2027 Forecast

August 23 – September 22 · Earth · ruled by Mercury

The Virgo man

In astrology, the Virgo man is helpful, precise and quietly critical. Shows love through practical acts.

Mars in Virgo
10.11% of days, 1900–2050
Typical stay
49 days longest 8 months
Next Mars in Virgo
Nov 25, 2026 11:37 PM UTC
US births with it
10.51% 2000–2014

Sky: NASA JPL DE440. Births: US Social Security Administration.

The other half: the Virgo woman.

The same earth element: the Taurus man and the Capricorn man.

More on Virgo: the Virgo sign, Virgo horoscope today, Virgo compatibility and Virgo birthstones.

150°–180°

The Virgo man in love

The Virgo man shows love through acts of service and attention to detail. He is cautious at first and wants to be sure before he commits.

What attracts a Virgo man

Intelligence, reliability and a well-organized life. Thoughtfulness impresses him more than flash.

Signs a Virgo man likes you

He helps with practical problems, remembers precise details and makes careful, well-planned invitations.

What puts a Virgo man off

Chaos, broken plans, carelessness and being rushed into emotional declarations.

The Virgo man in a long relationship

Long-term he is reliable, attentive and practical, quietly improving shared life and taking care of details others forget.

In an argument, and after a breakup

He can become critical or overly analytical under stress. After a breakup he looks for what went wrong and throws himself into routine and work.

A birth chart is the same whoever holds it; these are the traditional readings of how Virgo traits tend to be described in a man. Work, money and friendship for the sign are on the Virgo page.

How long Mars stays in Virgo, against the other signs

Tradition reads Mars for drive and pursuit, so descriptions of the Virgo man lean on it. Yet only 15.6% of people born with the Sun in Virgo have Mars there too; Leo (15.8%) is more likely. The chart compares how long Mars lingers in each sign overall.

Share of days Mars spends in each sign, 1900–2050 — Virgo highlighted
Share of days Mars spends in each sign, 1900–2050 — Virgo highlighted Virgo: 10.11% of days over 90 separate visits — more than in any other sign. A typical visit lasts 49 days; the longest, 8 months from November 2011, when a retrograde loop held it there. Aquarius gets the least, 6.91%. AriesAries: 7.07%7.07%TaurusTaurus: 7.61%7.61%GeminiGemini: 8.38%8.38%CancerCancer: 9.34%9.34%LeoLeo: 10%10%VirgoVirgo: 10.11%10.11%LibraLibra: 9.6%9.6%ScorpioScorpio: 8.83%8.83%SagittariusSagittarius: 7.92%7.92%CapricornCapricorn: 7.25%7.25%AquariusAquarius: 6.91%6.91%PiscesPisces: 6.97%6.97%Source: NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris, sign changes 1900–2050astrohot.com

Virgo: 10.11% of days over 90 separate visits — more than in any other sign. A typical visit lasts 49 days; the longest, 8 months from November 2011, when a retrograde loop held it there. Aquarius gets the least, 6.91%.

Calculated for 2026, not copied from a fixed calendar

How many men are Virgo at all

30.91 days the Sun spends in Virgo this year — the 5th longest of the twelve. The signs are not equal.
8.94% of US births in 2000–2014 were Virgo — the 2nd most common of the twelve signs. The source does not split births by sex.
+0.61 points against an even 8.33%. Its 30.91-day length alone would give 8.46%; the birth calendar adds 0.48 points.

These figures are identical for the woman — nothing in the chart responds to gender.

Compare

The Virgo woman The same sign read the other way round. Virgo in full Dates to the minute, decans, compatibility and the rest. Compatibility Every pairing, with the angle that produces it.

The other eleven men

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

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AstroHot. “Virgo Man: Traits, Love and What Attracts Him.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/zodiac-signs/virgo/man/

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