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Virgo personality, love and compatibility The sign that notices.

Virgo is the sixth sign of the zodiac, a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury. It usually runs from 23 August to 22 September. By the zodiac's geometry, its easiest matches are Taurus and Capricorn, and its hardest are Gemini and Sagittarius.

Virgo people see what needs fixing and fix it, usually without being asked. They are the zodiac's most useful sign and its hardest critic, above all of themselves.

Dates
23 August to 22 September
Element
Earth
Mode
Mutable
Ruler
Mercury
Symbol
The Maiden
Opposite
Pisces
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Virgo on the zodiac wheelVirgo sits at the top of the wheel. Trines, the easiest angle, run to Taurus and Capricorn; sextiles to Cancer and Scorpio; squares, the friction, to Gemini and Sagittarius; and the opposite sign is Pisces.ARITAUGEMCANLEOVIRLIBSCOSAGCAPAQUPIS
Virgo and the other eleven signs. TrineSextileSquareOpposite

Personality

Virgo improves things, including the people it loves

Virgo is a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury, and it puts a quick mind to practical use. Virgos notice the typo, the wobbling table leg, the friend who is quieter than usual. They like systems, lists and a job done properly, and they show affection through help: the spreadsheet for your move, the soup when you are ill.

The same eye turns inward. Virgos hold themselves to standards nobody else would ask of them and worry about the ten percent that went wrong. Their criticism is usually meant as care, which does not always make it feel like care. The happiest Virgos learn that good enough is often good, and that rest is part of the work.

CardinalFixedMutable
FireAriesLeoSagittarius
EarthCapricornTaurusVirgo
AirLibraAquariusGemini
WaterCancerScorpioPisces
Virgo sits where earth meets mutable. It shares its element with Taurus and Capricorn and its mode with Gemini, Sagittarius and Pisces.

At their best

Precise, helpful, modest, reliable, observant, and often very funny in a dry way that sneaks up on you.

Under pressure

Anxious, critical and prone to over-planning. A stressed Virgo tidies, lists and corrects, and can forget to say what is actually wrong.

What they need

Order, useful work, and people who appreciate the small things they do without having to be reminded.

From the book

What the reading says when Virgo turns up in a chart

Chapter 2Sun in Virgo

You notice what is wrong before anyone else, and you fix it quietly.

Your eye is a gift people rarely thank you for. You see the loose thread, the wrong number, the sentence that does not quite say what it means, and you cannot un-see it. In work this makes you indispensable.

In life it makes you the person who has already handled it before anyone asked. You serve, and you are proud of serving well.

Your task is to turn the same eye on yourself with half the severity. The Virgo inner voice is the harshest critic in the zodiac, and it never takes a day off. Learn to let something be finished at ninety percent. The people who love you are not grading you, and the work that reaches the world beats the work that stays perfect in a drawer.

Chapter 3Moon in Virgo

You need order to feel safe.

A clean surface calms your nervous system in a way no conversation can. When you are anxious you organise: the cupboard, the calendar, the other person's problem. You show love by being useful, and you feel loved when someone notices the small correct things you did.

Grand gestures embarrass you. A remembered detail undoes you.

Let people help without correcting how they do it. The Virgo Moon can turn every kindness into an inspection, and then feel alone in a house full of willing hands. Worry is your default weather; it is not a forecast. Most of what you brace for never comes, and you will have spent the evening on it anyway.

Chapter 6Venus in Virgo

You love by being useful, and you notice everything.

Your affection is practical, attentive and quiet. You remember the allergy, fix the bike, proofread the application. Grand declarations embarrass you; a well-timed small kindness undoes you. You want a partner you can respect, and you show respect by helping them become better at being themselves.

The tax is criticism, of them and of yourself. Venus in Virgo can love someone deeply and still correct how they load the dishwasher, and then wonder why they feel judged. Let some things stay imperfect. Love that is allowed to be a little untidy lasts longer than love that is always being improved.

Printed word for word from the Skyprint reading. A chart with the Sun in Virgo gets the first page. The Moon and Venus pages appear only when those planets were in Virgo too, and your own chart decides which of the twelve versions you read.
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Compatibility

How Virgo gets on with each of the twelve signs

Virgo's easiest matches are Taurus and Capricorn, the other two earth signs, which sit in trine. Cancer and Scorpio, a sextile away, come next. Pisces, directly opposite, is the classic pull of opposites. The hardest angles are the squares to Gemini and Sagittarius.

  1. TaurusTrine, 120°Easy flow

    Taurus' calm soothes Virgo's worry, and both value a tidy, reliable life. One of the most comfortable matches Virgo has.

