Read your horoscope for Mercury in Virgo
Mercury in Virgo excels at all the small things
Mercury sprints into discerning, detail-oriented Virgo on August 3rd — and it’s an understatement to say that our cosmic messenger feels at home here. In Virgo’s mutable earth, Mercury is radiant.
Mercury in Virgo notices all. It’s chatty and inquisitive. It triple-checks your texts for typos. And it keeps the read receipts on — always. It ponders everything, like a child asking why over and over. But here, Mercury also wants to listen to what you have to say. It wants to understand the way your brain works. It wants you to make a list of everything you love in this world, and then make another to track everything you didn’t mention in the first.
This talent for sweating the small stuff gets a new look on August 16th, when Mercury trines Uranus — the ultimate innovator and radical thinker. This day, in particular, shines a spotlight on Mercury’s way with details and Uranus’ knack for free-thinking. Get ready for daring ideas and fresh, yet unconventional, solutions to old problems.
Mercury-Neptune teaches us not to idealize perfection
If unchecked, Mercury in Virgo can get ahead of itself when chasing after aha moments. It underscores our desire to want to get things right, as well as our fear of failure — so right now, the way we measure our worth against our external successes and failures is under the microscope for inspection. But Mercury in Virgo is here to remind us that productivity, metrics, and deliverables are not the end goal.
The more we can untangle ourselves from idealizing perfection, the more the parts of ourselves that tend to take a back seat can feel comfortable making themselves known. Mercury’s opposition to Neptune on August 21st amplifies this lesson.
Art for art’s sake, automatic writing, collaging, or any expressive outlet that offers you space to process and explore your inner world could be extra supportive during this time. Communication can also get murky, so practice patience, choose your words with care, and remember that there’s always the option to agree to disagree.
The following day, when Mercury trines Pluto on August 22nd, we are reminded that there are so many ways to communicate: body language, dreams, the wind that pushes against the back of your neck, the way the tides tug and pull alongside the moon. Everything has something to say. Pay attention and track the small and large ways messages are making their way to you.
Dare to ask all the questions while Mercury is in Virgo
During this three-week period, Mercury will also expand the ways that we share and learn. When in Virgo, the planet of communication reveals what’s possible when we dare to ask questions together. Stay open to connection, collectivism, and observation with your whole being — and then witness what happens. Sharing our experiences with those around us reinforces our relationships and reminds us of just how vital our communities are.
Let your inquiry — and connection to the world around you — know no bounds.
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The following horoscopes were written by Sarina Romero.
Aries & Aries Rising
Mercury in Virgo pulls focus to the systems that structure your daily life, health, and work routines. During this time, you may come up with innovative ways to arrange your furniture, or new ideas on how you want to structure your days to better support your well-being.
As August comes to a close, you’re invited to give some extra care and attention to your daily routines. Consider the ways your current schedule makes it easier, or harder, to pause and rest. Any and all ways you can structure downtime into your days will make a difference.
By August 22nd, there’s extra momentum in the air to dig deep and problem-solve with coworkers and collaborators. This moment is all about striking a balance between honoring your drive to innovate and get things done in your public life, while also being your most loyal advocate and ally for rest.
This Mercurial season is an open invitation to take your routines, schedules, and me-time seriously. To treat your time like a precious resource, and to view your schedule as the tool that protects how you use it. Remember: Even tiny stones create ripples. Embrace the small changes that have mighty impacts.
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Taurus & Taurus Rising
Mercury in Virgo brings delight to your creative projects, pleasures, and unadulterated fun. Anything that requires you to use your imagination and mental prowess just-for-the-heck-of-it is where you want to be. This moment is all about relishing communication and creation without expectation or end goal in mind.
When it comes to your communication with others, take care and tread lightly at the end of August — what may feel like a light joke to you can get muddied, or lost in translation.
The best course of action is to take care with others and, when possible, pursue what genuinely lights you up. Creative outlets and activities that bring you unadulterated delight are the balm to any friction at this time.
