Famous Virgos
Virgo is the sign of craft: the rehearsal nobody sees, the stitch done twice, the sentence rewritten until it is right. Famous Virgos tend to be remembered for mastery more than for noise.
The Sun is in Virgo for anyone born between about 23 August and 22 September (the exact day changes slightly from year to year). Virgo is an earth sign ruled by Mercury, the planet of skill and the mind, and it shows in famous lives as precision, a love of detail and a high bar. Look down the list below and you will find singers known for flawless live shows, actors known for months of preparation, and designers who are known for their exacting tailoring.
The charts first: these are the Virgos whose birth time is on record and rated AA or A, so the Moon, the Rising sign and the houses can be trusted. Below them are more famous Virgos by date of birth, which is all you need to know a Sun sign.
The charts
More famous Virgos
We have not added full charts for these Virgos yet, so they are listed by date of birth, which is all a Sun sign needs.
- Tim Burton, film director (born 25 August 1958): Began as an animator at Disney, and his films still grow out of his own drawings.
- Tom Ford, designer and film director (born 27 August 1961): Revived Gucci in the 1990s, then directed A Single Man (2009) with the same exacting eye.
- Ingrid Bergman, actress (born 29 August 1915): The Stockholm-born star of Casablanca, who won three Academy Awards and worked in five languages.
- Salma Hayek, actress and producer (born 2 September 1966): Spent years developing Frida (2002) as producer before playing Frida Kahlo herself.
- Keanu Reeves, actor (born 2 September 1964): Known for training for months to do his own fight scenes in The Matrix and John Wick films.
- Freddie Mercury, singer, Queen (born 5 September 1946): A trained designer as well as a singer, he drew Queen's crest himself and planned every stage costume.
- Idris Elba, actor (born 6 September 1972): Known from The Wire and Luther, and a working DJ and producer alongside acting.
- Stella McCartney, designer (born 13 September 1971): Built a luxury fashion house without leather or fur, at a time when that was unheard of.
- Amy Winehouse, singer (born 14 September 1983): Her album Back to Black (2006) brought classic soul and jazz writing to a new generation.
- Greta Garbo, actress (born 18 September 1905): Another Stockholm-born star, famous for exacting work on screen and for guarding her privacy off it.
- Twiggy, model and actress (born 19 September 1949): The face of 1960s London, who went on to act, sing and design.
- Sophia Loren, actress (born 20 September 1934): The first actor to win an Oscar for a performance not in English, for Two Women (1960).
- Leonard Cohen, poet and songwriter (born 21 September 1934): A poet first, he was famous for reworking songs for years, sometimes writing dozens of verses to keep a few.
Are you a Virgo too?
If you were born between about 23 August and 22 September, your Sun is in Virgo. Make your own chart below to see your Moon and Rising sign, and compare it with any of the charts above.
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