Born on November 16
Born on November 16: Scorpio
On November 16, the Sun is in Scorpio: that is your Sun sign, the core of your identity, your vitality and the way you shine.
Your sign: Scorpio
With the Sun in Scorpio, you do nothing halfway: whatever you touch, you transform at its core.
The Sun in Scorpio, ruled by Pluto and Mars, gives you an identity forged in intensity and truth. You never settle for the surface: you want to understand what lies beneath, the real motivations, the unspoken, the deep mechanisms. Your gaze pierces masks, and people feel it. Someone with the Sun in Scorpio has exceptional willpower and a capacity for rebirth that lets them go through crises and come out stronger. You’ve lived through radical transformations and you know that you can die to one life and be reborn into another. This resilience is your superpower.
Your decan: 3rd decan of Scorpio
The Moon lights the depths of the third decan of Scorpio: you are protective passion, the memory that forgets nothing and the heart that keeps watch.
The third decan of Scorpio runs from about November 12 to 21, the exact boundary depending on the year and your time of birth. The Moon softens Pluto here, and Scorpio becomes more emotional, more family-minded, more protective. You’re the most approachable Scorpio of the three decans: the intensity is still there, but it comes out as fierce tenderness toward your loved ones and a deep attachment to your roots. Your emotional memory is prodigious, your intuition for other people’s needs very fine, and you have an innate sense of family, home and the clan to defend.
The degree of the Sun
On November 16, the Sun sits between 23° and 24° Scorpio depending on the birth year. Every degree has its own colour: decan, dwad, term, sometimes a fixed star. Read yours:
Your solar return
Every year around November 16, the Sun returns to the exact degree of your birth: that is your solar return, the chart of your year, from birthday to birthday. Calculate it for free (date, time and place of birth), then, if you want the full reading, have it read.
And the rising sign, the Moon, the houses?
The Sun sign is not the whole story. Your rising sign changes every two hours, the Moon changes sign every two and a half days, and the houses depend on the place. With your birth time and city, the free calculation gives you all of it in 30 seconds.
Frequently asked questions
What is the zodiac sign of someone born on November 16?
Someone born on November 16 is a Scorpio: the Sun is in Scorpio that day, between 23° and 24°.
What is the decan of someone born on November 16?
The 3rd decan of Scorpio, ruled by Moon: it gives the sign a nuance of its own, described on the decan page.
How do I find my rising sign if I was born on November 16?
The rising sign depends on the time and place of birth, not only the date: it changes about every two hours. Enter your time and city in the free chart calculation.
What is the solar return of someone born on November 16?
The chart drawn at the moment the Sun returns, every year around November 16, to the exact degree of the birth. It describes the dynamic of the year that opens. The free calculator gives it, the year-ahead reading interprets it.