In love
Intense and private. Wants total honesty and gives it slowly.
Settled date · day 25 of 30 in the sign
November 16 zodiac sign: Scorpio
The November 16 zodiac sign is Scorpio in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 24°08′ into the sign, 24 days past its start and 5 days before Sagittarius begins.
- Sun sign
- Scorpio at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,305 #188 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 320th 321st in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 24°08′ of Scorpio
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
November 16 among the 366 days
November 16 averages 11,305 births a day in the US — the 179th least common of the 366 dates, 0.4% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Scorpio this falls
November 16 falls on day 5 of the Venus decan (12–November 22, 2026).
Venus-ruled decan of Scorpio
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Venus
Sign ruler
Pluto (traditionally Mars)
Sun at noon, 2026
24°08′
Venus softens the sign toward attachment and taste, aiming the same drives at being liked. The last ten degrees of Scorpio already turn toward Sagittarius, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
November 16 birthday personality
People born on November 16 are Scorpio, and the sign is read as intensity, privacy and refusal to accept surfaces. Sees through pretense instantly and commits completely once convinced.
The 16th reduces to 7 and is a karmic debt number. The traditional reading is about humility and rebuilding: plans and self-images built on pride tend to be tested, and the 16th-born grows through setbacks that force an honest look inward. Birthday number 16 in full →
At work
Suited to investigation, research and crisis. Poor at superficial collaboration.
Stone and flower
The November birthstones are topaz and citrine (yellow to amber), and the month's flowers are the chrysanthemum and peony.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for November 16. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Scorpio 23.41° | 22 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1931 | Scorpio 23.17° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1932 | Scorpio 23.94° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1933 | Scorpio 23.69° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury |
| 1934 | Scorpio 23.45° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1935 | Scorpio 23.2° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1936 | Scorpio 23.97° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Scorpio 23.72° | 2 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1938 | Scorpio 23.47° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1939 | Scorpio 23.23° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Scorpio 23.99° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Scorpio 23.75° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Scorpio 23.5° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Scorpio 23.26° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1944 | Scorpio 24.02° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1945 | Scorpio 23.78° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1946 | Scorpio 23.53° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 1947 | Scorpio 23.29° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1948 | Scorpio 24.05° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1949 | Scorpio 23.8° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1950 | Scorpio 23.57° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1951 | Scorpio 23.32° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Scorpio 24.08° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Scorpio 23.85° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1954 | Scorpio 23.6° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Venus |
| 1955 | Scorpio 23.35° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1956 | Scorpio 24.12° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1957 | Scorpio 23.87° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1958 | Scorpio 23.63° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mars |
| 1959 | Scorpio 23.38° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury |
| 1960 | Scorpio 24.14° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury |
| 1961 | Scorpio 23.9° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1962 | Scorpio 23.65° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Venus |
| 1963 | Scorpio 23.4° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1964 | Scorpio 24.17° | 2 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1965 | Scorpio 23.92° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Scorpio 23.68° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Scorpio 23.44° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Scorpio 24.2° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Scorpio 23.97° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Scorpio 23.72° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1971 | Scorpio 23.47° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Scorpio 24.24° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1973 | Scorpio 23.99° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1974 | Scorpio 23.75° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Scorpio 23.51° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1976 | Scorpio 24.26° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1977 | Scorpio 24.02° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter |
| 1978 | Scorpio 23.77° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Venus |
| 1979 | Scorpio 23.53° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Scorpio 24.3° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1981 | Scorpio 24.04° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1982 | Scorpio 23.8° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1983 | Scorpio 23.56° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1984 | Scorpio 24.31° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1985 | Scorpio 24.08° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1986 | Scorpio 23.83° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 1987 | Scorpio 23.59° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Scorpio 24.36° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Scorpio 24.11° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Scorpio 23.87° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars |
| 1991 | Scorpio 23.63° | 2 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1992 | Scorpio 24.39° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury |
| 1993 | Scorpio 24.15° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1994 | Scorpio 23.9° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus |
| 1995 | Scorpio 23.65° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Scorpio 24.42° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 1997 | Scorpio 24.17° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 1998 | Scorpio 23.92° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Scorpio 23.68° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Scorpio 24.44° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Scorpio 24.2° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Scorpio 23.95° | 22 | Aries | Revati 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2003 | Scorpio 23.7° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 2004 | Scorpio 24.48° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 2005 | Scorpio 24.23° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 2006 | Scorpio 23.98° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Scorpio 23.74° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mars |
| 2008 | Scorpio 24.5° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2009 | Scorpio 24.26° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 2010 | Scorpio 24.02° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2011 | Scorpio 23.77° | 22 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Scorpio 24.54° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2013 | Scorpio 24.29° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Scorpio 24.04° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2015 | Scorpio 23.8° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2016 | Scorpio 24.56° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 2017 | Scorpio 24.32° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 2018 | Scorpio 24.07° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2019 | Scorpio 23.82° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury |
| 2020 | Scorpio 24.59° | 22 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2021 | Scorpio 24.34° | 5 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 2022 | Scorpio 24.1° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2023 | Scorpio 23.86° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 2024 | Scorpio 24.62° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter |
| 2025 | Scorpio 24.38° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2026 | Scorpio 24.14° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Scorpio 23.89° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Scorpio 24.66° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Scorpio 24.42° | 22 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of November 16
Day of the year
321 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1999, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2025
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1948, 1959, 1967, 1986, 2005, 2024
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 18 years
Counted for November 16 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Scorpio
life path 8
2007
Scorpio
life path 9
2008
Scorpio
life path 1
2009
Scorpio
life path 11
2010
Scorpio
life path 3
2011
Scorpio
life path 22
2012
Scorpio
life path 5
2013
Scorpio
life path 6
2014
Scorpio
life path 7
2015
Scorpio
life path 8
2016
Scorpio
life path 9
2017
Scorpio
life path 1
2018
Scorpio
life path 11
2019
Scorpio
life path 3
2020
Scorpio
life path 22
2021
Scorpio
life path 5
2022
Scorpio
life path 6
2023
Scorpio
life path 7
2024
Scorpio
life path 8
2025
Scorpio
life path 9
2026
Scorpio
life path 1
2027
Scorpio
life path 11
2028
Scorpio
life path 3
2029
Scorpio
life path 22
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
2
8 years · 8%
4
7 years · 7%
22
5 years · 5%
11
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 5 with 11 years, tied with 6 other numbers; the scarcest is 11 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 3 of those years, 22 in 5 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about November 16 birthdays
What zodiac sign is November 16?
Scorpio in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 24°08′ Scorpio on November 16, 24 days after the sign begins and 5 before Sagittarius takes over.
What life path numbers does November 16 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (11 years, tied with 6 other numbers); the rarest is 11 (3).
Which decan is November 16?
The 3rd decan of Scorpio, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Venus in the Chaldean order.
Can November 16 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 3 of the 100 years: 2009, 2018 and 2027; 22, in 5 of the 100 years: 1930, 2002, 2011, 2020 and 2029.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “November 16 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/november-16/
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