In love
Needs room and honesty. Reads possessiveness as a threat rather than devotion.
Near a boundary · day 2 of 30 in the sign
November 23 zodiac sign: Sagittarius
The November 23 zodiac sign is Sagittarius at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029 — but not at every hour: in 11 of those 100 years a birth early in the day (UTC) had the Sun still in Scorpio.
- Sun sign
- Sagittarius at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 9,875 #360 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 327th 328th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 1°11′ of Sagittarius
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
November 23 among the 366 days
November 23 averages 9,875 births a day in the US — the 7th least common of the 366 dates, 13.0% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Sagittarius this falls
November 23 falls on day 2 of the Mercury decan (November 22–December 2, 2026).
- Sagittarius at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Sagittarius at midday UTC in all 100 years, but in 11 of them — 1930, 1931, 1935, 1939 … 1959, 1963, 1967 — the Sun changed sign during November 23 itself (UTC), so a birth in the first hours of that day could still be Scorpio.
Mercury-ruled decan of Sagittarius
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Jupiter
Sun at noon, 2026
1°11′
Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. In its first ten degrees Sagittarius shows in its rawest form: Scorpio has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
November 23 birthday personality
People born on November 23 are Sagittarius, and the sign is read as expansion, honesty and appetite for the unfamiliar. Genuinely open-minded and hard to discourage. Says the thing nobody else will.
The 23rd reduces to 5 and joins 2 (empathy) with 3 (expression). Numerologists read it as freedom with a strong social sense: those born on this day love variety, travel and change, but they also read people well and communicate easily. Birthday number 23 in full →
At work
Good with big-picture strategy, teaching and anything international. Bored by detail.
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 23. 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 | Sagittarius 0.48° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1931 | Sagittarius 0.24° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1932 | Sagittarius 1° | 22 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1933 | Sagittarius 0.76° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1934 | Sagittarius 0.52° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1935 | Sagittarius 0.27° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1936 | Sagittarius 1.04° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1937 | Sagittarius 0.79° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1938 | Sagittarius 0.54° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1939 | Sagittarius 0.3° | 11 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Sagittarius 1.06° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Sagittarius 0.82° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Sagittarius 0.57° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Sagittarius 0.32° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1944 | Sagittarius 1.09° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 1945 | Sagittarius 0.85° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1946 | Sagittarius 0.6° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1947 | Sagittarius 0.35° | 1 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1948 | Sagittarius 1.12° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1949 | Sagittarius 0.87° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1950 | Sagittarius 0.63° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1951 | Sagittarius 0.39° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Sagittarius 1.15° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1953 | Sagittarius 0.91° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1954 | Sagittarius 0.66° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1955 | Sagittarius 0.42° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1956 | Sagittarius 1.19° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1957 | Sagittarius 0.94° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1958 | Sagittarius 0.7° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mars |
| 1959 | Sagittarius 0.44° | 22 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 1960 | Sagittarius 1.21° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mars |
| 1961 | Sagittarius 0.96° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1962 | Sagittarius 0.71° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Venus |
| 1963 | Sagittarius 0.47° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1964 | Sagittarius 1.24° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1965 | Sagittarius 0.99° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1966 | Sagittarius 0.75° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1967 | Sagittarius 0.5° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Sagittarius 1.27° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Sagittarius 1.03° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Sagittarius 0.78° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1971 | Sagittarius 0.54° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Sagittarius 1.3° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1973 | Sagittarius 1.06° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1974 | Sagittarius 0.82° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Sagittarius 0.57° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1976 | Sagittarius 1.33° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1977 | Sagittarius 1.09° | 22 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1978 | Sagittarius 0.84° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Venus |
| 1979 | Sagittarius 0.59° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Sagittarius 1.36° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1981 | Sagittarius 1.11° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1982 | Sagittarius 0.87° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1983 | Sagittarius 0.62° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1984 | Sagittarius 1.38° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1985 | Sagittarius 1.14° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury |
