Mercury enters Virgo

Mercury enters Virgo

Mercury is in Virgo from August 4-25, 2022. [Later, during Mercury’s retrograde, Mercury will return to Virgo from September 23-October 10, 2022.]

When Mercury is in Virgo, precision in speech, thought, and process are more important to us. This is a time when we analyze and decide what is useful and what we deem to be impractical.

Mercury feels right at home in Virgo, one of the signs that it rules (Mercury rules both Gemini and Virgo). Dealing with details is natural and easy now. We need to be careful that we don’t lose perspective if we find ourselves lost in details, however.

While Mercury is in Virgo, we should also be aware of the possibility of expressing ourselves in a too factual manner, so much so that we come across as dry, critical, or unimaginative.

We gravitate to useful information, and we can enjoy helping others with our knowledge. It’s a time for analyzing and dissecting, but we need other influences to put the pieces together or to see the bigger picture as our confidence in so doing is not strong at this time. It’s a time of conservative thinking and a strong tendency to want facts and certainties.

While Mercury is in Virgo in 2022, it forms the following aspects:

This list excludes the Moon. Major aspect dates are in bold.

• Aug 4, 2022 9:49 PM Mercury 1 Virgo 19 sesquiquadrate Chiron 16 Aries 19
• Aug 5, 2022 4:35 PM Mercury biquintile Jupiter
• Aug 5, 2022 9:37 PM Mercury biquintile Pluto
• Aug 9, 2022 9:06 AM Mercury 8 Virgo 30 quincunx Jupiter 8 Aries 30
• Aug 10, 2022 12:17 PM Mercury biquintile Chiron
• Aug 11, 2022 1:58 PM Mercury 11 Virgo 50 sesquiquadrate Pluto 26 Capricorn 50
• Aug 14, 2022 1:41 PM Mercury 16 Virgo 09 quincunx Chiron 16 Aries 09
• Aug 15, 2022 9:04 AM Mercury 17 Virgo 16 trine True Node 17 Taurus 16
• Aug 16, 2022 1:46 PM Mercury 18 Virgo 53 trine Uranus 18 Taurus 53
• Aug 18, 2022 3:06 PM Mercury 21 Virgo 36 quincunx Saturn 21 Aquarius 36
• Aug 21, 2022 3:40 AM Mercury 24 Virgo 44 opposition Neptune 24 Pisces 44
• Aug 22, 2022 5:58 PM Mercury 26 Virgo 36 trine Pluto 26 Capricorn 36
• Aug 23, 2022 7:37 AM Mercury biquintile Saturn

Note that Mercury will return to Virgo from September 23-October 10. This is because Mercury turns retrograde in Libra on September 9th and then returns to Virgo on September 23rd:

• Sep 23, 2022 2:50 AM Sun 0 Libra 14 conjunction Mercury 0 Libra 14
• Sep 24, 2022 3:47 AM Mercury 29 Virgo 08 sesquiquadrate True Node 14 Taurus 08
• Sep 26, 2022 1:59 PM Mercury 26 Virgo 47 conjunction Venus 26 Virgo 47
• Sep 27, 2022 8:56 AM Mercury 26 Virgo 09 trine Pluto 26 Capricorn 09
• Sep 29, 2022 12:50 AM Mercury biquintile Saturn
• Oct 4, 2022 11:40 PM Mercury biquintile Saturn
• Oct 6, 2022 11:55 PM Mercury 26 Virgo 07 trine Pluto 26 Capricorn 07
• Oct 9, 2022 12:56 PM Mercury 28 Virgo 30 sesquiquadrate True Node 13 Taurus 30