2014 · sign changed at 11:59 UTC on this day
Born before 11:59 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
Boundary date · 39 switches since 1930
23 October — Libra or Scorpio?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Libra in 64% of years and Scorpio in 36%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015 · sign changed at 17:49 UTC on this day
Born before 17:49 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2016
Scorpio all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2017 · sign changed at 05:26 UTC on this day
Born before 05:26 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2018 · sign changed at 11:16 UTC on this day
Born before 11:16 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2019 · sign changed at 17:04 UTC on this day
Born before 17:04 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2020
Scorpio all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2021 · sign changed at 04:42 UTC on this day
Born before 04:42 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2022 · sign changed at 10:31 UTC on this day
Born before 10:31 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2023 · sign changed at 16:20 UTC on this day
Born before 16:20 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2024
Scorpio all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2025 · sign changed at 03:58 UTC on this day
Born before 03:58 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2026 · sign changed at 09:47 UTC on this day
Born before 09:47 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2027 · sign changed at 15:36 UTC on this day
Born before 15:36 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2028
Scorpio all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2029 · sign changed at 03:14 UTC on this day
Born before 03:14 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2030 · sign changed at 09:03 UTC on this day
Born before 09:03 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2031 · sign changed at 14:52 UTC on this day
Born before 14:52 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2032
Scorpio all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2033 · sign changed at 02:30 UTC on this day
Born before 02:30 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2034 · sign changed at 08:19 UTC on this day
Born before 08:19 → Libra. Born after → Scorpio. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 23 October. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 39 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Mars-ruled decan of Libra
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun on this date
0.09°
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 23 October. 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 29.97° | 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 30° | 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 29.78° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Libra 29.54° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1955 | Libra 29.3° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1956 | Scorpio 0.06° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1957 | Libra 29.82° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1958 | Libra 29.57° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mars |
| 1959 | Libra 29.33° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1960 | Scorpio 0.09° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1961 | Libra 29.85° | 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 0.12° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Libra 29.88° | 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 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Libra 29.94° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1974 | Libra 29.7° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1975 | Libra 29.45° | 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 30° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1982 | Libra 29.76° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1983 | Libra 29.52° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1984 | Scorpio 0.27° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1985 | Scorpio 0.03° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1986 | Libra 29.79° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1987 | Libra 29.55° | 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 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1992 | Scorpio 0.33° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1993 | Scorpio 0.09° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Libra 29.85° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1995 | Libra 29.61° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Scorpio 0.36° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1997 | Scorpio 0.12° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1998 | Libra 29.88° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Libra 29.64° | 7 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Scorpio 0.39° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Scorpio 0.15° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 2002 | Libra 29.91° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2003 | Libra 29.67° | 11 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2004 | Scorpio 0.42° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 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 0.21° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2010 | Libra 29.97° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2011 | Libra 29.73° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Scorpio 0.48° | 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 2 | — |
| 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 29.79° | 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 0.33° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Scorpio 0.09° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2027 | Libra 29.85° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2028 | Scorpio 0.6° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Scorpio 0.36° | 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 23 October
Day of the year
297 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Most recent of those
2000, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1972, 1980, 1991, 2010, 2029
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 20 years
Every figure here is specific to 23 October: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →
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
Notice the sign column changing — 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; the scarcest is 9 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. 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 23 October that came out Libra in 64% of years and Scorpio in 36%, switching 39 times since 1930. Most recently in 2024, 2027, 2028.