♍ Virgo — ecliptic 150° to 180°
Virgo occupies tropical ecliptic longitude 150°–180°, about 30 days from 23 August to 22 September. It is mutable earth, ruled by Mercury, and it stops at 180°.
Last updated
- Ecliptic
- 150°–180°
- Usual dates
- Aug 23 – Sep 22
- Element and mode
- Earth · mutable
- Ruler
- Mercury
One hundred eighty degrees is the opposition to 0° Aries, and it is also the first degree of Libra. Virgo is the sign that fills the thirty degrees just before that point: 150° inclusive up to but not including 180°. A planet at 179.8° is Virgo. A planet at 180.0° is Libra. The engine does not keep a “Virgo–Libra blend” bucket.
Mercury’s other sign is Gemini, and the centers 75° and 165° are 90° apart. That is a square with an 8° orb, the same finding documented on the Gemini page, reached from the other side of the angle. Virgo does not trine Gemini. Earth signs trine each other: Taurus and Capricorn sit 120° from Virgo. Pisces is the opposition at 180°. Gemini and Sagittarius are the squares. Cancer and Scorpio are the sextiles, orb 6°. Leo and Libra are the 30° neighbors. Aries is 150° away, a separation this aspect table ignores.
Mutable earth is only this window. A Virgo sun sign dates the Sun. It does not date Mercury’s retrograde, which is a negative speed on the sky map, independent of which sign Mercury rules. If you need Mercury’s sign, read the sky table or run the birth chart for a specific time.
Sky inside this sector
Positions at 2026-10-05T22:57:20.612Z from Paris (48.8566° N, 2.3522° E). Window 150°–180°.
No Swiss Ephemeris body is inside 150°–180° at 2026-10-05T22:57:20.612Z.
Separations from the sign center
- Pisces sits 180° from Virgo (opposition, engine orb 8°). Pisces
- Aquarius sits 150° from Virgo (no major aspect in this engine). Aquarius
- Aries sits 150° from Virgo (no major aspect in this engine). Aries
- Capricorn sits 120° from Virgo (trine, engine orb 8°). Capricorn
- Taurus sits 120° from Virgo (trine, engine orb 8°). Taurus
- Gemini sits 90° from Virgo (square, engine orb 8°). Gemini
- Sagittarius sits 90° from Virgo (square, engine orb 8°). Sagittarius
- Cancer sits 60° from Virgo (sextile, engine orb 6°). Cancer
- Scorpio sits 60° from Virgo (sextile, engine orb 6°). Scorpio
- Leo sits 30° from Virgo (no major aspect in this engine). Leo
- Libra sits 30° from Virgo (no major aspect in this engine). Libra
Questions
What longitude hands a planet from Virgo to Libra?
180°. Virgo is 150° up to 180°. At 180° the tropical zodiac enters Libra, opposite 0° Aries.
Are the Mercury signs in a trine?
No. Gemini and Virgo are 90° apart, so the engine records a square with an 8° orb.
Does ruling Mercury tell you if Mercury is retrograde?
No. Retrograde here means the body’s speed in degrees per day is negative on the sky map. It is a motion fact, not a rulership fact.
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Sources
Sources: longitudes from the Swiss Ephemeris evaluating JPL Development Ephemeris 431. Aspect orbs (8°, and 6° for the sextile) are AstroStella constants, not a field inside DE431.
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