Placements · Virgo decans
Virgo decans: the editor, the architect and the gardener
Every Virgo improves things. The decan says what: the details, the structure, or the living world around them.
Urania's Mirror, London 1824 · Library of Congress
At a glance
Virgo 1st decan: Aug 23 to Sep 1. 2nd decan: Sep 2 to Sep 11. 3rd decan: Sep 12 to Sep 22.
- 1st decan, 0° to 10°
- Virgo · MercuryEight of Pentacles, Prudence · Sun
- 2nd decan, 10° to 20°
- Capricorn · SaturnNine of Pentacles, Material Gain · Venus
- 3rd decan, 20° to 30°
- Taurus · VenusTen of Pentacles, Wealth · Mercury
Virgo · earth · mutable
Three ways to make things better
Try this today
- Look at what you tidied or fixed most recently. Words, systems or living things? Your answer is a clue.
- Read your own section before the others, so the other two cannot colour it.
Every Virgo has a quiet urge to make something better than they found it. A sentence, a spreadsheet, a friend's bad week. The decans tell you which.
The maiden's thirds go to earth, maiden first: Virgo, then Capricorn, then Taurus. The opening slice is full precision. Capricorn brings ambition and structure to the middle. Taurus softens the end: sensual, patient, at home with the natural world.
So the Virgo who edits your text messages, the Virgo who runs the whole office without a title, and the Virgo with forty houseplants and a sourdough starter share one sign.
Observant, helpful, modest, dryly funny: none of that changes. The decan picks the project.
The sky behind it
Longitude 150° to 180°. 2026 lines: Aug 23, 2026, 02:18 UTC, Sep 2, 2026, 10:53 UTC, Sep 12, 2026, 18:07 UTC. The 1st decan holds the Sun longest here, 10.35 days.
Eight of Pentacles, Prudence
1st decan Virgo: Mercury with a red pen
Try this today
- Write down three things you did well today before you list anything to fix.
- Teach someone a shortcut you use. Your systems are gifts.
Mercury twice over makes the opening of Virgo the analytical heart of the earth signs.
This Virgo is sharp, precise, helpful and endlessly curious about how things work. They notice what others miss and enjoy solving practical problems. The shadow is self-criticism: the same red pen that improves everything around them tends to be turned inward, hard.
The Sun's face lends warmth and quiet confidence to all that analysis. The Eight of Pentacles, Prudence, is traditionally a craftsperson at a workbench: mastery built one careful piece at a time.
Typical birthdays: August 23 to September 1.
The sky behind it
Aug 23, 2026, 02:18 UTC to Sep 2, 2026, 10:53 UTC; Aug 23, 2027, 08:14 UTC. August 22-24 · 10.35 days · 50.7 min (New York). Jupiter Jul 26, 2027 to Sep 10, 2027.
Nine of Pentacles, Material Gain
2nd decan Virgo: Capricorn's blueprint
Try this today
- Block one hour this week with nothing in it. Protect it like a meeting.
- Write down one long-term goal and the system that will get you there without willpower.
Saturn becomes sub-ruler at 10°, borrowed from Capricorn. The precision turns strategic: this Virgo builds systems meant to last.
Responsible, ambitious, reliable and quietly authoritative, this is the person everyone turns to when something actually needs to get done. They tend to work hard and expect a lot from themselves. The challenge is rest, which can feel like failure to a Saturn-flavoured mind.
Venus at the face softens the edges with taste, kindness and a love of beautiful order. Nine of Pentacles, Material Gain, a woman alone in a vineyard with a falcon on her glove: comfort and independence earned through steady effort.
Typical birthdays: September 2 to September 11.
The sky behind it
Sep 2, 2026, 10:53 UTC to Sep 12, 2026, 18:07 UTC; Sep 2, 2027, 16:41 UTC. September 1-3 · 10.30 days · 50.4 min (New York). Jupiter Sep 10, 2027 to Oct 30, 2027.
Ten of Pentacles, Wealth
3rd decan Virgo: Taurus, rooted
Try this today
- Grow, cook or make one thing this week with your hands, start to finish.
- Take a walk with no podcast. Notice five things that are fine exactly as they are.
From 20° the bull lends Venus as sub-ruler. The earth softens: more pleasure, more patience, more feeling for the body and the natural world.
This is the calm, practical, sensual Virgo, with a talent for cooking, gardening, crafts or health and wellbeing. They are steady friends and good listeners. The lesson is that not everything needs improving; some things just need enjoying.
Mercury's face keeps the classic Virgo mind switched on under the calm. Ten of Pentacles, Wealth, three generations and their dogs in a courtyard, usually read as security that is shared: a home, a family, a full table.
Typical birthdays: September 12 to September 22.
The sky behind it
Sep 12, 2026, 18:07 UTC to Sep 23, 2026, 00:05 UTC; Sep 12, 2027, 23:58 UTC. September 12-13 · 10.25 days · 50.3 min (New York). Jupiter Oct 30, 2027 to past Dec 31, 2027.
Find yours
Which Virgo decan are you?
150° to 180° of longitude; 151 minutes to rise over New York, 170 London, 80 Sydney, 111 equator.
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4°00′ Virgo is in the Virgo 1st decan.
Your placement
Virgo 1st decan
0° to 10° of Virgo
Triplicity decan: Virgo, ruled by Mercury.
Chaldean face: Sun. Tarot (Golden Dawn): Eight of Pentacles, “Prudence”.
More to read
Shorter reads. Each opens in place.
In real life
Virgo decans at work
Late-August Virgos excel at analysis, editing, research and any job where accuracy matters. Early-September Virgos rise into management, operations and planning, often without asking for the title. Mid-September Virgos flourish in hands-on, nurturing or craft work: food, health, design, the outdoors. Work that visibly helps someone brings out the best in each.
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2026 to 2027
Slow planets in Virgo's decans
Jupiter, 0° to 10°: Jul 26, 2027 to Sep 10, 2027.
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Jupiter, 10° to 20°: Sep 10, 2027 to Oct 30, 2027.
Jupiter, 20° to 30°: Oct 30, 2027 to past Dec 31, 2027.
Quick answers
What decan Virgo am I?
August 23 to September 1: Virgo. September 2 to September 11: Capricorn. September 12 to September 22: Taurus.
What is a 3rd decan Virgo like?
In the triplicity system it borrows from Taurus, with Venus as sub-ruler. Astrologers describe it as calmer, more sensual and more patient than the other Virgo decans, with a love of nature, food and crafts.
Which Virgo decan is the most perfectionist?
Mercury doubled, from about August 23 to September 1, gives the most precise and self-critical Virgo. The 2nd decan, with Saturn, holds itself to very high standards at work.
