What Jupiter in Virgo means
A bakery opens at five, and its owner has this Jupiter. Nothing about it is flashy: the ovens are cleaned on a schedule, and the recipes have been adjusted for six years, so the regulars get the right order without asking. The work gets a little better every year, and the regulars start bringing their cousins.
Virgo is one of Jupiter's two detriments, across the chart from Pisces, its home. Mercury, which rules this mutable earth sign of craft and service, is the planet of checking, and Jupiter wants faith and sweep. People with this placement doubt their own good fortune and downplay praise, because they spot what could be better in any win. The friction is the work of the placement: you learn to trust what you can't yet prove and to let a good thing be good enough.
This is the placement of people who help. You might work in health care or teaching, in repair or editing, and be the person others call when something has to be done right. Worry comes with it, and so does a habit of hearing a compliment as a request for more. Colleagues learn that a document you've reviewed doesn't need a second review.
The 6th house is Virgo's natural ground: daily work and health routines. Jupiter there turns the workday itself into a place of growth. In the 7th house the partner is helpful and exacting, and in the 10th your reputation rests on reliability.
Virgo's share of birth dates is 8.98%, third of twelve, and a stay there averages 395 days. Across all Virgo Jupiter birth dates, 30.9% fall while the planet was retrograde. The 1970s hold only 2.6% of these births: the stay that began on October 19, 1967 ended on July 15, 1969, and the next one did not start until September 29, 1979. Jupiter enters Virgo next on July 26, 2027.
Jupiter in Virgo in love
At a new partner's place you re-hang the crooked shelf, and nobody asked you to. Small repairs are your love letters, from the loose cabinet door to the leftovers labeled by date. You remember the name of the person they're worried about at work. That's generous, and it can feel like a performance review when suggestions come with it. On a bad day you tidy their desk and call it comfort. You half believe you have to earn your place by being useful, and you relax when a partner tells you you've done enough and means it, and when they look after you in small ways without being asked. A shared routine, such as the Sunday market or the evening walk, gives the two of you a place to be together without a task.
Where they find luck and growth
Your reports are clean and you check things before you recommend them, and that reliability is what you're known for. Learning a trade or a clinical skill thoroughly is another way this Jupiter grows. The project that is 90 percent finished tends to stay at 90 percent for a year, so publish a date for it and ship on that date. Teaching others what you know, in a class or with a word at the right moment, widens what you can do.
Men and women with this placement
Jupiter in Virgo man
A man with this Jupiter is the one at work who rechecks the figures before the meeting, and at home he fixes things and rarely says what he feels.
Jupiter in Virgo woman
A woman with this Jupiter is modest about her skills and quick to help. A Jupiter in Virgo wife keeps the household running, and she books her husband's dental checkup after he has put it off for a year.
Find your Jupiter sign
Enter your birth date. The calculator places every planet on the zodiac wheel for that day and tells you whether your Jupiter is in Virgo. If Jupiter changed signs on your birthday, add your birth time.
| Planet | Sign | Degree | Stands for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☉ Sun | ♏︎ Scorpio | 13°46′ | core identity |
| ☽ Moon | ♏︎ Scorpio | 16°38′ | emotional needs |
| ☿ Mercury | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 3°09′ | how you think and talk |
| ♀ Venus | ♍︎ Virgo | 27°19′ | love and taste |
| ♂ Mars | ♏︎ Scorpio | 14°18′ | drive and anger |
| ♃ Jupiter | ♍︎ Virgo | 10°19′ | growth and luck |
| ♄ Saturn | ♒︎ Aquarius | 1°04′ | duty and limits |
| ♅ Uranus | ♑︎ Capricorn | 10°48′ | change and rebellion |
| ♆ Neptune | ♑︎ Capricorn | 14°27′ | dreams and ideals |
| ♇ Pluto | ♏︎ Scorpio | 20°01′ | power and renewal |
| ☊ North Node | ♑︎ Capricorn | 12°43′ | life direction |
| ⚸ Black Moon Lilith | ♑︎ Capricorn | 21°34′ | what you refuse to tame |
Without a birth time we check the whole day in US time zones. If a planet changed sign that day, both signs are shown; add your time to settle it. ℞ marks a planet that looked like it was moving backward (retrograde). North Node and Lilith are the mean positions.
Jupiter in Virgo in numbers
- Share of birth dates
- 8.98%
- Typical stay in Virgo
- 13 months
- Retrograde at birth
- 30.9% of them
- Element · quality
- Earth · Mutable
Our count of all 35,064 birth dates, January 1, 1930 to December 31, 2025, at noon UTC.
Work, money and beliefs
Health care and teaching suit you, and so do editing and research. You build a reputation slowly and keep it, and in meetings you've read the attachment. You budget and you avoid risk, and a short weekly look at the numbers satisfies the worrier in you and spares you the daily one. Your beliefs get tested before they get adopted, so you're hard to recruit and loyal once convinced.
Your Jupiter and your Sun sign
Born a Virgo under this Jupiter, you can redo a finished job three times and still apologize for it, and a boss or partner who says "done" out loud does you a real service. Pisces, opposite Virgo and a home sign for Jupiter, brings the faith Virgo lacks, and the combination is generous and practical at once. An earth Sun, Taurus or Capricorn, makes a reliable builder of this Jupiter, and a Leo or Libra Sun brings pride or charm to a modest one.
