Virgo Zodiac Sign: Dates, Traits and Ruling Planet
- Usual dates
- August 23 to September 22
- Element
- Earth
- Mode
- Mutable
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
Dates and the edge days
Virgo dates are August 23 to September 22. August 23 and September 22 are the edge days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun on either side of the change. The calculator checks that moment instead of trusting the printed range.
Element, mode, and ruler
Virgo is an earth sign, and it is mutable. Virgo is mutable earth, the sign that ends northern summer. Mutable signs are described as adjusting, sorting, and handing the season on. Careful, practical, drawn to fixing details.
Mercury rules Virgo as well as Gemini. In Virgo the old texts stress Mercury's sorting and craft, not the chatty side they give to Gemini. Virgo is drawn as a woman with a sheaf of grain. The textbook meaning is care over details, useful work, and a habit of improving what is already there. Earth signs are the tradition's practical group. The grain is a symbol of harvest, which matches the time of year, not a claim about anyone's job.
Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo is described as a mood that settles when a task is clear and the details are in order. Worry, in this picture, is the same habit turned up. It is a traditional reading of a lunar position, and the position itself comes from the time of birth.
Virgo rising
Virgo rising is the old first impression of someone observant and a little reserved, who notices what is out of place. The ascendant is a horizon calculation. A missing birth time means this page cannot name it.
Sign and constellation
The constellation Virgo is large, and its brightest star is Spica. The sign ends near the September equinox.
Calculators
For the Sun sign, use the zodiac calculator. The Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars calculators answer a different question, and the Virgo horoscope is a separate daily note on the same sign.
Zodiac sign calculator · Moon · Rising · Virgo horoscope
Dates usually counted as Virgo
August 23 · August 24 · August 25 · August 26 · August 27 · August 28 · August 29 · August 30 · August 31 · September 1 · September 2 · September 3 · September 4 · September 5 · September 6 · September 7 · September 8 · September 9 · September 10 · September 11 · September 12 · September 13 · September 14 · September 15 · September 16 · September 17 · September 18 · September 19 · September 20 · September 21 · September 22
Questions
What are Virgo dates?
Virgo dates are August 23 to September 22 in the usual tropical calendar. Those two edges are changeover days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun in Virgo or in the neighboring sign. Each date page below uses noon UTC, the same engine as the zodiac calculator, so you can see whether that birthday stays in Virgo.
What month is Virgo?
Virgo season sits in August and September. It does not fill either month on its own. August 23 is the usual start, and September 22 is the usual last day, with a clock time that shifts a little each year. Use the date list on this page, or the August and September birthday hubs.
When does Virgo season start?
Virgo season usually starts on August 23. That is the calendar day when the Sun is treated as entering Virgo, but the exact minute depends on the year. The zodiac calculator uses the same tropical longitude as these pages. If the birthday is August 23 or September 22, check the year rather than the printed range.