October zodiac sign: Libra or Scorpio?
October begins under Libra and ends under Scorpio.
- Libra
- Scorpio
- cusp
The October sign at a glance
October moves from the air of Libra to the water of Scorpio; the boundary between the two signs is decided to the second.
- October 1 to 21
- ♎︎ Libra
- October 25 to 31
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- October 22 to 24
- Depending on the year and time
- In 2026
- Scorpio from October 23
By Thomas Guilhot · updated
The signs of October
In October, two signs follow each other
The Sun leaves Libra for Scorpio between October 22 and 24, depending on the year.
- LibraOctober 1 to 21, sometimes until the 24th
- Sign dates
- September 23 – October 22 (approximate)
- Element, modality
- Air, cardinal
- Ruler
- Venus
Libra embodies the search for agreement: weighing, comparing, finding what is fair between two people.
The Libra sign - ScorpioOctober 25 to 31, sometimes from the 22nd
- Sign dates
- October 23 – November 21 (approximate)
- Element, modality
- Water, fixed
- Ruler
- Mars (modern: Pluto)
Scorpio embodies depth: getting to the bottom of things, doing nothing by halves, transforming.
The Scorpio sign
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How is it calculated?
The Sun enters Scorpio at a precise moment, legal time in Paris: before, Libra; after, Scorpio.
Why the change does not always fall on the same day
People often speak of a “cusp” when a birth falls very close to the boundary, as if the person belonged a little to both. Astrology, however, knows only one sharp boundary: to the second, the Sun is either still at 29° Libra or already at 0° Scorpio. The word cusp actually refers to the start of an astrological house, not a blurry zone between two signs.
What is true is that a Sun near a boundary is often read together with the rest of the chart: a Moon, a rising sign, or several planets in the neighboring sign can give the impression of a blend. But the Sun sign itself remains single. Mercury and Venus, which never stray far from the Sun, are also frequently found in the neighboring sign: enough to feed this impression of double belonging.
At the end of October, France goes back to standard time, sometimes in the very days of the changeover. The time on the birth certificate must then be read with the right offset, which the grid does, year by year. The passage leads from Libra, cardinal air in search of harmony, to Scorpio, fixed water in search of depth: a change of climate that tradition connects to the end of the grape harvest and the first cold.
- Earliest
- October 22, 202811:13 PM
- Latest
- October 24, 19438:08 AM
- Spread
- 33 hoursOver 90 years, Paris time
- In 2026
- October 2311:38 AM
The day of the change, from 1940 to 2029
Outside France, the local time differs: the tool takes it into account.
- 1940Oct. 233:39 PM
- 1941Oct. 239:27 PM
- 1942Oct. 243:15 AM
- 1943Oct. 248:08 AM
- 1944Oct. 231:56 PM
- 1945Oct. 237:43 PM
- 1946Oct. 241:34 AM
- 1947Oct. 247:25 AM
- 1948Oct. 231:17 PM
- 1949Oct. 237:02 PM
- 1950Oct. 2412:44 AM
- 1951Oct. 246:36 AM
- 1952Oct. 2312:22 PM
- 1953Oct. 236:06 PM
- 1954Oct. 2311:56 PM
- 1955Oct. 245:43 AM
- 1956Oct. 2311:34 AM
- 1957Oct. 235:24 PM
- 1958Oct. 2311:11 PM
- 1959Oct. 245:11 AM
- 1960Oct. 2311:01 AM
- 1961Oct. 234:47 PM
- 1962Oct. 2310:40 PM
- 1963Oct. 244:28 AM
- 1964Oct. 2310:20 AM
- 1965Oct. 234:09 PM
- 1966Oct. 239:51 PM
- 1967Oct. 243:43 AM
- 1968Oct. 239:29 AM
- 1969Oct. 233:10 PM
- 1970Oct. 239:04 PM
- 1971Oct. 242:52 AM
- 1972Oct. 238:41 AM
- 1973Oct. 232:30 PM
- 1974Oct. 238:10 PM
- 1975Oct. 242:05 AM
- 1976Oct. 237:58 AM
- 1977Oct. 231:40 PM
- 1978Oct. 237:37 PM
- 1979Oct. 241:28 AM
- 1980Oct. 237:17 AM
- 1981Oct. 231:12 PM
- 1982Oct. 236:57 PM
- 1983Oct. 2412:54 AM
- 1984Oct. 236:45 AM
- 1985Oct. 2312:21 PM
- 1986Oct. 236:14 PM
- 1987Oct. 2412:00 AM
- 1988Oct. 235:44 AM
- 1989Oct. 2311:35 AM
- 1990Oct. 235:14 PM
- 1991Oct. 2311:05 PM
- 1992Oct. 234:57 AM
- 1993Oct. 2310:37 AM
- 1994Oct. 234:36 PM
- 1995Oct. 2310:31 PM
- 1996Oct. 235:18 AM
- 1997Oct. 2311:14 AM
- 1998Oct. 234:59 PM
- 1999Oct. 2310:52 PM
- 2000Oct. 234:47 AM
- 2001Oct. 2310:25 AM
- 2002Oct. 234:18 PM
- 2003Oct. 2310:08 PM
- 2004Oct. 233:48 AM
- 2005Oct. 239:42 AM
- 2006Oct. 233:26 PM
- 2007Oct. 239:15 PM
- 2008Oct. 233:08 AM
- 2009Oct. 238:43 AM
- 2010Oct. 232:35 PM
- 2011Oct. 238:30 PM
- 2012Oct. 232:13 AM
- 2013Oct. 238:09 AM
- 2014Oct. 231:57 PM
- 2015Oct. 237:47 PM
- 2016Oct. 231:45 AM
- 2017Oct. 237:26 AM
- 2018Oct. 231:22 PM
- 2019Oct. 237:19 PM
- 2020Oct. 2312:59 AM
- 2021Oct. 236:51 AM
- 2022Oct. 2312:36 PM
- 2023Oct. 236:21 PM
- 2024Oct. 2312:14 AM
- 2025Oct. 235:51 AM
- 2026Oct. 2311:38 AM
- 2027Oct. 235:32 PM
- 2028Oct. 2211:13 PM
- 2029Oct. 235:07 AM
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Frequently asked questions about the October zodiac sign
What is the zodiac sign for an October birth?
Libra for more than three weeks, Scorpio for the last days. October is one of the months where the changeover comes latest. Its precise moment changes with the year and appears further up, time included; on October 5 or 15, Libra is beyond doubt, and October 31 always belongs to Scorpio.
Born on the day the sign changes in October: Libra or Scorpio?
The time separates the two signs. It must be compared with the moment the Sun reaches 0° Scorpio, given for the year of birth in Paris legal time. Beware of years when the clock change falls on the same weekend: a birth between 2 and 3 a.m. on the night of the change exists twice on the clock.
Does being “on the cusp” mean having two signs?
No. At every moment, the star of the day occupies one sign and only one; the boundary is decided to the second. The popular expression describes a birth close to the changeover, whose chart often mixes planets from both signs. The Sun sign remains the one the calculation gives, and the rest of the chart explains the impression of double belonging.