2021 Virgo Horoscope Preview: Your Year

2021 Virgo Horoscope Preview: Your Year Ahead

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Virgo Horoscopes, the Year 2021: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Virgo.

This forecast is designed for those whose Sun sign is Virgo (born from approximately August 23rd to September 22nd*) and those who have a Virgo Ascendant. Be sure to see also the full 2021 Virgo Yearly Horoscope.

Note that if you want to know your Ascendant, you can find out with an Ascendant calculator, such as our What’s My Ascendant?, but keep in mind that an Ascendant can only be calculated if you know the birth time.

(Click on any sign above to navigate to that sign’s preview horoscope).

Areas of Expansion in 2021 for Virgo:

Work
Health
Routines & Habits
Partnerships

Your Virgo 2021 Horoscope points to areas of life that are destined to improve, expand, and grow.

Until May 13th, 2021, and then July 28th-December 28th, 2021, your work, daily routines, and health endeavors continue to expand, improve, and grow. This is a time when your work projects or duties expand, or you have increased opportunities for employment. You can be so confident in your ability to take on projects and endeavors, however, that you overload your plate, so do watch for that. Even so, Saturn’s concurrent transit can help keep you in line and productive. This influence is with you for the most part until December 2021.

This influence can play out in a variety of ways depending on your current situation. You find more joy in your work (as long as you don’t overload), self-improvement endeavors, and taking care of your health. If you provide a service to others, it is likely to prosper, largely because you’re enjoying it more. You are especially successful in hiring people to work for you, if applicable, and improvements to your working environment are likely. It can be easier than usual to find employment now. You may get a new job during this cycle or significantly improve an existing one.

Work tends to be very available to you! You can be very focused on what really matters to get ahead, and recognition for your efforts may be forthcoming.

You are proud of how useful you are to others during this cycle. The more integrity and honesty you bring to your services, the more “payback” you will receive. Health may very well prosper now, and medical procedures or programs, if necessary, can be more successful than usual.

You are bringing fresh and original ideas to the work you do and the services you offer. Nevertheless, overload or the magnification of problems surrounding work can be experienced during this cycle. There is a tendency now to focus on the details of your work, and you might sometimes feel a little overwhelmed with monotonous tasks. There may be an inclination to put on some weight during this period, but watching for a tendency to indulge can help. Neglecting health can cancel out the potential benefits.

Your work might involve more services or the assisting of others during this cycle, and for some, health-related or healing professions can be attractive at this time.

Challenges may occur sporadically during this period with the need for time away from your duties either to take care of yourself or of others requiring care, or the consequences of taking on so much that you have trouble taking time for yourself.

However, for the most part, this is a good time for winning appreciation for what you do or for your skills, enjoying what you do, for finding work, and for working relationships. Something interesting happens with Jupiter and Saturn both in your work and health sector. While Jupiter expands, Saturn contracts. It’s a time of quite a bit of ambition, common sense, and the ability to materialize your plans. It’s a powerful time for getting started on a healthy lifestyle change or to discipline yourself to get a job done, and done well!

Home and family may be closely tied to work and health during this period, which can mean you are joining with the family to improve health, working from home, bringing more organization or order to your home, or other such connections.

Interestingly, these areas of expansion are also subject to contraction (see the section immediately below). These influences don’t cancel themselves out. Instead, they co-exist and they can stir up some wonderful productivity. You may be working hard but thoroughly enjoying it as you do!

From May 13-July 28, 2021, and then from December 28th onward, your relationships receive a boost of forward-moving energy. This cycle helps you succeed in partnership or improve your relationship status/situation.

This influence spans three date ranges, and we’re on the first wave this year:

from May 13-July 28, 2021,
from December 28, 2021-May 10, 2022,
and from October 28, 2022-December 20, 2022

It may sound complicated, but it just means that you’re experiencing these themes in steps, starting this year from May to July.

Your partnerships, relating abilities, and powers of negotiation begin to grow and expand. New partnership opportunities can arrive now, or the chance to bring fresh energy to an existing committed relationship emerges.

Relationships entered into now are generally successful and happy — they are mutually beneficial. Sometimes, this transit absolves an existing partnership, but if this is the case, it is likely to come as a relief, or it is a “blessing in disguise.” Meeting someone better for you at this point in your life may be a reason for this, although it’s important not to jump into something new blindly.

Your ability to get along with others is enhanced as you are especially willing to compromise, and you are more appealing than usual.

The positive potentials of this transit are many: You can negotiate more successfully, and, if applicable, win in legal matters. Legal matters or challenging relationship problems from the past can be resolved, and more casual disputes can be settled amicably as well.

You may find yourself taking on the role of consultant or advisor, or you could benefit from help from same. Good publicity may come your way. If your career has you working with or before the public, you can safely expect increased popularity now, particularly if you do counseling or negotiating in your job.

