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Virgo tarot cards

23 Aug – 22 Sep (approximately) · Mutable earth · ruled by Mercury · suit of Pentacles

craft · service · discernment · health · perfectionism

Virgo is mutable earth at summer's end, the season of sorting the harvest. The Hermit is its trump: a lamp held up in the dark, wisdom found by looking closely and alone. Its decans are the Eight, Nine and Ten of Pentacles, a run from patient apprenticeship, to self-made comfort, to the wealth of a family over generations. Mercury rules it, so this is an earth that thinks, measures and improves.

The cards of Virgo

The HermitMajor ArcanaThe Hermitsolitude, searching, inner guidanceEight of PentaclesDecan 1Eight of PentaclesSun in Virgo · 23 Aug – 1 Sepdiligence, skill building, practiceNine of PentaclesDecan 2Nine of PentaclesVenus in Virgo · 2 Sep – 11 Sepself-sufficiency, earned comfort, refinementTen of PentaclesDecan 3Ten of PentaclesMercury in Virgo · 12 Sep – 21 Seplegacy, lasting wealth, family inheritanceKnight of PentaclesCourt card (modern scheme)Knight of PentaclesMutable earthreliability, steady effort, routine

Virgo cards in a reading

Virgo cards favour skill, routine and the body. The Hermit asks for quiet and a careful look; the late Pentacles reward steady work done well. The shadow is the detail that will not let you finish: the eight-hundredth coin polished when the work was good enough.

Reading for a Virgo

Reading for a Virgo, be precise and practical. They will notice vague wording. The Eight of Pentacles often comes up for them as encouragement to keep practising; the Hermit, as permission to step back.

A Virgo season spread

Virgo season (about 23 August to 22 September) is for routines, health and finishing. Draw this to sort what to keep improving and what to let be.

  1. 1. What needs attention: What deserves a closer look?
  2. 2. My craft: What skill is worth practising now?
  3. 3. Good enough: Where am I polishing past the point of use?
  4. 4. The body: What does my body ask of me?
  5. 5. What steady work builds: What can daily effort make by autumn?
Draw the Virgo season spread

Questions

What tarot card is Virgo?
In the Golden Dawn system used by the Rider–Waite–Smith deck, Virgo is The Hermit. Its three decans are the Eight of Pentacles (Sun in Virgo, 23 Aug – 1 Sep), the Nine of Pentacles (Venus in Virgo, 2 Sep – 11 Sep), the Ten of Pentacles (Mercury in Virgo, 12 Sep – 21 Sep).
What court card is Virgo?
In the modern scheme that gives cardinal signs to Queens, fixed signs to Kings and mutable signs to Knights, Virgo (mutable earth) is the Knight of Pentacles. Older Golden Dawn tables split each court card across two signs, so you will see other answers.
What planet rules Virgo?
Mercury rules Virgo in classical astrology, whose tarot card is The Magician.
Can I use tarot without knowing astrology?
Yes. The astrology is one layer of meaning built into the cards; every card can be read from its picture and its written meaning alone. The correspondences help when you want another angle, or when several cards of one sign or planet turn up together.

Correspondences follow the Golden Dawn system the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was made within (tropical zodiac, dates approximate; they shift by a day in some years). Other traditions assign some cards differently. See the full table for all 78 cards.