Are Virgo and Scorpio compatible?

By tradition, the connection is stimulating. These two signs complement each other, earth with water.

♍︎♏︎ Virgo and Scorpio compatibility

How well do Virgo and Scorpio go together? By tradition: stimulating.

These two signs complement each other, earth with water. You spur each other on without bending out of shape, and it rarely gets dull. A connection that can begin as a friendship and last a long time.

What helps: Shared plans keep the connection alive.

What connects them

Both are attentive and reliable, and trust grows here slowly and firmly.

Where it rubs

Both hold back their feelings, and mistrust can quietly take hold.

Element and way

Earth and water: water makes the earth fertile, earth gives water a bed. Tradition sees care on both sides here: one gives support, the other gives feeling. Together you make something that can grow.

Virgo is a mutable sign, Scorpio a fixed one. The fixed sign wants constancy, the mutable one variety. One is the anchor, the other the wind. It goes well when the anchor does not hold on to everything and the wind does not keep changing direction.

The two in love

In love, Virgo shows its affection through deeds. It needs trust, order and honesty.

In love, Scorpio is deep and passionate. It needs loyalty and real closeness.

The planets of the two

The planet of Virgo is Mercury. Mercury stands for language and the mind. It brings conversation, curiosity and humour to a relationship.

The planet of Scorpio is Pluto, by the old rulership Mars. Pluto stands for depth and change. It brings passion to a relationship and the will to leave nothing on the surface.

	Virgo	Scorpio
Element	Earth	Water
Quality	mutable	fixed
Planet	Mercury	Pluto (traditionally Mars)

The sky for the two, as of 19 October 2026

Venus is currently in Scorpio, until 24 October. For Virgo, it touches the area of errands and conversations. For Scorpio, it is in that very sign. As long as Venus is in one of the two signs, tradition says that sign finds it easier to show and receive affection. Venus has been retrograde since 3 October and stays so until 14 November. During this time, tradition advises clearing up old matters between two people rather than sealing new ones. On 20 August 2027, Venus enters Virgo. Mars is currently in Leo, until 25 November.

Computed from the real sky, new every day.

Read by decans

Tradition divides every sign into three decans of about ten days. Each decan has a sub-sign of the same element, and the couple then reads like the two sub-signs. If you know the birthdays, here is the finer reading. Under each decan are its approximate days and its sub-sign. The dates are for 2026 and shift by about a day from year to year.

	Scorpio I 23 Oct – 1 Nov Scorpio	Scorpio II 2 Nov – 11 Nov Pisces	Scorpio III 12 Nov – 21 Nov Cancer
Virgo I 23 Aug – 2 Sep Virgo	stimulating	magnetic	stimulating
Virgo II 3 Sep – 12 Sep Capricorn	stimulating	stimulating	magnetic
Virgo III 13 Sep – 22 Sep Taurus	magnetic	stimulating	stimulating

Frequently asked questions

Are Virgo and Scorpio compatible?: By tradition, the connection is stimulating. These two signs complement each other, earth with water.
What connects Virgo and Scorpio?: Both are attentive and reliable, and trust grows here slowly and firmly.
Where is there friction between Virgo and Scorpio?: Both hold back their feelings, and mistrust can quietly take hold.
What helps Virgo and Scorpio as a couple?: Shared plans keep the connection alive.

More precise than the sun sign

The zodiac sign is only part of the picture. Tradition also looks at where Venus, Mars and the Moon stood at birth, and at the ascendant.

Calculate Venus, Mars and the Moon: how the two of you love, desire and what you need, from the date of birth alone.
Synastry: the two birth charts laid over each other, with time and place of birth.
Venus retrograde: every date until 2030 and what it means for love.
Chinese compatibility: the twelve animals by year of birth.

Virgo with the other signs

The reading follows tradition: it reads a couple by the distance between the two signs in the zodiac, by their elements, their way and their planets. It is no verdict on two people. Whether it fits is for the two of them to decide.