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Mercury in Virgo

Mercury is at home and exalted: precise, analytical and practical. You spot every error and love to put knowledge in order.

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What Mercury in Virgo means

Mercury is at home and exalted: precise, analytical and practical. You spot every error and love to put knowledge in order.

Mercury stands for your mind, speech and learning. In Virgo it works precisely, modestly and helpfully; it sorts, improves and serves.

At a glance

Planet
Mercury: your mind, speech and learning
Sign
Virgo, earth and mutable, ruled by Mercury
Dignity
Domicile and Exaltation
Time in each sign
two to three weeks, up to two months when it turns retrograde

Mercury rules Virgo, so it is at home here and works at full strength.

Mercury is exalted in Virgo: honoured and at its very best.

Famous people with Mercury in Virgo

Only people whose Mercury stayed in Virgo through their whole birth day, wherever they were born.

Leo TolstoyRussian author9 September 1828 – 19101VirgoNeil ArmstrongAmerican astronaut and lunar explorer5 August 1930 – 20128LeoJimmy Carterpresident of the United States from 1977 to 19811 October 1924 – 20249LibraAnna NetrebkoRussian and Austrian operatic soprano18 September 19719VirgoMadonnaAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress16 August 195811masterLeoLech WałęsaPresident of Poland from 1990 to 199529 September 19431LibraAlfred HitchcockBritish filmmaker13 August 1899 – 19803LeoFreddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen5 September 1946 – 19917VirgoNarendra ModiPrime Minister of India since 201417 September 19505VirgoLyndon B. Johnsonpresident of the United States from 1963 to 196927 August 1908 – 19738VirgoLouis XIV of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1643 to 17155 September 1638 – 17155VirgoGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGerman philosopher and theologian27 August 1770 – 18315Virgo

Mercury in the other signs

Mercury in the houses

Other planets in Virgo

Questions and answers

What does Mercury in Virgo mean?

Mercury is at home and exalted: precise, analytical and practical. You spot every error and love to put knowledge in order.

Is Mercury strong in Virgo?

Mercury rules Virgo, so it is at home here and works at full strength. Mercury is exalted in Virgo: honoured and at its very best.

How do I know if I have Mercury in Virgo?

Enter your birth date in the free Mercury sign calculator.

Which famous people have Mercury in Virgo?

Leo Tolstoy, Neil Armstrong, Jimmy Carter, Anna Netrebko, Madonna, Lech Wałęsa, Alfred Hitchcock, Freddie Mercury

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