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Boundary date · 39 switches since 1930
October 23 zodiac sign: Libra or Scorpio?
The October 23 zodiac sign is Libra in 64% of years from 1930 to 2029 and Scorpio in 36% — the date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year.
- Sun sign
- Libra 64% of years · Scorpio 36%
- US births a day
- 11,400 #167 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 296th 297th in leap years
- Sign changes 2027
- 3:33 PM UTC Oct 23, into Scorpio
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
Exact times
October 23 2027: the exact sign change in your city
In 2027 the Sun enters Scorpio at 3:33 PM UTC on October 23 — 12:33 PM in Santiago, 11:33 AM in New York, 4:33 PM in London and 12:33 AM on October 24 in Tokyo. Born on October 23 2027 before that moment, a baby is Libra; after it, Scorpio.
| City | Sun enters Scorpio |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Oct 23 |
| Honolulu United States | 5:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 7:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−8 |
| Los Angeles United States | 8:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−7 |
| Phoenix United States | 8:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 9:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−6 |
| Chicago United States | 10:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−5 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 9:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 11:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−4 |
| Toronto Canada | 11:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−4 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 10:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 10:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 11:33 AM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 12:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 12:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 12:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 3:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 4:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+1 |
| Lagos Nigeria | 4:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 5:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+2 |
| Berlin Germany | 5:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+2 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 5:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 6:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+3 |
| Athens Greece | 6:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+3 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 6:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 6:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 6:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 7:03 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 7:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 8:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 9:03 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 9:18 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 9:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 10:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 10:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 11:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 11:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 11:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 11:33 PM Sat, Oct 23 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 12:33 AM Sun, Oct 24 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 12:33 AM Sun, Oct 24 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 2:03 AM Sun, Oct 24 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 1:33 AM Sun, Oct 24 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 2:33 AM Sun, Oct 24 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 4:33 AM Sun, Oct 24 · UTC+13 |
Sun’s ingress from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris; Swiss Ephemeris agrees within 5 seconds. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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How common is this birthday
October 23 among the 366 days
October 23 averages 11,400 births a day in the US — the 167th most common of the 366 dates, 0.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
Which sign, by birth year
- Libra at midday UTC
- Scorpio at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Libra at midday UTC in 64 years and Scorpio in 36: 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 … 2026, 2028, 2029. In 78 of the years — dotted — the Sun entered Scorpio during October 23 itself, so a birth that day can be either sign depending on the hour.
- Libra
- Scorpio
- 2026
The bar is the whole of October 23 in UTC; where its color changes, the Sun crossed into Scorpio, so a birth after that minute is Scorpio. The time on the right is that minute.
- 16 of these 21 years had the change inside October 23 itself, so the hour of birth decides — from as early as 2:28 AM UTC in 2033 to as late as 5:47 PM in 2015.
- In 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 and 2032 the whole day was already Scorpio: the crossing came on October 22.
- Two sites can give two different signs for October 23 because both print a fixed range, and no fixed range is right in every year — the noon sign here flipped 39 times between 1930 and 2029.
Mars-ruled decan of Scorpio
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Pluto (traditionally Mars)
Sun at noon, 2026
0°06′
October 23 opens Scorpio in 2026: the Sun crossed in at 9:38 AM UTC on October 23, and the Mars decan that starts here lasts until November 2.
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. In its first ten degrees Scorpio shows in its rawest form: Libra has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
October 23 birthday personality
People born on October 23 are Libra in most years, and the sign is read as balance, fairness and acute awareness of other people. Sees every side of a dispute and can make opposing parties feel heard.
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
Strong in negotiation, mediation and anything aesthetic. Weak on unilateral calls.