The planet of communication is here to encourage you to trust your gut and pursue the activities, people, and places that leave you feeling energized. Follow what feels good. Connect with your joy by checking in with yourself — say yes to things that genuinely delight you, and gather your courage to say no to the things that don’t.
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Gemini & Gemini Rising
Mercury in Virgo directs its fierce problem-solving skills to the parts of your interior world that need it most. This is a great time to give TLC to your sleep routine — set your phone to “do not disturb” an hour before bed, or introduce a new practice that helps you unwind. Or, to give some extra attention to house agreements for chores, shared space, and fridge real estate alongside the people you share space with.
If home is not one fixed location for you, this astrology brings the people and places that nurture your sense of foundation, care, and rest to the front and center. These sources of safety in your life are especially nourishing and affirmative of the vast root system that lifts you up. Spend extra time with the people or places that offer you this, or make a list of what makes you feel assured and comforted to keep close by and read when you need reminding most.
As the month continues, the planet of communication encourages you to spend time with your below-the-surface emotions, memories, and beliefs. Consider writing a letter to your past self about how you define home and safety, now. Tell them everything they needed to hear.
Get curious about what your heart wants to feel taken care of, and to feel at home.
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Cancer & Cancer Rising
Mercury in Virgo cranks the heat up on your communications. Think: constantly bumping into people you know on the street, having your phone feel like a live wire of notifications, and talking to your neighbors, friends, and family all at the same time. While all these things may not happen directly to you, Mercury in Virgo infuses the air with this quality of buzzing commotion.
In addition to an influx of DMs, new ideas, plans, and changes (big and small) will be coursing through your community. While this energy can feel electric, it can also be dizzying, so don’t underestimate the power of rest and the relief of quiet during this time.
This Mercurial season is all about flexibility and being open to unforeseen events — and solutions — in your daily life. Make the practices that ground you a priority, even as you’re surrounded by movement and change. It’s time to soften your grip on fixed schedules and your ideas of how things should go.
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Leo & Leo Rising
Mercury in Virgo casts vigilant focus on what you value in life — in your material, intellectual, and spiritual realms. While it can be tempting to stick to doing things the way you always have, this is a potent time to establish new ways to work with your resources.
During this three-week stint in Virgo, Mercury encourages you to rework and broaden your personal definition of abundance — without the influence of anyone else.
This Mercurial season is here to encourage you to get curious about the definitions of abundance that you’ve inherited, and the definitions you want to create for yourself. During this time rework and refresh your budgets. Recycle old stories. Plant the seeds of the new stories and definitions you want to grow.
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Virgo & Virgo Rising
Mercury in Virgo brings a sharp precision to all the ways you express yourself. So ready your glue gun, colored pencils, collage materials, DIY home projects, or anything else that gives you an outlet to create during this time.
But be careful: Juggling multiple projects all at once can transform into a tripwire. Remember that rest and creativity can both be yours to claim. The more you can recharge and check in with yourself, the more bandwidth you create for any and all projects you’re balancing right now.
This three-week stint offers you an opportunity to zero-in on the practices that soothe your mind and the expressive outlets that light up your creative energy.
Meditations, walks, naps, and showers are all small, but mighty, ways to ground yourself during this busy and energized time.
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Libra & Libra Rising
Mercury in Virgo’s extreme attention to detail illuminates the more subconscious, interior parts of yourself with sharp focus. Here, the messenger planet isn’t scared of a few cobwebs and leaves no stone unturned.
Now is a powerful time to encourage radical honesty with yourself about what’s been feeling good in your life, and what’s been more challenging. Free writing, sharing with others, or taking time for yourself can all support this kind of excavation.
With all of this self-exploration, alone time is crucial. Naps, unscheduled hours, time spent outside, or anything else that gives you regenerative rest is all the elixir you need.
Make a list of affirmations for courage and then tape them on your wall, carry them with you in your pocket, or speak them out loud. You are more brave than you give yourself credit for.
