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Virgo (Kanya) rashi
Virgo is the sign of analysis and service.
- Sanskrit
- Kanya (कन्या)
- Symbol
- the Maiden
- Element
- Earth
- Mode
- Dual
- Ruler
- Mercury
- Sidereal span
- 150° to 180° of the zodiac
- Stars inside
- Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra
- Position in the order
- Sign 6 of 12
It is connected with careful work, health routines, practical skill and a critical eye, including towards oneself.
Virgo is ruled by Mercury. In a birth chart, the sign tells you where a planet sits, and the lord of the sign shows where that planet's influence travels. See the page on the lagna for how a sign becomes a house.
Earth and dual
Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) are read as practical and patient. They are the signs of material things, craft and steady work, and the texts link them with reliability and with a tendency to resist change.
Dual signs (dvisvabhava) bridge two phases. They fall at the end of each season and are read as flexible, adaptable and sometimes divided.
Mercury also rules Gemini, so the two signs share a lord in a chart. Mercury is exalted in Virgo (15°) and debilitated in Pisces (15°).
See it in your own chart
The terms on this page appear in every birth chart report, explained for your own planets and dates.