Mercury in Virgo
What Mercury in Virgo means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mercury is actually in Virgo.
The sign: Virgo
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Mutable
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Mercury
Essential dignity
Mercury rules Virgo. This is its home sign, or domicile, where the tradition sees it working most freely and most in character. Mercury is exalted in Virgo: the tradition's sign of its most elevated expression, strongest at 15° Virgo.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mercury is in Virgo
Every stay of Mercury in Virgo from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026, 11:04 | Sep 10, 2026, 16:21 |
| Aug 17, 2027, 04:43 | Sep 3, 2027, 11:36 |
| Aug 8, 2028, 05:09 | Aug 27, 2028, 13:07 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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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.