Sun enters Virgo

Sun crosses into Virgo on 23 August 2026 at 02:17 UTC.

An ingress is simply a body passing 0° of a sign, but it marks a genuine change of register: Sun in Virgo operates through earth means and at a mutable tempo. The Sun spends about a month in each sign, and its ingress is what changes the season's horoscope for everyone.

Virgo is ruled by Mercury, so for as long as Sun is here its behaviour is coloured by that planet as well as by its own nature.