Decan 1 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler: Pluto
Double Pluto — the most intense and most private version.
2026: Oct 23 – Nov 2 · Chaldean order: Mars
October 23 – November 21 · Water · Fixed · ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars)
Scorpio
Scorpio covers October 23 – November 21 and is the 8th sign of the zodiac: water, fixed, ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars). Its keynote is intensity, privacy and refusal to accept surfaces. In 2026 the Sun spends 29.91 days in it — the 4th shortest of the twelve, because the signs are not equal in length.
- Sun enters 2026
- Oct 23 9:38 AM UTC
- Sun leaves
- Nov 22 7:23 AM UTC
- Season length
- 29.9 days 29 d 21 h 45 min
- US births
- 8.18% 7th most common of 12
Times: NASA JPL DE440. Births: US Social Security Administration, 2000–2014.
The Scorpio man The Scorpio woman
Exact times
Scorpio season 2026: the exact start in your city
The Sun entered Scorpio at 9:38 AM UTC on October 23, 2026 — 6:38 AM in Santiago, 5:38 AM in New York, 10:38 AM in London and 6:38 PM in Tokyo — and leaves it for Sagittarius at 7:23 AM UTC on November 22, after 29 d 21 h 45 min.
| City | Sun enters Scorpio | Sun moves on to Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Fri, Oct 23 | Sun, Nov 22 |
| Honolulu United States | 11:38 PM Thu, Oct 22 · UTC−10 | 9:23 PM Sat, Nov 21 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 1:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−8 | 10:23 PM Sat, Nov 21 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 2:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−7 | 11:23 PM Sat, Nov 21 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 2:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−7 | 12:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 3:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−6 | 12:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 4:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−5 | 1:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 3:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−6 | 1:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 5:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−4 | 2:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 5:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−4 | 2:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 4:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−5 | 2:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 4:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−5 | 2:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 5:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−4 | 3:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 6:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−3 | 4:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 6:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−3 | 4:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 6:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC−3 | 4:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 9:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC | 7:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 10:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+1 | 7:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 10:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+1 | 8:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 11:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+2 | 8:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 11:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+2 | 8:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 11:38 AM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+2 | 9:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 12:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+3 | 9:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 12:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+3 | 9:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 12:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+3 | 10:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 12:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+3 | 10:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 12:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+3 | 10:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 1:08 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+3:30 | 10:53 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 1:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+4 | 11:23 AM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 2:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+5 | 12:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 3:08 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+5:30 | 12:53 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 3:23 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+5:45 | 1:08 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 3:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+6 | 1:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 4:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+7 | 2:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 4:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+7 | 2:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 5:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+8 | 3:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 5:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+8 | 3:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 5:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+8 | 3:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 5:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+8 | 3:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 6:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+9 | 4:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 6:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+9 | 4:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 8:08 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+10:30 | 5:53 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 7:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+10 | 5:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 8:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+11 | 6:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 10:38 PM Fri, Oct 23 · UTC+13 | 8:23 PM Sun, Nov 22 · 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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DatesOctober 23 – November 21
SymbolScorpion
ElementWater
ModalityFixed
Ruling planetPluto (traditionally Mars)
House8
PolarityNegative
Lucky numbers8, 11
Lucky dayTuesday
ColorDeep red, black
BirthstoneTopaz, obsidian
Best matches
Cancer, Pisces, Virgo
Hardest matches
Sagittarius, Aries, Gemini
Rules the bodyReproductive and eliminative systems
Calculated, not approximated
Exact Scorpio dates for 2026
Sun enters Scorpio
October 23, 9:38 AM UTC
Sun leaves Scorpio
November 22, 7:23 AM UTC
Length this year
29.9 days
The usual "October 23 – November 21" is an average. The Sun enters Scorpio at 210° of ecliptic longitude, and the exact minute of that crossing — given above for the coming season — moves a little every year, which is what a boundary birthday needs.
Scorpio season started as late as Oct 24, 2:22 PM UTC in 1903 and will start as early as Oct 22, 5:43 PM UTC in 2048; in 2026 it is Oct 23, 9:38 AM UTC. A common year moves the ingress about 5 h 49 min later and a leap day pulls it back about 18 h 11 min, so it saw-tooths between October 22 and 24. The season itself has run from 29 d 20 h 53 min to 29 d 21 h 55 min — a spread of 62 minutes over 151 years.
Calculated from the Sun's actual motion
The zodiac signs are not equal
Scorpio lasts
29.91 days
Rank by length
9 of 12
Share of all births
8.18%
If signs were even
30.44 days · 8.33%
Scorpio runs 29.91 days in 2026 — one of the short signs the Sun crosses in the months around perihelion, when Earth moves fastest. Only just longer is Pisces at 29.95 days; just behind is Aquarius at 29.59.
With US births also peaking between July and September, Scorpio took 8.18% of them in 2000–2014. All twelve lengths, and why they differ, are on the zodiac dates page.
Scorpio: 8.18% of the 62.2 million births, with each birth assigned by the Sun’s ingress time — the 7th most common of twelve. Leo leads with 8.96% and Capricorn trails with 7.63%. An even split would give 8.33%.
Rarely covered
The three Scorpio decans
Ten degrees each. Modern astrologers give them to the three water signs' rulers — Pluto, Neptune and the Moon; the older Chaldean order, used on our birth date pages, gives Mars, the Sun and Venus.
Decan 2 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler: Neptune
Softer and more mystical. Intuition over investigation.
2026: Nov 2 – Nov 12 · Chaldean order: Sun
Decan 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler: Moon
Emotionally rawer. Feels everything and shows almost none of it.
