Virgo is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a young woman. People who are born approximately between the 23rd of August and the 22nd of September come under this sign.
2. countable noun
A Virgo is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Virgo.
Virgo in British English
(ˈvɜːɡəʊ)
nounWord forms: Latin genitiveVirginis (ˈvɜːdʒɪnɪs)
1. astronomy
a large zodiacal constellation on the celestial equator, lying between Leo and Libra. It contains the star Spica and a cluster of several thousand galaxies, the Virgo cluster, lying 50 million light years away and itself containing the intense radio source Virgo A, which is the closest active galaxy
2. astrology
a. Also called: the Virgin
the sixth sign of the zodiac, symbol ♍, having a mutable earth classification and ruled by the planet Mercury. The sun is in this sign between about Aug 23 and Sept 22
b.
a person born when the sun is in this sign
adjective
3. astrology
born under or characteristic of Virgo
Also (for senses 2b, 3): Virgoan
Word origin
C14: from Latin
Virgo in American English
(ˈvɜrˌgoʊ)
noun
1.
a large equatorial constellation between Leo and Libra, including the bright star Spica; the Virgin
2.
the sixth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about August 22
Virgo is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a young woman. People who are born between approximately the 23rd of August and the 22nd of September come under this sign.