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Mercury in Virgo

Mercury in Virgo is where Mercury sat in the zodiac at the moment of birth, the part of a chart read for how you think, talk and learn. Mercury stays in a sign for two to ten weeks, longer when it turns retrograde. Virgo is a mutable earth sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 524 have Mercury in Virgo for the whole of their birth date. Jimmy Carter, Mother Teresa and Madonna are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Virgo (236), Leo (197) and Libra (72). 43 more were born on a day Mercury moved into or out of Virgo and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Jimmy Carter and Mother Teresa both have Mercury in Virgo.Is your Mercury in Virgo?Find out with the free Mercury sign calculator

What Mercury in Virgo means

Read for how you think, talk and learn. If this is your placement:

Your thinking is precise and attentive to detail, and you communicate clearly because you have usually checked your facts first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. You edit a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.

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 Mercury in Virgo

All 524 people with Mercury in Virgo, A to Z

Mercury in Virgo, from last year to two years ahead

  • 25 August 2026 to 10 September 2026
  • 17 August 2027 to 3 September 2027
  • 8 August 2028 to 27 August 2028

Dates are UTC. A retrograde close to the sign boundary shows as two stays a few weeks apart; born between them, Mercury was back in the sign before.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I have Mercury in Virgo?

From your birth date: the Mercury sign calculator works it out from the real sky. Mercury stays in a sign for two to ten weeks, longer when it turns retrograde, so most birth dates settle it; on a day it changed sign, the time decides.

Which famous people have Mercury in Virgo?

Jimmy Carter, Mother Teresa, Madonna, Freddie Mercury and Dmitry Medvedev all have Mercury in Virgo. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 524 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When is Mercury next in Virgo?

Mercury enters Virgo on 17 August 2027 and leaves on 3 September 2027. It was last there from 25 August 2026 until 10 September 2026.

More of Virgo

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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