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November 16 birthdayZodiac sign, famous birthdays, personality and your 2027 numbers

The short answer

November 16 is a Scorpio birthday in the third decan of Scorpio with birthday number 7 and a Personal Year 11 in 2027; José Saramago (1922), Tiberius (42 BC) and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717) were born on November 16 too.

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November 16 zodiac sign: Scorpio

Sun sign: Scorpio
Sun at noon UTC: 23.3° to 24.7° Scorpio
Decan: Third of Scorpio, 20° to 30°
Element and mode: Water, fixed
Ruling planet: Pluto; Mars by tradition

In every one of the 91 years from 1940 to 2030 the Sun stood in Scorpio for the whole of November 16, in every time zone on Earth, between 23.3° and 24.7° of the sign at noon UTC, so a November 16 birthday is a Scorpio birthday whatever the year or the hour.

At noon UTC on November 16 the Sun is in the third decan of Scorpio, 20° to 30°, in every one of those years, a face that belongs to Venus in the Chaldean order and is read through Cancer, ruled by the Moon, by triplicity; in most years the decan runs from November 13 to November 21, and November 16 is its fourth day.

In most years November 16 is the 24th day of the Sun’s season in Scorpio, which runs from October 24 to November 21 counted at noon UTC, with five days of it still to come. November 16 is the 320th day of a common year and the 321st of a leap year, with 45 days of the year still to come after it.

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Famous November 16 birthdays

The earliest born of the twelve is Tiberius, in 42 BC, and the most recent Bruno Guimarães, in 1997; four of them were born after 1949.

Born since 1950

Paul Scholes (born 1974), English association football player
Marcelo Brozović (born 1992), Croatian association football player
Nélson Semedo (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
Bruno Guimarães (born 1997), Brazilian footballer

Born from 1900 to 1949

José Saramago (1922–2010), Portuguese novelist
Burgess Meredith (1907–1997), American actor
Robert Nozick (1938–2002), American political philosopher

Born in the 1800s

Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), German composer

Born before 1800

Tiberius (42 BC – AD 37), second Roman Emperor from 14 to 37 AD
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), French mathematician, mechanician, physicist
Jeanne d'Albret (1528–1572), Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572

Birthdays from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia’s “On this day” births: the twelve best known of the 45 people the Almanac’s table keeps for November 16, by how many Wikipedia editions cover them, with dates before the calendar reform as the sources give them.

November 16 birthday personality

Venus rules the last ten degrees of Scorpio in the Chaldean order and Cancer adds the Moon’s protectiveness by triplicity, so this is read as Scorpio’s loyalty at its most personal: few people, held closely and for good. The caution the old texts give is jealousy mistaken for devotion.

The 16th reduces to 7, and 16 is a karmic debt number in modern numerology, read as the humility learned when a structure falls and is rebuilt more honestly. The Almanac reads it as a pattern of growth, not of blame. Read through water, the 7 is the mystic’s number in a mystic’s element: deep, private and intuitive.

A question to carry from November 16: what question has your depth been carrying that deserves a proper answer?

The Sun in Scorpio and the number 7 are only part of the story: your Moon, your rising sign and the rest of your chart have as much to say, and the tradition offers all this as a mirror, never a verdict.

Birthday number 7, through 16

Born on the 16th, 1 + 6 = 7, so your birthday number is 7: a 7 vibration supports introspection, wisdom, spirituality, analysis, and solitude, with depth, study, and inner truth as its gift and isolation, skepticism, or emotional distance as its strain. The day itself, 16, is one of the four karmic debt numbers, 13, 14, 16 and 19, a flag raised only for a number’s own total, and the Almanac reads it as a lesson to grow through, never as a punishment or a curse.

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A Greek sphinx with a lion's body, folded wings and a serene woman's face, seated on a stone plinth, an engraving — The Sphinx, keeper of riddles

For a birthday on November 16 the house method reduces the birth month and the day on their own and adds the Universal Year of 2027, 11 (2 + 0 + 2 + 7 = 11, a master number kept whole), as it stands: November, the 11th month, keeps its master 11, the 16th reduces to 7, and 11 + 7 + 11 = 29, which reduces to the master 11, so 2027 is your Personal Year 11.

A Personal Year 11 is a master year, kept whole by the Almanac’s method, read as heightened intuition and inspiration with 2 underneath it as its everyday form. Falling in a Universal Year 11, it is read as an unusually sensitive year that rewards grounding, rest and patience with yourself.

Personal Months of 2027, a Personal Year 11: Jan 3 Feb 4 Mar 5 Apr 6 May 7 Jun 8 Jul 9 Aug 1 Sep 2 Oct 3 Nov 22 Dec 5

In 2027 November 16 falls on a Tuesday, the day the old reckoning gives to Mars, and is a Personal Day 11 (22 + 16 = 38, then 11) in a Personal Month 22 (11 + 11 = 22), while November is a master month 22; the Personal Year itself turns on 1 January, not on the birthday.

November birthstone and birth flower

Birthstones: Topaz and citrine
Birth flower: Chrysanthemum

November’s topaz and citrine come from the modern list (the Jewelers of America list of 1912, as since revised), and its chrysanthemum from The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

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Common questions

What zodiac sign is November 16?

Scorpio: from 1940 to 2030 the Sun stayed in Scorpio for the whole of November 16 in every year and every time zone, 23.3° to 24.7° into the sign at noon UTC, so no birth year or birth time changes it.

Is November 16 a cusp birthday?

No: the Sun stays in Scorpio all day on November 16 in every year from 1940 to 2030, wherever on Earth the birth takes place, and the nearest cusp birthday is November 21, five days later.

Who was born on November 16?

Among the best known people born on November 16 are José Saramago (1922–2010), Tiberius (42 BC – AD 37) and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), with Paul Scholes, Burgess Meredith and Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi and six more named on this page.

What is the birthday number for November 16?

7. Born on the 16th, 1 + 6 = 7, so your birthday number is 7: a 7 vibration supports introspection, wisdom, spirituality, analysis, and solitude, with depth, study, and inner truth as its gift and isolation, skepticism, or emotional distance as its strain.

What is the 2027 Personal Year for a November 16 birthday?

11. For a birthday on November 16 the house method reduces the birth month and the day on their own and adds the Universal Year of 2027, 11 (2 + 0 + 2 + 7 = 11, a master number kept whole), as it stands: November, the 11th month, keeps its master 11, the 16th reduces to 7, and 11 + 7 + 11 = 29, which reduces to the master 11, so 2027 is your Personal Year 11.