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August 23 – September 22 · The maiden

Virgo

Getting things right: skill, health and useful details.

  • Precise
  • Helpful
  • Critical
Element
Earth
Mode
Mutable
Ruler
Mercury
Opposite
Pisces
Body
Digestion and nerves
Degrees
150°–180°
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Strengths

What Virgo does best

You see what is missing and quietly fix it. You are practical and modest, and people call you when something has to work.

Challenges

Where it trips up

Your inner critic never takes a day off. Worry about small things can stop you enjoying the big ones.

Love

Virgo in love

You show love through actions: remembering, helping, improving things. You need patience and trust before you can relax.

Work

Virgo at work

You do well in editing, analysis, health and systems, anywhere quality is the point. Watch your perfectionism. Good enough work can be delivered.

Compatibility

Virgo with the other signs

This uses Sun signs only, which is the simplest kind of compatibility. Tap a pair for love, friendship and work.

Easiest

Most challenging

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What are Virgo’s dates?

Virgo season usually runs August 23 – September 22. In 2026 the Sun enters Virgo on 23 August 2026 at 02:19 UTC and leaves on 23 September 2026. If you were born near a change of sign, your exact birth time and place decide your sign.

What element and mode is Virgo?

Virgo is a mutable earth sign. Its ruling planet is Mercury.

Who is Virgo most compatible with?

By sign alone, Virgo’s easiest matches are Taurus, Capricorn, Scorpio. Its most difficult matches are Sagittarius and Aries. Real compatibility depends on whole charts: the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising signs.

What is Virgo’s opposite sign?

Pisces. Opposite signs have the same mode and elements that complete each other. Each sign has what the other one is learning.

What does it mean to have a Virgo Moon or rising sign?

A Virgo Moon has Virgo feelings and needs (precise, helpful, critical). A Virgo rising shows these qualities to other people. Use the birth chart calculator to find yours.