Born in November: zodiac sign and personality

November holds two signs. Those born from 1 to 21 November are Scorpio, fixed water ruled by Mars, and those born from 22 to 30 November are Sagittarius, mutable fire ruled by Jupiter. The month travels from the deepest sign of the zodiac to the most hopeful.

What November gives its people is endurance and faith. They are born as the light shortens and the year turns inward, and they learn early that the dark has its own riches. The Scorpio born go down into feeling and come back changed; the Sagittarius born look up and aim for the horizon. Both are honest to the bone, and neither has patience for pretence.

Born 1 to 21 November: Scorpio

November Scorpios fall mainly in the second and third decans of their sign. From around the second to the eleventh of the month, Jupiter colours the decan through Pisces: these natives carry the Scorpio intensity into the spiritual, with strong intuition, vivid dreams and a quiet mercy for those who suffer. From around the twelfth, the Moon enters through Cancer and the intensity turns protective: these are the Scorpios who guard their family like a fortress and remember every birthday and every wound.

All of them are private, magnetic and loyal beyond reason. They see through masks and keep what they learn to themselves.

Born 22 to 30 November: Sagittarius

Those born from 22 November to the end of the month are Sagittarius of the first decan, where Jupiter rules both sign and decan. They are frank, cheerful and impatient with anything small: small talk, small rooms, small ambitions. November Sagittarians need space to move, to learn and to believe in something larger than themselves. They speak the truth as they see it, laugh easily at their own mistakes and recover from setbacks with an optimism others envy.

The Scorpio Sagittarius cusp: 18 to 24 November

Around 22 November the Sun passes from Scorpio into Sagittarius, and births in the days around the crossing carry both signs. This stretch is called the cusp of revolution. People born here join Scorpio depth to Sagittarian daring: they are rebels with a cause, fearless in argument and generous to those they take under their wing.

November born in love and marriage

Scorpio loves with total commitment and expects the same. They want a partner who is honest, faithful and strong enough to stand their intensity. Cancer and Pisces share their water, Virgo and Capricorn give them steadiness, and Taurus, the opposite sign, offers a calm loyalty they respect.

Sagittarius loves freely and needs a partner who is also a fellow traveller. Clinging drives them away; shared adventures bind them. Aries and Leo share their fire, Libra and Aquarius bring good company, and Gemini, their opposite, keeps the conversation going. A Sagittarius marriage lasts when both partners keep learning and keep moving.

November born at work and with money

Scorpio does its best work where depth and discretion are needed: research, investigation, psychology, finance, insurance, counselling and every role that handles what others prefer to avoid. The Pisces decan adds a gift for spiritual and creative work. With money they are strategic, private and patient.

Sagittarius belongs where minds and borders open: teaching, higher education, publishing, travel, foreign trade, sport, the outdoors, religion and philosophy. They are generous and lucky with money and spend it on journeys and learning, and a simple rule for saving keeps their good fortune in their hands.

November birthstones and colours: topaz and citrine

November has two birthstones, both the colour of warm light in a darkening month. The topaz, golden or amber, was prized by the ancient Greeks as a stone of strength, and tradition holds it as a stone of warmth and clear thinking. The citrine, named from the French for lemon, is known in folk tradition as the merchant's stone, kept in the till for prosperity. Both carry the sunshine that November lacks.

November's colours are golden yellow, amber and burnt orange. Scorpio adds deep red, black and maroon; Sagittarius adds purple and royal blue.

The spiritual meaning of November

November takes its name from novem, nine, as the ninth month of the old Roman year. It opens with All Saints and All Souls, the days of remembering the dead, and in Britain 11 November is Remembrance Day. Its spiritual reading is remembrance and the inner fire: the year descends into the dark, and those born in November learn to carry a light through it.

In the tarot, Scorpio answers to Death, the card of endings that clear the ground, and Sagittarius to Temperance, the card of the angel who mixes fire and water into something new. The November soul learns that what is lost can be transformed, and that faith grows from what has been survived.

What zodiac sign is November?

November has two signs. Those born from 1 to 21 November are Scorpio, and those born from 22 to 30 November are Sagittarius.

Is 22 November Scorpio or Sagittarius?

Sagittarius begins on 22 November on our table, and Scorpio ends on 21 November. The Sun crosses at a different hour each year, so the time of birth settles a birth on the change day.

What is the birthstone for November?

November has two birthstones: the topaz, a golden stone of strength and warmth, and the citrine, a lemon yellow stone traditionally kept for prosperity.

What are people born in November like?

November people are honest, deep and resilient. The Scorpio born are intense, private and loyal; the Sagittarius born are optimistic, frank and adventurous.

Which signs are compatible with people born in November?

November Scorpios match best with Cancer, Pisces, Virgo and Capricorn. November Sagittarians match best with Aries, Leo, Libra and Aquarius.