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October 23 Zodiac Sign: Libra or Scorpio — Traits

The October 23 zodiac sign is Libra or Scorpio, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Libra for Scorpio on or about October 23, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Libra is a cardinal air sign and Scorpio is a fixed water sign. In 2026 the change falls at 09:38 UTC on October 23. The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Pelé, Ryan Reynolds and Emilia Clarke were born on October 23. StarMap has birth charts for 21 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on October 23 stand differently in every year and at every hour: see the sky on this date for a year, a time and a place of your choosing, drawn as a star map.

Libra or Scorpio traits

If your Sun is in Libra: You balance. Fairness, beauty and the quality of your relationships shape your decisions, and you can see both sides of almost anything. Your growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.

If your Sun is in Scorpio: You go deep. Surface answers do not satisfy you, and loyalty, once given, is total. A Scorpio Sun is built for transformation: you end chapters fully so the next one can begin.

Your Sun sign is one part of a chart. The Moon and the rising sign, which need the time and place of birth, say as much about you. StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection.

Born on October 23? Find out which side of the change you are on.

Your Sun, Moon and rising sign from the real sky at your birth. Free, no account needed.

Famous birthdays on October 23

Pelé, Ryan Reynolds and Emilia Clarke were born on October 23. StarMap has birth charts for 21 people born on this date, the best known first.

October 23, year by year: Libra or Scorpio

Times are UTC. A birth in another time zone happened at a different clock time, so within a few hours of the change the place of birth decides the sign as much as the hour does. A chart drawn from the full birth details settles it.

Years in which the Sun entered Scorpio on October 23

1900 at 20:55
1904 at 20:19
1908 at 19:37
1912 at 18:50
1916 at 17:57
1917 at 23:43
1920 at 17:12
1921 at 23:02
1924 at 16:44
1925 at 22:31
1928 at 15:54
1929 at 21:41
1932 at 15:04
1933 at 20:47
1936 at 14:18
1937 at 20:06
1940 at 13:39
1941 at 19:27
1944 at 12:56
1945 at 18:43
1948 at 12:17
1949 at 18:03
1950 at 23:44
1952 at 11:22
1953 at 17:06
1954 at 22:57
1956 at 10:34
1957 at 16:24
1958 at 22:11
1960 at 10:02
1961 at 15:47
1962 at 21:40
1964 at 09:20
1965 at 15:09
1966 at 20:51
1968 at 08:30
1969 at 14:10
1970 at 20:04
1972 at 07:41
1973 at 13:30
1974 at 19:11
1976 at 06:58
1977 at 12:40
1978 at 18:37
1980 at 06:17
1981 at 12:12
1982 at 17:57
1983 at 23:54
1984 at 05:45
1985 at 11:22
1986 at 17:14
1987 at 23:00
1988 at 04:44
1989 at 10:35
1990 at 16:14
1991 at 22:05
1992 at 03:57
1993 at 09:37
1994 at 15:36
1995 at 21:31
1996 at 03:18
1997 at 09:14
1998 at 14:59
1999 at 20:52
2000 at 02:48
2001 at 08:25
2002 at 14:18
2003 at 20:08
2004 at 01:48
2005 at 07:42
2006 at 13:26
2007 at 19:15
2008 at 01:08
2009 at 06:43
2010 at 12:35
2011 at 18:30
2012 at 00:13
2013 at 06:09
2014 at 11:57
2015 at 17:46
2017 at 05:26
2018 at 11:22
2019 at 17:19
2021 at 04:51
2022 at 10:36
2023 at 16:21
2025 at 03:51
2026 at 09:38

Libra all day: 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979.

Scorpio all day: 2016, 2020, 2024.

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, for every year from 1900 to 2026. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

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