  2. CapricornTrine, 120°Easy flow

    The most solid match Virgo has. Capricorn's ambition and Virgo's care for doing things right build a steady, productive partnership.

  3. CancerSextile, 60°Open door

    Cancer nurtures with feeling and Virgo with practical help. A gentle, attentive couple who take good care of each other.

  4. ScorpioSextile, 60°Open door

    Scorpio's depth and Virgo's precision make a private, loyal, perceptive couple. Both observe before they trust, and both keep their word.

  5. PiscesOpposition, 180°Opposites attract

    The analyst and the dreamer. Pisces teaches Virgo to let go and Virgo helps Pisces cope: a tender, complementary pull.

  6. VirgoSame sign, 0°Mirror

    Two Virgos run a very well-organised life and understand each other's worries. The risk is two critics and nobody to say relax.

  7. LeoSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Leo shines and Virgo keeps the show running. Virgo gives Leo substance and Leo gives Virgo confidence, if Virgo keeps the criticism kind.

  8. LibraSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Libra softens Virgo's edges with charm, and Virgo gives Libra the practical backbone it lacks.

  9. AriesQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Aries rushes and Virgo checks the details. Virgo can keep Aries out of trouble and Aries can pull Virgo out of overthinking, though the tempo rarely matches.

  10. AquariusQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Aquarius thinks in big ideas and Virgo in practical steps. Interesting colleagues, and a couple that needs deliberate warmth.

  11. GeminiSquare, 90°Friction

    Both answer to Mercury, so both are quick and talkative. Gemini wants breadth, Virgo wants accuracy, and they can bicker about details for hours.

  12. SagittariusSquare, 90°Friction

    Sagittarius sees the big picture and Virgo sees the details. Both are curious, and they drive each other mad about planning.

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Love

A Virgo in love shows it through what they do for you

Virgo saves grand declarations for rare occasions and loves by paying attention: remembering your allergies, fixing the thing you complained about, learning how you like your coffee. They are selective and slow to commit, and they tend to watch a person for a while before they let anything show.

Once they commit, Virgos are devoted and dependable. The friction comes from their eye for flaws, which partners can hear as criticism. Virgos do best with someone who takes their suggestions as the care they are meant to be, and who reminds them, often, that they are already enough.

Virgo dates

Born on 22, 23 or 24 August? The year decides

Horoscopes round the dates. We measured the moment the Sun entered Virgo in every year from 1940 to 2030 with Astronomy Engine, the engine behind every Skyprint reading.

The Sun entered Virgo on

  • 22 August19 of 91 years
  • 23 August70 of 91 years
  • 24 August2 of 91 years

It moved on into Libra on

  • 22 September26 of 91 years
  • 23 September65 of 91 years
Dates are in UTC, so your local calendar date can differ by one. If your birthday is one of these days, your birth time and place settle it: check your exact Sun sign, free.

Your whole sky

A Virgo Sun with a Sagittarius Moon is a different person

The Sun sign comes from your birth date alone. The Moon changes sign every two to three days and the rising sign roughly every two hours, so two people born under Virgo a week apart can read very differently. Your birth date, time and place draw the whole sky, computed to the arcminute.

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Questions

Virgo questions, answered

When are the Virgo dates?

Virgo usually runs from 23 August to 22 September. The start moves by a day: between 1940 and 2030 the Sun entered Virgo on 22 August in 19 years, 23 August in 70 years and 24 August in 2 years, in UTC. If you were born on one of those days, your birth time and place decide your sign.

Who is Virgo most compatible with?

By the geometry of the zodiac, Virgo's easiest matches are Taurus and Capricorn, the other earth signs, followed by Cancer and Scorpio. Pisces, the opposite sign, brings the strongest pull and the most work, and the squares to Gemini and Sagittarius are the hardest angles. A real match also depends on the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising sign in both charts.

Are Virgos perfectionists?

Many are. Virgo is the sign of craft and analysis, and Virgos tend to see the gap between how a thing is and how it could be. The healthy version is excellent work; the anxious version is never finishing. Clear standards and deadlines keep Virgos on the healthy side.

What careers suit a Virgo?

Work that rewards precision and care: medicine, editing, data, research, accounting, craft, and anything where getting the detail right protects people. Virgos thrive in roles where their usefulness is visible.

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All signs and the compatibility chart. How this page was made: Skyprint is built and edited by Khalil Yazouri. The text was drafted with AI assistance. The sign dates were measured with Astronomy Engine for every year from 1940 to 2030, the compatibility follows the angles between the signs, and the sample pages are printed word for word from the reading's own library.