Virgo Moon sign
A Virgo Moon sign means the Moon was in Virgo when you were born. It crosses the sign in about two and a half days, roughly once a month. This page says what the tradition makes of it, how it mixes with each Sun sign, and when the next six crossings are.
- Ruled by Mercury
- No dignity for the Moon here
- About two and a half days a month
The Moon in Virgo
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899. Public domain, and the full text is readable online.
Virgo Moon personality
Feeling filtered through the practical mind, and turned first on itself.
- GiftsCapableGood intellectual powers, a good memory and easy learning. Trustworthy in whatever role it takes, and fortunate through those who work under it.
- StrugglesHesitantQuiet and easy going, but somewhat irresolute and short on ambition, more at home serving than leading.
Leo gives this Moon good intellectual powers, a good memory and easy learning. The occupations he lists run from grain and food to drugs and medicine: farmer, miller, grocer, confectioner, chemist, herbalist, analyst, doctor, dispenser. He says it makes a trustworthy servant and is fortunate through those under it.
Taken alone he calls it quiet and easy going, somewhat irresolute, and neither ambitious nor pretentious. It has many friends, often female friends, and belongs to companies and societies. The same care that makes it useful is what turns into worry when it has nothing to work on.
The Moon is one placement among many. See your whole birth chart, free, on Natal Chart Maker.
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899, the chapter on the Sun and Moon combined
A Virgo Moon with each Sun sign
Alan Leo read the Moon together with the Sun. Find your Sun sign below.
Aries Sun, Virgo Moon
Sharpens the critical streak and makes the mind more logical and accurate. Literary and musical ability and an interest in science and health, but also an exacting side. Often more ability than chances to use it.
Taurus Sun, Virgo Moon
A harmonious earth pair and one of the best business types, Leo says: persistent, precise and firm in judgment. Conscientious, and behind an easy surface lies a fixed will that brings great success.
Gemini Sun, Virgo Moon
Studious, critical and analytical, with an interest in science, health and humanitarian ideas. Sensitive in mind and prone to mistrust and worry. Good at nursing and serving others, but should avoid irritability.
Cancer Sun, Virgo Moon
A very sensitive, passive and receptive nature, with discrimination in matters of feeling. Inclined to go to extremes and to worry, especially over business, and very open to psychic influences.
Leo Sun, Virgo Moon
Good business instincts, purity and ideals, but very critical, restless and anxious. Gifted for music, literature and science, and suited to responsible posts under someone else. A successful pair.
Virgo Sun, Virgo Moon
Quickens everything Virgo: love of home and family, discrimination, independence, self-reliance and foresight. Methodical and refined, but self-contained, and it needs to steer clear of melancholy.
Libra Sun, Virgo Moon
A critical mind softened by the power of comparison. Receptive and intuitive, especially in business, refined, and with an attractive personality.
Scorpio Sun, Virgo Moon
The most critical pair of all, Leo says. Literary ability, pride and passion, and a sharp, bitter tongue. Good for medicine, chemistry or scientific discovery, though it can become too practical.
Sagittarius Sun, Virgo Moon
Excellent judgment, intuition, a gift for language, refinement and a love of harmony. Critical, but bright and clear in thought and speech, and able to see ahead in practical matters.
Capricorn Sun, Virgo Moon
An excellent earth pair: the critical Virgo edge is softened by a thoughtful, contemplative Sun. Splendid judgment and discernment, and ability for literary work.
Aquarius Sun, Virgo Moon
Improves this Moon, Leo says: neat, precise, careful and prudent, with business ability and a love of science and intellectual work.
Pisces Sun, Virgo Moon
Pisces is much improved by this Moon: active intuition, with real inspiration behind the critical Virgo side. Steady and useful, able to do a great deal quietly.
Alan Leo wrote this in 1899, and a whole chart says far more than two placements. See your Sun and Moon together, free.
The doctrine of dignities, standard in Western astrology since the Hellenistic period
Where the tradition places it
The tradition gives the Moon no special strength or weakness here.
There are only four signs where the Moon has a formal dignity. It rules Cancer, is exalted in Taurus, is in detriment in Capricorn and is in fall in Scorpio. In the other eight, including this one, the tradition treats it as a guest that takes the colour of the house it is standing in.
So the reading of these days comes from the sign itself rather than from the Moon's standing in it, which is what the section below sets out.
The doctrine of the elements and the modes, and habit built on top of it
What these days are used for
Sorting, mending, and health.
- EarthSolidEarth holds still. The tradition gives these days to making something that will last, to money and to the body, and to work that shows a result.
- MutableTurningA mutable sign ends a season, so the days are read as turning: the impulse is to change, to sort, and to let go.
The tradition gives these days to detail, to putting an untidy thing in order, and to the body's maintenance rather than its pleasures.
This is tradition and habit, not a measured effect. It is here because it is what the sources say, and each part carries the name of the source it came from.
The next six Virgo Moons
| Enters Virgo | Time | Leaves for Libra | Time | Stays |
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Questions people ask
What does a Virgo Moon sign mean?
That the Moon was in Virgo at the moment you were born. In astrology the Moon stands for feelings and instinct, so a Virgo Moon is read as a quiet, practical and capable emotional nature, with a good memory and a quick mind for learning.
How long is the Moon in Virgo?
About two and a half days each month. The exact length changes a little because the Moon's speed changes, and the table above gives the real figure for each crossing.
Is a Virgo Moon the same as being a Virgo?
No. A Virgo Sun means the Sun was in Virgo at your birth, which is late August to late September. A Virgo Moon can happen in any month of the year.
Does the Moon sign depend on where I was born?
The sign itself is the same everywhere at the same moment, because it is measured from the centre of the Earth. What changes with your place is the local clock time it starts and ends, which is exactly what decides your sign if you were born near a crossing.
Positions and times are calculated in your browser with an open astronomy library and match published ephemerides to the minute. The birth chart reading is written from Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899, which is in the public domain. The dignities and the doctrine of the elements are standard traditional astrology. Tradition is labelled as tradition throughout, and the sources page sets out what is calculated and what is not.