2026: Nov 12 – Nov 22 · Chaldean order: Venus
Scorpio personality
Perceptive
Secretive
Determined
Suspicious
All-or-nothing
Strengths
Sees through pretense instantly and commits completely once convinced.
Weaknesses
Tests people rather than asking, and remembers slights for a very long time.
Scorpio is the one fixed water sign — and that pairing is the whole explanation. The element sets temperament: water signs read the room before anyone speaks. The modality decides what happens when circumstances change: fixed signs resist it and hold their position.
No other sign is fixed water, so Scorpio cannot stand in for the other water signs — which share the temperament and divide the work between them differently.
Primary source
Why Mars rules Scorpio, in Ptolemy’s words
“Mars is dry in nature, and beneath the sphere of Jupiter: he takes the next two signs, of a nature similar to his own, viz. Aries and Scorpio, whose relative distances from the houses of the luminaries are injurious and discordant.”
Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, book I, chapter XX, translated by J. M. Ashmand from the Greek paraphrase of Proclus (London, 1822) — read the original text.
Ptolemy wrote in Alexandria, and his reasoning is from the northern hemisphere, where Cancer and Leo are the summer signs. He knew seven planets; modern astrologers also give Scorpio to Pluto, discovered in 1930.
Primary source
What William Lilly wrote about Scorpio in 1647
“[Scorpio] is a cold, watry, nocturnal, flegmatick, feminine Signe, of the watry Triplicity, fixed and North, the house and joy of Mars, feminine; usually it doth represent subtill, deceitfull men.”
“A corpulent, strong, able Body, somewhat a broad or square Face, a dusky muddy Complexion, and sad, dark Haire, much and crisping; an hairy Body, somewhat bow-legged, short necked, a squat, wel-trussed Fellow.”
William Lilly, Christian Astrology (London, 1647), book I, chapter XVI — read the original text.
Christian Astrology was the first astrology textbook of its kind printed in English rather than Latin. Lilly used these descriptions mainly for the sign rising at a birth or at the moment a question was asked; reading character from the Sun’s sign alone was popularized by newspaper horoscopes in the 1930s. Spelling and punctuation are as printed, with the long s and u/v modernized; signs and planets printed as symbols are given in square brackets.
The Scorpio man and woman
Scorpio man
Intense, private and observant. Tests before trusting, and remembers the result.
Scorpio woman
Magnetic and self-contained. Gives access in stages and notices exactly who is paying attention.
Astrology gives Scorpio no gendered meaning; the two sketches follow how the sign is usually written about.
Scorpio in each area of life
In love and relationships
Intense and private. Wants total honesty and gives it slowly.
As a friend
The friend who turns up in a crisis and never repeats what you told them.
At work
Suited to investigation, research and crisis. Poor at superficial collaboration.
Career that suits
Investigation, research, surgery, psychology, finance — anywhere the surface has to be got past.
With money
Strategic and private about it. Others rarely know the real figure.
As a child
Secretive and deeply feeling. Reacts badly to being handled or lied to, even kindly.
As a parent
Fiercely protective and perceptive. Risks controlling out of fear of loss.
Health and the body
Reproductive and eliminative systems — Scorpio rules them, hence the themes of regeneration.
Scorpio compatibility with every sign
Ranked by the angle from Scorpio on the wheel; how the angle is read is explained on the compatibility hub.
| With | Aspect | Angle | Score | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Trine | 120° | 88% | Water |
| Pisces | Trine | 120° | 88% | Water |
| Virgo | Sextile | 60° | 82% | Earth |
| Capricorn | Sextile | 60° | 82% | Earth |
| Scorpio | Conjunction | 0° | 78% | Water |
| Taurus | Opposition | 180° | 75% | Earth |
| Leo | Square | 90° | 62% | Fire |
| Aquarius | Square | 90° | 62% | Air |
| Libra | Semi-sextile | 30° | 58% | Air |
| Sagittarius | Semi-sextile | 30° | 58% | Fire |
| Aries | Quincunx | 150° | 55% | Fire |
| Gemini | Quincunx | 150° | 55% | Air |
Famous Scorpios
Leonardo DiCaprio, Katy Perry, Bill Gates, Marie Curie
Scorpio accounts for 8.18% of US births, so a list of famous Scorpios is trivia rather than evidence.
Common questions about Scorpio
What are the exact Scorpio dates?
October 23 – November 21 as usually published. In 2026 the Sun enters Scorpio on October 23 at 9:37 AM UTC and leaves on November 22 at 7:23 AM UTC.
Who is Scorpio most compatible with?
By aspect, Cancer, Pisces and Virgo — they sit at the easiest angles from Scorpio.
What is a Scorpio decan?
A ten-degree third of the sign with its own sub-ruler: Pluto, Neptune and the Moon in the modern scheme, Mars, the Sun and Venus in the older Chaldean order.
What body part does Scorpio rule?
Reproductive and eliminative systems — Scorpio rules them, hence the themes of regeneration.
Is the Scorpio man different from the woman?
Not in the chart: the Sun in Scorpio works the same for everyone. The difference is in how it is written about — the Scorpio man is usually read through Mars, which spends 8.8% of days in Scorpio, and the Scorpio woman through Venus, at 9.0%.
Sources
- Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, book I, chapter XX, translated by J. M. Ashmand from the Greek paraphrase of Proclus (London, 1822)
- William Lilly, Christian Astrology (London, 1647), book I, chapter XVI
Statements of fact on this page were checked against these sources in October 2026. How we choose and check sources: editorial policy.
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