☿︎ Mercury in ♍︎ Virgo
With Mercury in Virgo, the thinking mind takes on a grounded, practical, slow-to-move key. Being mutable, it bends, blends, and changes shape to fit the moment.
Virgo is the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury. Its keynote is craft, discernment, useful service. Placed here, Mercury (mind and message) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Virgo arc of the wheel.
In Virgo, expect thinking, talking, and trading to feel steady and concrete and distinctly adaptable. The planet keeps its nature; the sign sets the style.
Well integrated, it looks like a clear, agile, curious mind in a Virgo register; strained, it slides toward nervous talk that never lands.
When Mercury is in Virgo
Mercury is in Virgo right now, and moves on around 10 September 2026.
It returns to Virgo around 17 August 2027 (through about 3 September 2027).
It returns to Virgo around 8 August 2028 (through about 27 August 2028).
Dates computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Right now Mercury stands at 20° Virgo. Watch it move on the live clock.
Mercury’s aspects today
| Moon square Mercury | orb 4.2° |
| Mercury sextile Mars | orb 4.4° |
| Sun conjunction Mercury | orb 7.8° |
Mercury through the other signs
- ♈︎ Aries
- ♉︎ Taurus
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♋︎ Cancer
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mercury or the sign of Virgo.