☿Ingress
Mercury enters Virgo
17 August 2027 · 04:35 UTC
In 347 days
Mercury crosses into Virgo on 17 August 2027 at 04:35 UTC.
An ingress is simply a body passing 0° of a sign, but it marks a genuine change of register: Mercury in Virgo operates through earth means and at a mutable tempo. Mercury moves quickly and changes how conversation, negotiation and thinking are conducted.
Virgo is ruled by Mercury, so for as long as Mercury is here its behaviour is coloured by that planet as well as by its own nature.
The numbers
Exact at17 August 2027, 04:35 UTC
Position0°00′ Virgo
ElementEarth
ModalityMutable
Body☿ Mercury
Times are UTC, computed from the ephemeris rather than transcribed. Positions are geocentric and tropical.