In love
Intense and private. Wants total honesty and gives it slowly.
Settled date · day 6 of 30 in the sign
October 28 zodiac sign: Scorpio
The October 28 zodiac sign is Scorpio in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 5°04′ into the sign, 5 days past its start and 24 days before Sagittarius begins.
- Sun sign
- Scorpio at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,174 #236 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 301st 302nd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 5°04′ of Scorpio
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
October 28 among the 366 days
October 28 averages 11,174 births a day in the US — the 131st least common of the 366 dates, 1.5% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Scorpio this falls
October 28 falls on day 6 of the Mars decan (October 23–November 2, 2026).
Mars-ruled decan of Scorpio
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Pluto (traditionally Mars)
Sun at noon, 2026
5°04′
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 28 birthday personality
People born on October 28 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 28th reduces to 1 and combines 2 (partnership) with 8 (authority). Numerologists read it as independent leadership that knows how to work with other people: those born on this day are ambitious and self-directed, yet they build alliances and understand group dynamics better than most 1s. Birthday number 28 in full →
At work
Suited to investigation, research and crisis. Poor at superficial collaboration.
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 28. 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 4.35° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1931 | Scorpio 4.1° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1932 | Scorpio 4.86° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1933 | Scorpio 4.62° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1934 | Scorpio 4.38° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury |
| 1935 | Scorpio 4.14° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Scorpio 4.89° | 3 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Scorpio 4.65° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1938 | Scorpio 4.41° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1939 | Scorpio 4.16° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Scorpio 4.92° | 7 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Scorpio 4.68° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Scorpio 4.44° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1943 | Scorpio 4.19° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1944 | Scorpio 4.95° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1945 | Scorpio 4.71° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1946 | Scorpio 4.47° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Venus |
| 1947 | Scorpio 4.22° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury |
| 1948 | Scorpio 4.98° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1949 | Scorpio 4.74° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1950 | Scorpio 4.5° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1951 | Scorpio 4.26° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Scorpio 5.01° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Scorpio 4.77° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Scorpio 4.53° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury Venus |
| 1955 | Scorpio 4.29° | 4 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1956 | Scorpio 5.05° | 5 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1957 | Scorpio 4.81° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1958 | Scorpio 4.56° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mars |
| 1959 | Scorpio 4.31° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1960 | Scorpio 5.07° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1961 | Scorpio 4.83° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury |
| 1962 | Scorpio 4.59° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1963 | Scorpio 4.34° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1964 | Scorpio 5.1° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Scorpio 4.86° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1966 | Scorpio 4.62° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Scorpio 4.37° | 7 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1968 | Scorpio 5.13° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Scorpio 4.89° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Scorpio 4.65° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1971 | Scorpio 4.41° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Scorpio 5.17° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Scorpio 4.93° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1974 | Scorpio 4.69° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1975 | Scorpio 4.44° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1976 | Scorpio 5.2° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1977 | Scorpio 4.96° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1978 | Scorpio 4.71° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Venus |
| 1979 | Scorpio 4.47° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1980 | Scorpio 5.22° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Scorpio 4.98° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1982 | Scorpio 4.74° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1983 | Scorpio 4.49° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1984 | Scorpio 5.25° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1985 | Scorpio 5.01° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1986 | Scorpio 4.77° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1987 | Scorpio 4.53° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1988 | Scorpio 5.29° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Scorpio 5.05° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1990 | Scorpio 4.81° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mars |
| 1991 | Scorpio 4.57° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1992 | Scorpio 5.32° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1993 | Scorpio 5.08° | 6 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury |
| 1994 | Scorpio 4.84° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1995 | Scorpio 4.59° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Scorpio 5.35° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1997 | Scorpio 5.1° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1998 | Scorpio 4.86° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Scorpio 4.61° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Scorpio 5.37° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Scorpio 5.13° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 2002 | Scorpio 4.89° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2003 | Scorpio 4.65° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 2004 | Scorpio 5.41° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 2005 | Scorpio 5.16° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mars |
| 2006 | Scorpio 4.93° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2007 | Scorpio 4.68° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury |
| 2008 | Scorpio 5.44° | 3 | Scorpio | Chitra 4 | — |
| 2009 | Scorpio 5.2° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2010 | Scorpio 4.96° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2011 | Scorpio 4.72° | 6 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Scorpio 5.47° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Scorpio 5.23° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury |
| 2014 | Scorpio 4.99° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2015 | Scorpio 4.74° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 2016 | Scorpio 5.5° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2017 | Scorpio 5.26° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 2018 | Scorpio 5.01° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Venus |
| 2019 | Scorpio 4.76° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2020 | Scorpio 5.52° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 2021 | Scorpio 5.28° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2022 | Scorpio 5.04° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2023 | Scorpio 4.8° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Scorpio 5.56° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2025 | Scorpio 5.32° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Scorpio 5.08° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 2027 | Scorpio 4.84° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2028 | Scorpio 5.6° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Scorpio 5.35° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | 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 28
Day of the year
302 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2000, 2007, 2013, 2020, 2026, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1939, 1958, 1966, 1985, 2004, 2023
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for October 28 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 1
2007
Scorpio
life path 11
2008
Scorpio
life path 3
2009
Scorpio
life path 4
2010
Scorpio
life path 5
2011
Scorpio
life path 6
2012
Scorpio
life path 7
2013
Scorpio
life path 8
2014
Scorpio
life path 9
2015
Scorpio
life path 1
2016
Scorpio
life path 11
2017
Scorpio
life path 3
2018
Scorpio
life path 4
2019
Scorpio
life path 5
2020
Scorpio
life path 6
2021
Scorpio
life path 7
2022
Scorpio
life path 8
2023
Scorpio
life path 9
2024
Scorpio
life path 1
2025
Scorpio
life path 11
2026
Scorpio
life path 3
2027
Scorpio
life path 4
2028
Scorpio
life path 5
2029
Scorpio
life path 6
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
6
12 years · 12%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 6 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 →
Questions about October 28 birthdays
What zodiac sign is October 28?
Scorpio in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 5°04′ Scorpio on October 28, 5 days after the sign begins and 24 before Sagittarius takes over.
What life path numbers does October 28 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 6 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is October 28?
The 1st decan of Scorpio, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can October 28 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1935, 1944, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2016 and 2025.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “October 28 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/october-28/
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