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October 23 zodiac sign: Scorpio or Libra

If you were born on October 23, your zodiac sign is Scorpio (October 23 – November 21). It is a fixed water sign ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars). It is a cusp day, though: on this date the Sun often moves into the neighbouring sign, Libra. Details and times below.

Sign: ♏ Scorpio
Element: water
Modality: fixed
Ruling planet: Pluto (traditionally Mars)
Decan: 1st decan (0–10°), Mars
Tarot card of the sign: Death
Decan card: Five of Cups
Day number: 5
Birthstone: opal and tourmaline

Is October 23 a cusp date?

Across 1950–2025 (76 years), on October 23 the Sun was: all day in Scorpio: 10 years; all day in Libra: 3 years; changed from Libra to Scorpio during the day: 63 years. If you were born in a change year, your birth time decides: before the Sun's ingress you have the earlier sign, after it the new one.

US Eastern time

Time of the sign change in each year (US Eastern time)

1950: 18:45
1952: 06:22
1953: 12:06
1954: 17:56
1956: 06:34
1957: 12:24
1958: 18:11
1960: 06:02
1961: 11:47
1962: 17:40
1963: 23:29
1964: 05:20
1965: 11:10
1966: 16:51
1967: 22:44
1968: 04:29
1969: 10:11
1970: 16:04
1971: 21:53
1972: 03:41
1973: 09:30
1974: 15:10
1975: 21:06
1976: 02:58
1977: 08:41
1978: 14:37
1979: 20:28
1980: 02:17
1981: 08:12
1982: 13:58
1983: 19:54
1984: 01:45
1985: 07:21
1986: 13:14
1987: 19:01
1988: 00:44
1989: 06:35
1990: 12:14
1991: 18:05
1993: 05:37
1994: 11:36
1995: 17:31
1997: 05:15
1998: 10:58
1999: 16:52
2001: 04:25
2002: 10:18
2003: 16:08
2005: 03:42
2006: 09:26
2007: 15:15
2009: 02:43
2010: 08:35
2011: 14:30
2013: 02:10
2014: 07:57
2015: 13:46
2017: 01:26
2018: 07:22
2019: 13:19
2021: 00:51
2022: 06:35
2023: 12:21

Traits: Scorpio

Scorpio feels deeply and dislikes anything shallow. Focused, loyal and highly intuitive, able to go through a crisis and come out stronger. The challenge is distrust and holding grudges.

1st decan: Mars adds courage, pace and the urge to act straight away.

Birthday numerology: 23

Five: freedom, movement and a hunger for the new.

Best matches

Traditionally Scorpio gets on most easily with signs of the same element (Cancer, Pisces) and with the complementary element, earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn).

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Questions

What zodiac sign is October 23?

If you were born on October 23, your zodiac sign is Scorpio (October 23 – November 21). It is a fixed water sign ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars).

Which tarot card matches October 23?

Scorpio corresponds to Death in tarot, and the 1st decan to the Five of Cups.

What does birthday number 23 mean?