November 20 at a glance
- Zodiac sign
- ♏ Scorpio
- Element and modality
- water, fixed
- Ruling planet
- Pluto
- Place in the sign
- Day 29 of Scorpio; Sagittarius starts 2 days later on the calendar
- Decan
- 3 of 3, ruled by Cancer (November 12 to 21)
- Cusp
- Scorpio to Sagittarius, far time zones only
- Birthday number
- 20 reduces to 2 (2 + 0 = 2)
- November birthstone
- Topaz, also Citrine
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Two days from the archer
By November 20 the Sun is near the end of Scorpio, with the Sagittarius line at 240 degrees two days ahead. The crossing does not reach a November 20 clock in the populated time zones, so this is a date many people search after hearing that it is a cusp, when the honest answer is no, with a footnote.
The United Nations observes Universal Children's Day on November 20, the date in 1959 on which it adopted a declaration of the rights of the child, and in 1989 the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted on the same date.
Is November 20 a cusp date?
Near the end of Scorpio, a fixed water sign, a November 20 birthday sits with the sign at its settled strength rather than at its edge. Tradition ties this stretch to endurance and to a guarded way with feelings. The caution is the footnote: in the most easterly or westerly zones, or in the outer years of the supported range, the Sun's entry into Sagittarius can reach the 20th on the clock, which the cusp rating shows.
The standard table gives Scorpio. A change into Sagittarius reaches this date only on clocks at the far eastern or western edge of the time zones, or in the outer years of the 1800 to 2099 range, so for almost every birth the table sign is the answer.
Across 2000 to 2050 (51 years) the Sun entered Sagittarius on these UTC dates: November 22 in 35, November 21 in 16.
Within those years the entry into Sagittarius fell on November 21 between 15:30 and 23:40 UTC; on November 22 between 00:10 and 17:40 UTC. Clocks in populated time zones run from UTC-10 to UTC+12, so the same instant can read as the day before or the day after, and your birth time and birth place decide which side of it you were born.
| Year | Sun enters Sagittarius |
|---|---|
| 2026 | about Nov 22, 07:20 UTC |
| 2027 | about Nov 22, 13:10 UTC |
| 2028 | about Nov 21, 19:00 UTC |
Born near that moment? The sun sign calculator takes your year, time and time zone.
The Scorpio decan for November 20
November 20 falls in decan 3 of Scorpio, November 12 to 21, ruled by Cancer. Each sign is cut into three decans of about ten days, ruled in turn by the sign itself and the next two signs of its element.
Cancer, another water sign, supplies the third Scorpio decan, and tradition reads this stretch as the warmest of the sign, protective and tied to family. It is a counterpoint to the standard picture of Scorpio and an example of why decans are added to sun-sign readings at all.
Birthday number 2 for November 20
The day 20 reduces to 2: 2 + 0 = 2. No step lands on a master number.
A 20 reduces to 2, and the month number 11 sits beside it: the date is an 11 and a 2, and because 11 reduces to 2 when it is not kept as a master number, some numerologists read the pair as a 2 echoed. That is a private numerological pleasure, since the birthday number counts only the day.
The November birthstone
Birthstones follow the month and not the day, so a birthday on November 20 shares Topaz (also Citrine) with every other November birthday. See November birthstones.
November 20 zodiac questions
Is November 20 a cusp date?
Only at the edge. The Sun enters Sagittarius on November 21 or 22 in UTC, so the 20th is cusp-marked only at the outer edge of the zones and years we support. For practical purposes a November 20 birthday is Scorpio.
Which part of Scorpio is November 20?
The third Scorpio decan, ruled by Cancer. The decan tradition cuts each sign into three ten-day parts with different rulers.
Is November 20 closer to Scorpio or Sagittarius?
It is two days from the Sagittarius line on the calendar, closer than most Scorpio dates, and still Scorpio for everyone outside the far edge zones described above.
Dates next to November 20
Other November dates with their own page: November 4, November 19, November 21, November 22, November 23.
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