Stone and flower
The October birthstones are opal and tourmaline (iridescent and multicoloured), and the month's flowers are the marigold and cosmos.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for October 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 | Libra 29.36° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1931 | Libra 29.12° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1932 | Libra 29.87° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1933 | Libra 29.63° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1934 | Libra 29.39° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Libra 29.15° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1936 | Libra 29.9° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Libra 29.66° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 1938 | Libra 29.42° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1939 | Libra 29.18° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Libra 29.93° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Libra 29.69° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Libra 29.45° | 4 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1943 | Libra 29.21° | 5 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 1944 | Libra 29.96° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1945 | Libra 29.72° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1946 | Libra 29.48° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1947 | Libra 29.24° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1948 | Libra 29.99° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury |
| 1949 | Libra 29.75° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1950 | Libra 29.51° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Libra 29.27° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Scorpio 0.03° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Libra 29.79° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Libra 29.55° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1955 | Libra 29.31° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1956 | Scorpio 0.06° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1957 | Libra 29.82° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1958 | Libra 29.58° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mars |
| 1959 | Libra 29.33° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1960 | Scorpio 0.08° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1961 | Libra 29.84° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury |
| 1962 | Libra 29.6° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1963 | Libra 29.36° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 1964 | Scorpio 0.11° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Libra 29.87° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1966 | Libra 29.63° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Libra 29.39° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1968 | Scorpio 0.15° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1969 | Libra 29.91° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Libra 29.67° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1971 | Libra 29.42° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Scorpio 0.18° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Libra 29.94° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1974 | Libra 29.7° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1975 | Libra 29.46° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1976 | Scorpio 0.21° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1977 | Libra 29.97° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1978 | Libra 29.73° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Venus |
| 1979 | Libra 29.48° | 5 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1980 | Scorpio 0.24° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Libra 29.99° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1982 | Libra 29.75° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1983 | Libra 29.51° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1984 | Scorpio 0.26° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1985 | Scorpio 0.03° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1986 | Libra 29.78° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1987 | Libra 29.54° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1988 | Scorpio 0.3° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1989 | Scorpio 0.06° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1990 | Libra 29.82° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars |
| 1991 | Libra 29.58° | 8 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1992 | Scorpio 0.33° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1993 | Scorpio 0.1° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Libra 29.85° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1995 | Libra 29.6° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Scorpio 0.36° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1997 | Scorpio 0.11° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1998 | Libra 29.88° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Libra 29.63° | 7 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Scorpio 0.38° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Scorpio 0.15° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 2002 | Libra 29.9° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 2003 | Libra 29.66° | 11 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2004 | Scorpio 0.42° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2005 | Scorpio 0.18° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mars |
| 2006 | Libra 29.94° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 2007 | Libra 29.7° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2008 | Scorpio 0.45° | 7 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2009 | Scorpio 0.22° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2010 | Libra 29.98° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2011 | Libra 29.73° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Scorpio 0.49° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Scorpio 0.24° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury |
| 2014 | Scorpio 0° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury |
| 2015 | Libra 29.76° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2016 | Scorpio 0.51° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2017 | Scorpio 0.27° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2018 | Scorpio 0.03° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | Venus |
| 2019 | Libra 29.78° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2020 | Scorpio 0.54° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 2021 | Scorpio 0.3° | 11 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 2022 | Scorpio 0.06° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2023 | Libra 29.82° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Scorpio 0.57° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2025 | Scorpio 0.34° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Scorpio 0.1° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2027 | Libra 29.85° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2028 | Scorpio 0.61° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Scorpio 0.37° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 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 October 23
Day of the year
297 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2000, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1934, 1942, 1961, 1980, 1991, 2010, 2029
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for October 23 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Libra
life path 5
2007
Libra
life path 6
2008
Scorpio
life path 7
2009
Scorpio
life path 8
2010
Libra
life path 9
2011
Libra
life path 1
2012
Scorpio
life path 11
2013
Scorpio
life path 3
2014
Scorpio
life path 4
2015
Libra
life path 5
2016
Scorpio
life path 6
2017
Scorpio
life path 7
2018
Scorpio
life path 8
2019
Libra
life path 9
2020
Scorpio
life path 1
2021
Scorpio
life path 11
2022
Scorpio
life path 3
2023
Libra
life path 4
2024
Scorpio
life path 5
2025
Scorpio
life path 6
2026
Scorpio
life path 7
2027
Libra
life path 8
2028
Scorpio
life path 9
2029
Scorpio
life path 1
The sign changes from one year to the next in some of these tiles — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
1
12 years · 12%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 1 with 12 years; every other number, 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer moves
There is no third sign and no blend — at your moment of birth the Sun was one side of the boundary or the other. For October 23 that came out Libra in 64% of years and Scorpio in 36%. The noon sign switched 39 times between 1930 and 2029; the last three switches fall in 2024, 2027 and 2028.
Questions about October 23 birthdays
What zodiac sign is October 23?
Usually Libra: 64% of years from 1930 to 2029. In the other 36% of years (the last of them 2029) the Sun had already reached Scorpio by midday UTC, and in 78 of the 100 years it changed sign during the day itself, so the birth hour decides.
What life path numbers does October 23 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 1 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is October 23?
In 2026, the 1st decan of Scorpio, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can October 23 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1931, 1940, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1976, 1985, 1994, 2003, 2012 and 2021.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “October 23 Zodiac Sign: Libra or Scorpio? By Birth Year.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/october-23/
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