| 1986 | Sagittarius 0.9° | 22 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Venus |
| 1987 | Sagittarius 0.65° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Sagittarius 1.42° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Sagittarius 1.18° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Sagittarius 0.94° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mars |
| 1991 | Sagittarius 0.69° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1992 | Sagittarius 1.46° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury |
| 1993 | Sagittarius 1.22° | 11 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1994 | Sagittarius 0.96° | 3 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Venus |
| 1995 | Sagittarius 0.72° | 22 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1996 | Sagittarius 1.48° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1997 | Sagittarius 1.23° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1998 | Sagittarius 0.99° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1999 | Sagittarius 0.74° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Sagittarius 1.5° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Sagittarius 1.26° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Sagittarius 1.01° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 2003 | Sagittarius 0.77° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 2004 | Sagittarius 1.54° | 22 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 2005 | Sagittarius 1.29° | 5 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2006 | Sagittarius 1.05° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2007 | Sagittarius 0.81° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mars |
| 2008 | Sagittarius 1.57° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 2009 | Sagittarius 1.33° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2010 | Sagittarius 1.08° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 2011 | Sagittarius 0.84° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Sagittarius 1.61° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2013 | Sagittarius 1.36° | 22 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Sagittarius 1.11° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2015 | Sagittarius 0.87° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 2016 | Sagittarius 1.63° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2017 | Sagittarius 1.39° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2018 | Sagittarius 1.14° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury |
| 2019 | Sagittarius 0.89° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 2020 | Sagittarius 1.66° | 2 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2021 | Sagittarius 1.41° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 2022 | Sagittarius 1.16° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2023 | Sagittarius 0.92° | 5 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 2024 | Sagittarius 1.69° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2025 | Sagittarius 1.45° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2026 | Sagittarius 1.2° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Sagittarius 0.96° | 9 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Sagittarius 1.73° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Sagittarius 1.48° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | 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 23
Day of the year
328 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 1999, 2005, 2012, 2018, 2025
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1942, 1969, 1988, 1999, 2018
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for November 23 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Sagittarius
life path 6
2007
Sagittarius
life path 7
2008
Sagittarius
life path 8
2009
Sagittarius
life path 9
2010
Sagittarius
life path 1
2011
Sagittarius
life path 2
2012
Sagittarius
life path 3
2013
Sagittarius
life path 22
2014
Sagittarius
life path 5
2015
Sagittarius
life path 6
2016
Sagittarius
life path 7
2017
Sagittarius
life path 8
2018
Sagittarius
life path 9
2019
Sagittarius
life path 1
2020
Sagittarius
life path 2
2021
Sagittarius
life path 3
2022
Sagittarius
life path 22
2023
Sagittarius
life path 5
2024
Sagittarius
life path 6
2025
Sagittarius
life path 7
2026
Sagittarius
life path 8
2027
Sagittarius
life path 9
2028
Sagittarius
life path 1
2029
Sagittarius
life path 2
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
7 years · 7%
2
5 years · 5%
The most frequent is 3 with 11 years, tied with 7 other numbers; the scarcest is 2 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 7 of those years, 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer almost always holds
November 23 sits 1 day past the start of Sagittarius and reached 1°11′ this year — close enough to the start of the sign that the hour starts to count: in 11 of those 100 years a birth early in the day (UTC) had the Sun still in Scorpio. At midday it is Sagittarius in every year tested, so on this date the question worth asking is the birth time, not the birth year.
Questions about November 23 birthdays
What zodiac sign is November 23?
Sagittarius at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029, but not at every hour: in 11 of those 100 years a birth early in the day (UTC) had the Sun still in Scorpio.
What life path numbers does November 23 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (11 years, tied with 7 other numbers); the rarest is 2 (5).
Which decan is November 23?
The 1st decan of Sagittarius, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can November 23 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993; 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1932, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2022.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “November 23 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius, but Check the Hour.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/november-23/
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