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Sun in Virgo
The Sun in Virgo makes a self out of usefulness. Purpose is found in doing something well, in improving what is in front of it, in the details others skip. The Virgo Sun is modest about itself and exacting about its work, and the internal critic is always on shift. Health and routine are part of identity, not chores. The work is to extend to itself the patience it extends to a problem.
In plain words
The Sun stands for your sense of who you are. In Virgo, that works in a Virgo way: careful, helpful and hard to please. You notice what is wrong and quietly fix it.
Full guide
| Sun signifies | identity, vitality, purpose |
|---|---|
| Virgo is | earth, mutable — craft, discernment, service |
| Sign ruler | Mercury |
| Sun here is | peregrine at most degrees — a wanderer without a home here |
Reading it by degree
Within Virgo the placement is coloured by its decan (the ten-degree face) and its bound (the Egyptian term), each with a planetary ruler of its own. Your chart shows both for every planet.
Decans (faces) of Virgo
| 0°–10° | Sun |
|---|---|
| 10°–20° | Venus |
| 20°–30° | Mercury |
Egyptian bounds of Virgo
| 0°–7° | Mercury |
|---|---|
| 7°–17° | Venus |
| 17°–21° | Jupiter |
| 21°–28° | Mars |
| 28°–30° | Saturn |
See also Virgo rising and Sun in the other signs.
Common questions
What does Sun in Virgo mean?
The Sun in Virgo makes a self out of usefulness.
Is Sun strong in Virgo?
Sun in Virgo is peregrine at most degrees — a wanderer without a home here. The house and aspects in your own chart decide how it plays out.
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