Sign 6 of 12 · Tropical zodiac
Virgo
Virgo is a mutable earth sign, traditionally ruled by Mercury. Adaptation through practical improvement. Sorting details and adjusting a method make something more useful.
Find Virgo in my chart- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Mutable
- Traditional ruler
- Mercury
- Zodiac longitude
- 150° to <180°
Read Virgo through the planet
A sign describes a style of expression. The planet supplies the subject. A Sun reading concerns identity; a Moon reading concerns emotional needs and familiar responses.
Sun in Virgo
Sun in Virgo is associated with finding purpose through useful work and practice. Improving a recipe or solving a recurring problem gives effort a visible result. The difficulty is recognizing when the work is good enough to share.
Read the full Sun in Virgo guideMoon in Virgo
A Virgo Moon is associated with seeking reassurance through practical steps. Making a plan for tomorrow can help when a problem feels too large to solve tonight. The limit comes when fixing tasks replaces asking for comfort or company.
Read the full Moon in Virgo guideVirgo rising
The Ascendant describes the zodiac degree rising at the eastern horizon. In a reading, it concerns personal presence and the approach to unfamiliar situations. A birth time and location are needed to calculate it.
With Virgo rising, Mercury is the traditional chart ruler. Its sign and house connect the rising-sign interpretation with another part of the chart.
Find my chart ruler and its placementA worked comparison
The same sign, different questions
A Virgo Sun concerns purpose developed through competence and discernment. A Virgo Moon concerns the reassurance found in making a situation workable. Someone can enjoy experimentation in a chosen project and still want clear instructions when stressed. The same sign vocabulary serves different planetary functions.
These are illustrative interpretations, not facts inferred about you.
Every planet in Virgo
Choose the placement listed in your birth chart. Each guide explains its meaning and how houses or aspects change the reading.
Find the rest of the context
A sign label is one part of a placement. Read it alongside the planet, house and aspects. These describe different chart relationships.
The degree range, with an example
A longitude of 165° is 15° Virgo. At exactly 180°, the next sign, Libra, begins.
Every tropical sign spans 30°. The signs are equal coordinate divisions; the astronomical constellations have different boundaries.
Read the calculation methodsPlacidus houses with Virgo rising
The Ascendant degree in Virgo starts the 1st Placidus house. Its end and the remaining cusps depend on the exact birth time and location.
Read the calculated house list rather than counting one sign per house. A sign can appear on consecutive cusps or sit inside a house without starting one.
Read Placidus boundaries and house topicsRelated signs and chart angles
Taurus and Capricorn share the earth element. Pisces is opposite Virgo in zodiac order.
Matching degrees in opposite signs are 180° apart. Exact degrees and the permitted orb decide whether two placements form an aspect.
Sign categories do not provide a relationship score. A two-person comparison needs the placements in both charts.
Understand aspects and orbs · Compare two chartsWhen a birth time or sign boundary is uncertain
Calendar date lists are approximate. Near a Sun-sign boundary, the year and birth time can change the answer. If an uncertain birth period includes a sign change, Astriel shows the alternatives.
Unknown birth time leaves the Ascendant and houses unavailable. The available planetary signs remain in the result.
Calculate my Sun, Moon and rising signSources and reading limits
Elements, modalities and rulers are astrological conventions. They do not establish a measured personality profile or predict an event.
The symbolic explanations follow Astriel's editorial astrology reference and the linked placement guides. Worked comparisons illustrate the reading method.
Classification references: elements, modalities and traditional and modern rulerships. Degree examples follow the tropical zodiac. House teaching uses calculated Placidus cusps.
Sky calculation: apparent geocentric ecliptic of date; tropical zodiac. Ephemeris: astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Computed 2026-11-03T13:29:07.417Z.