refinement, renewal, integration, and initiation.
exploring sidereal virgo season (september 16 - october 17, 2025) + autumn forecasts for the elements
the sun entered virgo on september 16, joining mercury.
virgo is the archetype of the reverent artisan, the meticulous craftsperson, and the healer whose hands intimately know that spirit lives within matter. this mutable earth sign pays careful attention to the smallest details knowing that they can change the shape of the whole and our perspective of + experience with it. virgo is often characterized through the energy of critique, but at its core is devotion to creating coherence from fragments, restoring integrity where things have fractured, and to tending to life so it flourishes and thrives.
central to virgo’s path is embodiment. this sign brings us home to the body as a grounding site and a guide. here, digestion of our intake via food, feeling, and experience occurs, and we’re reminded that nothing is fully integrated until it is processed. virgo teaches us that wisdom is felt in the gut, created through our practices, and refined through repetition. its mutable quality grants its flexibility, while its earth quality provides roots and substance. virgo shows us how to adapt without losing our connection to what nurtures and sustains us.
virgo’s primary archetypal symbol, the virgin, is often misinterpreted to mean untouched or morally pure, but it’s deeper, truer meaning is sovereignty and wholeness within one’s self that’s not dependent on external validation. this sovereignty is upheld through daily acts of care, presence, and dedication, such as organizing our environments, tending to our bodies, and honoring the sacredness of everyday life, which amplifies virgo’s expression as the alchemist who honors the magic in the mundane.
major sidereal transits of virgo season
▫ september 16 · sun enters virgo
▫ september 17 · mercury opposite saturn
▫ september 21 · sun opposite saturn, virgo new moon/solar eclipse
▫ september 22 · autumnal equinox (n) / vernal equinox (s)
▫ september 23 · sun opposite neptune
▫ september 24 · sun trine pluto, mars square pluto
▫ october 1 · mercury square jupiter
▫ october 3 · mercury enters libra
▫ october 6 · pisces full moon
▫ october 9 · venus enters virgo
▫ october 11 · venus opposite saturn
▫ october 13 · pluto stations direct (capricorn)
▫ october 17 · sun square jupiter
minor sidereal transits of virgo season
▫ september 18 · mercury opposite neptune
▫ september 19 · mercury trine uranus, mercury trine pluto
▫ september 20 · venus square uranus
▫ september 23 · sun trine uranus
▫ october 7 · mercury square pluto
▫ october 8 · venus sextile jupiter
▫ october 14 · venus trine uranus, venus trine pluto
for the entire season: mars in libra, jupiter in gemini, saturn rx + neptune rx in pisces, uranus rx in taurus, pluto in capricorn, lunar nodes in aquarius (☊) and leo (☋).
read past reflections about virgo season including medicines of the season: movement is life + hermit, healer, scientist, and sage