Relationships and partnerships benefit from expansive, warm energy, difficult relationships may be absolved, and/or successful new ones are entered into during this period.

Jupiter rules your sector of family, hearth, and home. Any of these things can be tied with partnerships during this time. A romantic or business partnership could form that’s related to home or real estate, through family connections, or that’s characterized by very warm, supportive, or homey themes. A partnership may strengthen or a significant person in your life can help make you feel more secure.

This can also be a time when shared beliefs, interests, and ideologies are a focal point in a close relationship. For some, a significant person comes into your life with common educational goals or belief systems, possibly through long-distance connections, schools, or publishing/online activities. For many of you, you are attracting people who want to help, who are on your side, and who take a strong interest in you.

Potential negatives: You may be attracting partners who are more concerned with freedom than with pairing, or who seem to be quite extravagant or full of themselves. There could be troubles associated with an existing partner’s extravagance or desire for increased freedom.

However, for the most part, you are likely to enjoy an improved social life during this cycle. You learn a lot through your experiences and interactions with an important “other.” A partnership can be a source of inspiration, and the realization of a happiness goal seems more likely through the support or positivity of a friend/partner.

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity: Work, Routines, Health

Work
Daily Affairs
Health & Habits

Your Virgo 2021 Horoscope points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away with itself.

All year, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach are associated with the sector of your solar chart that governs work, health, daily routines, employees, pets, and habits. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are strong will endure and strengthen.

This influence only just got started last year. While it wove in and out of influence in 2020, this theme is consistent in 2021 and beyond–Saturn will transit this area of your chart until March 2023.

This transit can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Virgo. This year, those born with a Virgo Ascendant of 1 to 14 degrees, and those born from August 24-September 5, are most directly affected.

Tests can come to work and working relationships during this cycle. Responsibilities in your daily life can weigh heavily – they appear magnified. Do be sure that you are tending to your responsibilities, and not letting them pile up. Some of you might even experience some form of loss or scandal on the work front, or possibly some heavy-handed activity and powerplays with co-workers. However, this is only in extreme cases.

For those of you unhappy with your job or out of work, you are not likely to jump to grab just any position that comes along now. You are looking for something mature, long-term, and reflective of your values. However, because you are more discriminating now, the pickings might seem to be slim.

The monotonous part of your work can seem harder to take, and it’s up to you to work on restructuring enough to make it work for you. Try not to see flaws, complain, and leave it at that. Take it upon yourself to make whatever adjustments you can that will improve your working conditions. The rewards may be slow to transpire, but they’re great when they do come!

This can be true of daily routines, not just working conditions. Health matters might be a little more problematic than usual. Even so, these are likely to be minor problems that can be fixed with extra attention. Essentially, this transit gives you a kick in the pants to get your self-care programs into good shape!

While the work we do may sometimes feel too routine or boring, it can also give us a strong feeling of purpose. We want to be needed, we want to help and support others, and to do our share. If you’ve been overdoing a supportive role, or if you’ve been scattering your energies and haven’t truly noted just how much you do, then Saturn here will stimulate you to tidy up. In the end, you can, in fact, feel more joyful about the services you provide and the support you give, after taking a realistic look at these things and making the necessary adjustments.

Seek ways to balance your activities and responsibilities at this time. This is also an excellent period for simplifying and structuring your life. Because the energy of this theme is comfortable and understandable to you in these areas of life, you may very well welcome the structuring energy of this transit on your daily routines.

You can be quite determined to make things work and you’re especially capable. Disciplined efforts to advance can pay off. You are feeling happy to discipline yourself, enjoying your work or health pursuits more as you put in the effort with an overlapping influence outlined in the section above, Areas of Expansion, for a good part of the year 2021.

Saturn is in one of the signs that it rules, Aquarius, during this period, and performs fairly well here as a result. The last time Saturn moved through Aquarius was from 1991-early 1994.

This can be a year in which you’re particularly creative, determined, and goal-oriented in your work or with your daily routines, chores, and tasks. You could have special pet projects that are motivating. Love, romance, and dating can be tied in with your health routines or work/job this year.

Emotional renovations and digging deep into emotional issues can fuel your decisions to make lifestyle changes this year, and they can be quite magical. As you get in touch with these things, you might put more special effort into self-care programs. There can certainly be times when your desire for non-routine experiences and learning can conflict with your need to structure your daily affairs. While you’re likely to do battle with different goals and needs, a comfortable balance is within reach.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed: Mind Expansion, Education, Enlightenment, Discovery, Sharing

Education
Publishing & Sharing
Beliefs & Ideas
Adventure & Travel

Your 2021 Virgo Horoscope points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you can take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize.