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Scorpio & Scorpio Rising
Mercury in Virgo amplifies your analytical prowess and asks you to reconsider the goals and expectations you hold yourself to, and invites you to observe the way you compare yourself to your communities.
We all carry stories we tell ourselves about accomplishment. Use this time to figure out which stories are yours, which are intergenerational inheritances, and which are societal norms dressed up like truth.
During this three-week stint, the roles you play in your friend and familial communities are vying for your attention. Get curious about the old narratives you have internalized about your role in group dynamics, and get clear on what you want to create moving forward.
Because Mercury is the planet of communication, speaking out loud what you notice, and what you want to do differently, writing down what’s coming up for you, or turning towards any expressive outlet will support channeling what you uncover.
Be gentle and patient with yourself as you sift through any internalized feelings about your achievement in comparison to others. Believe in your incredible capacity to start anew.
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Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising
Mercury in Virgo invites you to dream up, and analyze, plans for your professional life and collaborations. Take inventory of what’s working. Go back to the drawing board and dig into the plans you want to create or improve. Challenge yourself to get clear on what you need to start building. If you’ve been waiting to sync with your boss or co-creators, this is the moment.
By mid-August, the boundary between imagination and illusion will be hazy — thanks to Mercury’s connection with Neptune — so take your time when communicating and drawing up plans with your co-collaborators. Trust that whatever projects and collaborations withstand the dream-fog are stable and lasting.
During this Mercurial season, it can be easy to get caught up in bureaucratic red tape and miss the forest for the trees. Remember to step back every now and then to appreciate the big-picture view of what you’re creating.
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Capricorn & Capricorn Rising
Mercury in Virgo brings its rigorous love of detail to your long-term plans and your desire to seek out novelty. Turning onto new streets when traveling somewhere familiar, being open to your schedule steering off course, or chatting with someone new could all feed this appetite for discovery.
Thanks to Neptune’s hazy, topsy-turvy nature, your days may become one big game of telephone around August 21st. Attempting to cling to clarity during this time will be as successful as trying to keep an ice cube from melting by holding it in your hand.
Instead, use this time to relish any questions that may be circling your mind. Whether they’re related to your long-term plans, your desire for new adventures, or your aim to bring change to your life, the things you want to learn more about will be like magnets to you. Allow yourself to follow their pull.
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Aquarius & Aquarius Rising
Mercury in Virgo ignites your desire for experiences that remind you of your ability to dive deep. Conversations that aren’t afraid to plunge below surface small-talk, art that reminds you of your vast emotional landscape, and moments that leave you breathless are calling to you.
During this three-week stint, the subterranean parts of you that tend to shy towards the back of the room are more easily accessible than usual thanks to Mercury zooming through this part of your life. Mercury’s way with words may make it so that these parts of you have a louder voice than usual, and can be more easily expressed.
This is a potent time to get to know the shapes and feelings of your emotional and mental health. You may be pulled to spend time thinking about the interwoven relationships that change, loss, and growth share with one another. Remember to bring lightheartedness, play, time outside, and conversations with loved ones into your days, to balance out any emotional spelunking you embark on.
Finding outlets for your emotions to flow (like talking with a friend, journaling, drawing, or listening to music) will help you channel any high-voltage feelings that may come up.
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Pisces & Pisces Rising
Mercury in Virgo brings its laser-sharp focus and expert communication skills to the central romantic, platonic, and work partnerships in your life. Mercury’s gift for gab will support all the conversations you need to have during this time, while Virgo encourages you to analyze your relationships from a clear distance.
This bird’s-eye view gives you extra discernment and facilitates your ability to uncover new or alternative solutions to the sticking points in your relationships. You may notice new ways of seeing your beloveds and refreshed ways they see and relate to you.
Make room for anything that pushes to the surface. Jot down your thoughts or record voice notes whenever you notice your emotions veering toward hot-button topics. Then, make intentional time to share what you’ve been learning with those involved.
For the next three weeks, Mercury in Virgo is here to support your communication with those closest to you — especially when the topic is complex, challenging, or requires extra vulnerability. Take a breath, and then deep-dive together.
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