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Moon in Scorpio

Moon in Scorpio is where the Moon sat in the zodiac at the moment of birth, the part of a chart read for needs, habits and what feels like home. The Moon stays in a sign for about two and a half days, so about one person in twelve has it in any given sign. Scorpio is a fixed water sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 290 have Moon in Scorpio for the whole of their birth date. Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter and Lady Gaga are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Aquarius (40), Cancer (31) and Aries (25); every Sun sign appears with Moon in Scorpio. 463 more were born on a day the Moon moved into or out of Scorpio and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter both have Moon in Scorpio.Is your Moon in Scorpio?Find out with the free Moon sign calculator

What Moon in Scorpio means

Read for needs, habits and what feels like home. If this is your placement:

You feel everything and show little. Trust is slow, private and absolute, and betrayal is not forgotten. You are restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.

Your emotional needs run deep and private, and you would rather manage a hard feeling alone than explain it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. You need real privacy, even in a home full of people you love.

One placement is one part of a chart; the Sun, the Moon, the rising sign and the planets around them change how it plays out. Draw your whole chart to see the rest.

Famous people with Moon in Scorpio

All 290 people with Moon in Scorpio, A to Z

The Moon in Scorpio, the next six months

  • 7 Nov 2026, 22:39 UTC to 10 Nov 2026, 08:35 UTC
  • 5 Dec 2026, 04:34 UTC to 7 Dec 2026, 15:06 UTC
  • 1 Jan 2027, 10:15 UTC to 3 Jan 2027, 20:56 UTC
  • 28 Jan 2027, 17:21 UTC to 31 Jan 2027, 03:13 UTC
  • 25 Feb 2027, 02:24 UTC to 27 Feb 2027, 10:52 UTC
  • 24 Mar 2027, 12:18 UTC to 26 Mar 2027, 19:43 UTC

Times are UTC; the Moon comes back to the sign about every 27 days, for about two and a half days each time.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I have Moon in Scorpio?

From your birth date and, on some days, your birth time: the Moon sign calculator works it out from the real sky. The Moon stays in a sign for about two and a half days, so most birth dates settle it; on a day it changed sign, the time decides.

Which famous people have Moon in Scorpio?

Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Steven Spielberg all have Moon in Scorpio. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 290 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When is the Moon next in Scorpio?

The Moon enters Scorpio on 7 Nov 2026, 22:39 UTC and leaves on 10 Nov 2026, 08:35 UTC. It comes back about every 27 days.

More of Scorpio

Positions are computed from each person’s birth date and place with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a placement is listed only when it holds for the whole birth date, and a rising sign only with a birth time Astro-Databank records. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. Every planet in every sign.

Photo credits (48 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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