November 22 at a glance
- Zodiac sign
- ♐ Sagittarius
- Element and modality
- fire, mutable
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
- Place in the sign
- Day 1 of Sagittarius; Capricorn starts 30 days later on the calendar
- Decan
- 1 of 3, ruled by Sagittarius (November 22 to 30)
- Cusp
- Scorpio to Sagittarius
- Birthday number
- 22, a master number
- November birthstone
- Topaz, also Citrine
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A date that Thanksgiving can start on
Sagittarius begins when the Sun reaches 240 degrees of ecliptic longitude, in the darkening end of the northern autumn and the lengthening light of the southern spring. After the intensity of Scorpio, the traditional reading of the new sign is a change of key: from private and probing to open and exploratory.
November 22 is the earliest date on which United States Thanksgiving can fall, because it is the fourth Thursday of the month, so the date runs from November 22 to 28. It is also the feast day of St Cecilia, patron of musicians, in the Catholic calendar. Both are calendar facts and neither affects your sign.
Is November 22 a cusp date?
A birthday on the first day of Sagittarius, a mutable fire sign, is read as the sign in its plainest form: restless, curious, direct about opinions and fond of a long horizon. Popular astrology calls the Scorpio-Sagittarius seam the Cusp of Revolution, a name that varies between authors. The practical test is the chart, because the Sun's crossing time decides which description to start from.
The standard table gives Sagittarius. The change from Scorpio into Sagittarius can reach November 22 in some year and time zone within 2000 to 2050, so a birth on this date can belong to either sign.
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 Sagittarius decan for November 22
November 22 falls in decan 1 of Sagittarius, November 22 to 30, ruled by Sagittarius. 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.
Sagittarius holds its own first decan, the fire sign of the archer in its plainest form. Decan tradition describes these opening days as the least diluted: adventurous, plain-spoken, interested in meaning. The ruler is a colour added to the sign and not a second sign.
Birthday number 22 for November 22
The day 22 is already a single digit. Most numerology systems keep it unreduced as a master number.
A 22 is one of the master numbers, kept unreduced in most numerology systems, and the month number 11 is the other one, so a November 22 date is read as two masters at once, described as big potential and a heavy load. Most systems still reduce 22 to 4 for everyday readings, and masters belong to the tradition rather than to anything measurable.
The November birthstone
Birthstones follow the month and not the day, so a birthday on November 22 shares Topaz (also Citrine) with every other November birthday. See November birthstones.
November 22 zodiac questions
What zodiac sign is November 22?
Sagittarius on the usual calendar. If the Sun had not yet entered Sagittarius at your birth moment, which depends on the year and the time zone, the sign was Scorpio.
Is November 22 a cusp birthday?
Yes. The ingress table shows the UTC dates the Sun crossed into Sagittarius; the cusp label means the change can reach this date in some year and time zone, not that you hold two signs.
Why is November 22 a master number date?
Numerology keeps 11 and 22 unreduced as master numbers. Here the month is 11 and the day is 22, a pairing numerologists note as unusual. It is a tradition and not a prediction.
Dates next to November 22
Other November dates with their own page: November 4, November 19, November 20, November 21, November 23.
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