Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area on average between August 23 and September 24, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Virgo from September 17 to October 17.ndividuals born during these dates, depending on which system of astrology they subscribe to, may be called Virgos or Virgoans. The symbol of the maiden is based on Astraea. She was the last immortal to abandon Earth at the end of the Silver Age, when the gods fled to Olympus – hence the sign's association with Earth.