; the roots grow all winter. At work the same grain shows. Careers that stack rather than hop, mastery over novelty, trust accumulated until it starts functioning like authority. Places that reward tenure get this birthday’s best twenty years.

The moving finish line

The friction is that the appetite never signs off. Whatever gets achieved, the bar resets a notch higher on arrival, which keeps this birthday climbing and quietly starves the feeling of having arrived. Enough is not a fact this date will someday discover; it is a decision it has to make. The growth is making it — marking a few summits as summited, out loud, with witnesses.

A calendar date pins the Sun’s sign and leaves the rest to the clock. Where the endurance points — which house of the chart does the holding — depends on your birth time, and the birth chart calculator will place it exactly.

The date, answered

What zodiac sign is November 5?

Scorpio. In every year from 1940 through 2030, the Sun is in Scorpio on November 5 — between 12°12′ Scorpio and 13°36′ Scorpio at noon universal time.

Is November 5 on the cusp?

No. Across 1940–2030 the Sun sits at least 12.2° inside Scorpio on November 5, so the sign never changes with the year.

What decan is November 5?

The second decan of Scorpio (10°–20°), whose traditional ruler is Jupiter.

What degree is the Sun on November 5?

Between 12°12′ Scorpio and 13°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.

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