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Virgo

The Maiden, the 6th sign of the zodiac year, usually printed as 23 August – 22 September.

A hand-coloured star card of Virgo: a winged woman in a crimson and green robe reclining across the sky, holding an ear of wheat where the star Spica is marked.
Virgo · Sidney Hall · Urania's Mirror; or, A View of the Heavens, London, 1825
Element
Earthpracticality, endurance and the material world, in the tradition
Modality
Mutablethe signs that close a season, traditionally read as adapters
Traditional ruler
MercuryAssigned before the outer planets were found
Modern ruler
MercurySame as the traditional ruler.

When the sun actually crosses

The moment the sun enters Virgo and the moment it leaves for Libra, each year from 2015 to 2026, in UTC to the minute.

22 Aug 00:0022 Aug 06:0022 Aug 12:0022 Aug 18:0023 Aug 00:0023 Aug 06:0023 Aug 12:0020122016202020242010202622 Aug 00:0022 Aug 06:0022 Aug 12:0022 Aug 18:0023 Aug 00:0023 Aug 06:0023 Aug 12:00201220162020202420102026
Where the sun crossed into Virgo, 2010–2026, in UTC. The marked years are the ones where a 29 February has fallen in between and pulled it back by most of a day.
YearSun enters VirgoSun leaves for Libra
201523 August, 10:37 UTC23 September, 08:21 UTC
201622 August, 16:39 UTC22 September, 14:21 UTC
201722 August, 22:20 UTC22 September, 20:02 UTC
201823 August, 04:08 UTC23 September, 01:54 UTC
201923 August, 10:02 UTC23 September, 07:50 UTC
202022 August, 15:45 UTC22 September, 13:31 UTC
202122 August, 21:35 UTC22 September, 19:21 UTC
202223 August, 03:16 UTC23 September, 01:04 UTC
202323 August, 09:01 UTC23 September, 06:50 UTC
202422 August, 14:55 UTC22 September, 12:44 UTC
202522 August, 20:34 UTC22 September, 18:20 UTC
202623 August, 02:19 UTC23 September, 00:06 UTC

VSOP87, checked against published equinox and solstice times.

Which dates can be Virgo

Since 1920 the sun has entered Virgo on 22 August, 23 August or 24 August, and left it for Libra on 22 September, 23 September or 24 September (UTC). On those dates the sign depends on the year, and in a crossing year on the hour; each date's page gives every year.

In the tradition

In Western astrological tradition, Virgo is classed as a mutable earth sign. Mutable signs are the signs that close a season, traditionally read as adapters, and earth signs are traditionally associated with practicality, endurance and the material world. Its ruling planet in that tradition is Mercury.

These are associations reported from tradition, not claims about anyone born under the sign.

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