Zodiac sign · Mutable earth · ruled by Mercury

Virgo

Virgo is the Sun sign of anyone born while the Sun is in Virgo: in 2026, from 23 August 2026, 02:19 UTC to 23 September 2026, 00:06 UTC. The dates move by up to a day from year to year, so a birthday at either end needs the year, and sometimes the hour, to settle its sign. The Sun is next in Virgo from 23 August 2027.

Virgo is a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury; its symbol is the maiden. Astrologers read it for the way it refines. Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 523 have the Sun in Virgo for the whole of their birth date; Michael Jackson, Mother Teresa and Sung Jae-gi are among them. 35 more were born on a day the Sun entered or left Virgo and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

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Virgo dates, year by year

Year	The Sun enters Virgo	and leaves
2025	22 August 2025, 20:33 UTC	22 September 2025, 18:19 UTC
2026	23 August 2026, 02:19 UTC	23 September 2026, 00:06 UTC
2027	23 August 2027, 08:14 UTC	23 September 2027, 06:01 UTC
2028	22 August 2028, 14:01 UTC	22 September 2028, 11:45 UTC

The Sun is next in Virgo from 23 August 2027. The dates are the same everywhere on Earth, in UTC; in a time zone far from Greenwich the entry can fall on the evening before or the morning after.

Born on the edge: 23 August and 23 September

23 August, the first day of Virgo season this year, is shared with Leo. Since 1900, the Sun was in Virgo all day in 17 years, in Leo all day in 16, and changed sign during the day in 94, when the hour and place of birth decide.
23 September, the last day of Virgo season this year, is shared with Libra. Since 1900, the Sun was in Virgo all day in 8 years, in Libra all day in 23, and changed sign during the day in 96, when the hour and place of birth decide.

The three decans of Virgo in 2026

Astrologers divide each sign into three decans of ten degrees, and read the second and third as coloured by the other two earth signs (Capricorn and Taurus). The Sun takes about ten days to cross each.

Decan 1 · 0° to 10° · 23 August 2026, 02:19 UTC to 2 September 2026, 10:54 UTC
Decan 2 · 10° to 20° · 2 September 2026, 10:54 UTC to 12 September 2026, 18:09 UTC
Decan 3 · 20° to 30° · 12 September 2026, 18:09 UTC to 23 September 2026, 00:06 UTC

Virgo traits

Virgo refines. The sign is read for attention and usefulness: an eye for what could be better, a habit of quietly making it so, and a modesty that hides how much it is doing. A Virgo Sun tends to be practical, observant, precise in speech and hardest of all on itself.

The shadow side is the critic that never stops: worry, fussiness, a perfectionism that delays or abandons things that were good enough, and a tendency to notice the flaw before the whole. Astrologers describe the sign's work as learning when good enough is the wiser choice.

Virgo in love

In love, Virgo shows care by being useful: the fixed tap, the sorted problem, the remembered preference. It is slower to speak of feeling than to act on it, and it can mistake improving a partner for loving them. Its lesson is to accept being looked after as well as it looks after others.

Virgo at work

At work, Virgo is the one who reads the whole document. It suits analysis, editing, craft, care work, systems that reward accuracy. It dislikes vagueness and self-promotion, and it will do the unglamorous part well without being asked. The risk is being taken for granted, including by itself.

What people get wrong: that Virgo is cold. The sign's criticism is a form of attention, and attention is how it loves; the person who corrects your grammar is often the one who will sit with you until three in the morning. Its coolness is shyness about feeling, not an absence of it.

A Sun sign is one placement of ten. The Moon, the rising sign and the planets change how it plays out: a Virgo Sun with a Pisces Moon reads differently from one with the Moon in Virgo too. Draw your whole chart to see yours.

Famous Virgo Suns

All 523 famous Virgo Suns, best known first, each with a birth chart.

Virgo in the rest of the chart

The Sun is not the only body that can be in Virgo. Each of these has its own page: what it means, who has it, and when the body is in Virgo.

Virgo and the other signs

Same element (earth): Capricorn and Taurus, a trine apart, read as the signs that understand Virgo without trying.
Opposite: Pisces, six months away, read as the sign Virgo is drawn to and argues with.
Same modality (mutable): Sagittarius and Gemini, a square apart, the friction that gets things done.
Two signs either side: Scorpio and Cancer, a sextile apart, easy company of a different kind.

Virgo with every sign, each pairing with the famous couples who have it: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Sun signs are the roughest measure of two people. Compare two whole charts for the aspects between them.

Questions people ask

What are the Virgo dates?

In 2026 the Sun is in Virgo from 23 August 2026, 02:19 UTC to 23 September 2026, 00:06 UTC. Most years it enters on 23 August or the day either side and leaves on 23 September or the day either side; the table above gives the minute for each year. A birthday on one of those edge days needs the year, and sometimes the time and place of birth, to settle its sign.

Is 23 August a Virgo or a Leo?

Not always. 23 August is the first day of Virgo season in 2026, but the Sun's sign on that date depends on the year: of the 127 years from 1900 to 2026, in 17 the Sun was in Virgo all day, in 16 it was in Leo all day and in 94 it entered Virgo during the day, so the hour and the place of birth decide. The birthday page for 23 August lists every year.

Is 23 September a Virgo or a Libra?

Not always. 23 September is the last day of Virgo season in 2026, but the Sun's sign on that date depends on the year: of the 127 years from 1900 to 2026, in 8 the Sun was in Virgo all day, in 23 it was in Libra all day and in 96 it left Virgo for Libra during the day, so the hour and the place of birth decide. The birthday page for 23 September lists every year.

What planet rules Virgo?

Mercury. The ruler is read as the sign's manner: where Mercury sits in a Virgo Sun's own chart colours how the sign shows.

What element is Virgo?

Earth, with Capricorn and Taurus: the three earth signs sit a third of the zodiac apart and are read as easy company for one another. Virgo is also mutable, like Sagittarius and Gemini and Pisces, which share its way of acting and are read as the signs it rubs against.

Which famous people are Virgo?

Michael Jackson, Mother Teresa, Sung Jae-gi, Freddie Mercury and Beyoncé all have the Sun in Virgo. StarMap lists 523 well-known Virgo Suns, each with a birth chart computed from their birth date and place.

Are Virgo men and Virgo women different?

Not in the chart: astrology reads the Sun in Virgo the same way whatever a person's gender. What people describe as the Virgo man is usually Mars in a chart, how someone pursues what they want, and the Virgo woman Venus or the Moon, how they love and what they need; each has its own page for Virgo, with the famous people who have it.

Virgo horoscopes

Dates are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, in the tropical zodiac. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a person is listed only when the Sun was in Virgo for the whole of their birth date. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. All twelve signs.

Photo credits (12 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

Each link opens the photo’s page on Wikimedia Commons, which states its author and licence.

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