Jupiter in Virgo

What Jupiter in Virgo means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Jupiter is actually in Virgo.

The sign: Virgo

Element
Earth
Modality
Mutable
Polarity
Yin: inward, receptive
Ruler
Mercury

Essential dignity

Jupiter is in its detriment in Virgo, the sign opposite one it rules. The tradition reads it here as working against the grain.

The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).

When Jupiter is in Virgo

Every stay of Jupiter in Virgo between 1900 and 2100, useful for checking a birth year.

EntersLeaves
Sep 12, 1908Oct 11, 1909
Aug 27, 1920Sep 25, 1921
Aug 11, 1932Sep 10, 1933
Jul 26, 1944Aug 25, 1945
Nov 17, 1955Jan 18, 1956
Jul 7, 1956Dec 13, 1956
Feb 19, 1957Aug 7, 1957
Oct 19, 1967Feb 27, 1968
Jun 15, 1968Nov 15, 1968
Mar 30, 1969Jul 15, 1969
Sep 29, 1979Oct 27, 1980
Sep 12, 1991Oct 10, 1992
Aug 27, 2003Sep 25, 2004
Aug 11, 2015Sep 9, 2016
Jul 26, 2027Aug 24, 2028
Nov 16, 2038Jan 16, 2039
Jul 8, 2039Dec 12, 2039
Feb 20, 2040Aug 5, 2040
Oct 18, 2050Feb 26, 2051
Jun 15, 2051Nov 15, 2051
Mar 30, 2052Jul 14, 2052
Sep 28, 2062Oct 27, 2063
Sep 11, 2074Oct 10, 2075
Aug 26, 2086Sep 25, 2087
Aug 10, 2098Sep 9, 2099

Dates in UTC, to the day: a slow planet takes hours to cross a sign boundary.

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How this page is made

Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.