Good news for you: until 2026, Uranus is in a supportive, positive aspect to your sign, suggesting a gentle nudge toward experimenting and connecting with your uniqueness.

All year, you’re in a lengthy period (lasting about seven years overall!) in which your belief systems and knowledge change and develop. You experience a spiritual awakening of sorts. Travel opportunities may arise, or new topics or adventures, whether physical or mental, open you up to new experiences.

We’re now at approximately 2-3 years in, so not yet at the halfway point of this cycle, but getting there.

Learning needs to be exciting or cutting edge for you in order to keep your interest at this time, but while you are less interested in traditional subjects or methods of learning, if you are on an educational path, be sure to “endure” some of these things so that your training is relevant to your career goals.

Life experiences are slightly unpredictable and quite exciting. You are embracing change and more easily incorporate changes into your personality.

Note that this theme often opens up unexpected and seemingly random opportunities to explore new places and topics. In normal circumstances, this can include travel, but during a pandemic when travel is restricted, it can take place on other levels related to new adventures, such as “armchair travel” and new ideas or virtual connections with people and places that you never explored before. How transits affect you always depend on your current circumstances and stage of development.

Note that this influence is now consistently with you for many years ahead (until April 2026). It’s a wonderfully supportive, gently stimulating and motivating period. You may be doing a lot more sharing and exploring ideas. You may be connecting with friends or groups that inspire and excite you or encourage you to grow and expand your mind and experiences.

There can be times–peaking in February, June, and December–when your duties, health programs, and self-care efforts can seem to clash with your desire to learn and share more often. Getting to a better balance can be a challenge and goal now.

The work you do may be related to publishing, guiding, or teaching during this period.

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation: Love Affairs, Children, Recreation, Friendships

Love Affairs & Romance
Children
Recreation
Hobbies
Career
Reputation
Home & Family

Your 2021 Virgo Horoscope reveals areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new.”

Love affairs can bring intense personal transformations again this year and beyond. This is a very long-term influence that has already been present in your life for many years and will be with you for many years to come. You may be meeting people who turn you inside out, and through experiences with them, you learn more about your own power over your life. While experience is good – it builds character – protect your heart and your body by employing some caution with new people in your life.

Note that while this particular influence is a long-term one and it can be considered a life trend, with Pluto not taking on as prominent a role in 2021 as it did last year, things are a little quieter along these fronts.

Of course, there can be some periods of friction involved with this evolution, and in 2021, there can be some pressure to make things happen when Pluto is in challenging aspects with the planets, but in the absence of longer-term challenging aspects, you’ll feel this tension far less than you did last year.

The year also continues to challenge you to embrace and improve your career, life path, responsibilities, and reputation. You may be called upon to sort out your life plan. This is about discovering your needs to balance your professional and personal life. Nurture your desire to feel accomplished and to meet your responsibilities for the best results through 2021.

Note that with the North Node at the top of your solar chart this year, it can be particularly important for you to strive toward putting yourself “out there” more often, even if you’re feeling a bit shy or nervous about doing so. It doesn’t have to be a dramatic move–in fact, you can do so in steps–but allowing yourself to feel entitled to expressing yourself professionally or as a leader in some way will grow on you, and over time, you’ll feel more comfortable and natural about it.

Near the end of the year, a newer theme begins, although it will develop more fully in 2022. This one is about more fully embracing your ideas, beliefs, and need for learning and discovery. In these areas of life, you’re likely to see important changes, beginning with the Lunar Eclipse on November 19th.

Your Planetary Ruler in 2021: Mercury, your ruler, travels quickly through the signs, covering a lot of ground in any given year.

Mercury’s retrograde periods are times for reflection and perhaps some backtracking.

In 2021, Mercury retrogrades three times, which is not unusual, and these periods are from January 30 to February 20 (in Aquarius), May 29 to June 22 (in Gemini), and then September 27 to October 18 (in Libra). These times require reflection, reassessing issues, and taking things a little more slowly. When Mercury is out of bounds, you can have the tendency to act out of character if you’re not careful, and these periods in 2021 are from January 1-4, May 7-30, and December 2-28.

More power to you when Mercury is in your sign, and in 2021, this occurs from August 12-29.

*It’s important to note that birthdates for Sun signs are always approximate since the starting date and time varies a bit every single year. If you were born on one of these cutoff dates (commonly known as a “cusp”), you can get a definitive answer using a Sun Sign Calculator. You can also write reports@cafeastrology.com with your birth information and we can let you know your true Sun sign if you were born on or beside the approximate date range given for any sign of the zodiac.

2021 Yearly Overview Horoscopes:

See also 2021 Summary Horoscopes for neat summaries of the year ahead for each sign, 2021 Yearly Horoscopes for detailed forecasts for each sign, and 2021 Love Guides/Horoscopes for Each Sign for forecasts in the areas of romance and relationships.