When Jupiter is in Virgo: dates and Jupiter return
Virgo is next on Jupiter's route: it enters on July 26, 2027 and stays until August 23, 2028. Before that, Jupiter was in Virgo from August 11, 1932 to September 9, 1933 and from July 26, 1944 to August 24, 1945. The mid-1950s brought three pieces: November 17, 1955 to January 17, 1956, July 8 to December 12, 1956 and February 20 to August 6, 1957. The late 1960s brought three more, October 19, 1967 to February 26, 1968, June 16 to November 15, 1968 and March 31 to July 15, 1969. The single stays were September 29, 1979 to October 26, 1980, September 12, 1991 to October 10, 1992, August 27, 2003 to September 24, 2004 and August 11, 2015 to September 8, 2016. Births in the 2015 to 2016 stay meet their return from July 26, 2027 to August 23, 2028. Births from August 27, 2003 to September 24, 2004 had theirs from August 11, 2015 to September 8, 2016, and births from September 12, 1991 to October 10, 1992 had theirs from August 27, 2003 to September 24, 2004.
| Entered Virgo | Left Virgo | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2027 | Aug 23, 2028 |
Dates in UTC: days when Jupiter stood in Virgo at noon UTC. In US time zones a change can fall a day earlier; on the first and last day the exact time matters, and the calculator above checks it for your birthday.
Share by decade of birth. It rises and falls with the planet's cycle, not with fashion.
Jupiter in Virgo compatibility
Pisces, the opposite sign, softens your exactness. People born from February 21, 1986 to March 2, 1987 or from February 4, 1998 to February 12, 1999 carry Jupiter in Pisces, and they bring vision and generosity to your care. A partner with the Sun or Mercury in Virgo finds your Jupiter encouraging their craft. A partner who says thank you out loud gets more of this Jupiter's care.
Both partners with the Sun in Virgo: Virgo and Virgo compatibility.
Famous people and celebrities with Jupiter in Virgo
- Tom Hanks, American actor and film producerJul 9, 1956
- Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actressAug 20, 1992
- Selena Gomez, American singer and actressJul 22, 1992
- Julia Roberts, American actressOct 28, 1967
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actor and producerMay 14, 1969
- Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae musicianFeb 6, 1945
- Will Smith, American actor, film producer and rapperSep 25, 1968
- Elinor Ostrom, American political economistAug 7, 1933
- Frances McDormand, American actressJun 23, 1957
Birth dates from Wikidata, only entries with a single sourced date. We list a person only if Jupiter was in Virgo for the whole of their birthday in every time zone. A placement describes a style in the astrological tradition; it does not explain anyone's success.
More Jupiter signs
How common each Jupiter sign is, and where Jupiter is today: Jupiter signs.
In tarot, the Golden Dawn gave Jupiter the card Wheel of Fortune: its meaning upright, reversed and in love.
Other planets in Virgo: ☽ Moon in Virgo · ☿ Mercury in Virgo · ♀ Venus in Virgo · ♂ Mars in Virgo · ♄ Saturn in Virgo · ♅ Uranus in Virgo · ♆ Neptune in Virgo · ♇ Pluto in Virgo · ☊ North Node in Virgo · ⚸ Black Moon Lilith in Virgo. Three or more of them together: stellium calculator.
Virgo elsewhere on the site: Virgo zodiac sign (the Sun in Virgo: traits, dates, love) · Midheaven in Virgo · Virgo compatibility by birth date · Moon sign calculator · earth signs · The World (the tarot card of earth) · in tarot, The Hermit (the Virgo card) · The Magician (the tarot card of Mercury, ruler of Virgo).
Jupiter in the sky now: where every planet is today · transit chart calculator (today's planets against your birth chart) · Virgo horoscope 2027 (the year ahead for the Sun sign) · all planet sign calculators.
Jupiter in Virgo in a full chart with a birth time on record: Kim Kardashian's birth chart · Demi Lovato's birth chart · Charli XCX's birth chart · Julia Roberts's birth chart · Mac Miller's birth chart · Bob Marley's birth chart · Will Smith's birth chart.
Questions people ask
Is Jupiter in Virgo a bad placement?
Virgo is a detriment for Jupiter, so Jupiter and the sign want different things. In people it shows as practical help and a worry about not doing enough.
What does Jupiter in Virgo mean?
Faith that shows up as useful work. People with it build luck by doing the job well and then doing it again, and they distrust praise until they have checked it.
Does a Virgo Jupiter make you lucky?
Slowly, and through a reputation for work that holds up.
When does Jupiter come back to Virgo?
From July 26, 2027 to August 23, 2028.
When is my Jupiter return?
For Virgo Jupiter births of 2015 to 2016, it runs from July 26, 2027 to August 23, 2028. The 2003 to 2004 births had theirs in 2015 and 2016, and the 1991 to 1992 births in 2003 and 2004.
What is a Jupiter in Virgo husband like?
Reliable and modest, and a little anxious. He shows affection by fixing things: the squeaky hinge gets oiled the same evening you mention it.
Why is a Virgo Jupiter so rare in the 1970s?
The stay of 1967 to 1969 ended on July 15, 1969, and the next one began on September 29, 1979, so the decade holds only 2.6% of these births.
How does a Virgo Jupiter differ from a Virgo Sun?
The Sun passes through Virgo for about a month every year, and Jupiter spends about a year there once every twelve. So a Virgo Sun marks a birthday, and a Virgo Jupiter marks a stretch of birth years shared by every Sun sign.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Wikidata: birth dates of the famous people listed
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
Written by The Zodiac Atlas editorial team with the help of AI and edited by a person. Planet positions come from the astronomy-engine ephemeris (tropical zodiac), and the statistics from our own run of every birth date from 1930 to 2025. Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science; read a placement as a set of questions about yourself.