Virgo Aug 24 - Sept 22 - The Virgin
Archetype:
The Virgin. You like everything to be just
right and perfection is your middle name. You may worry so much
about the little details that you forget to enjoy life.
Stone: Sardonyx: This stone can be found in
several different colors, but the one associated with Virgo
is reddish brown. It is part of the quartz family.
Ruling Planet: Mercury: Mercury
symbolizes rational thought and intellect, the gift of mediation,
common sense, verbalizing, and the tracking of news. Mercury
is the messenger; with his mental briskness and rhetoric abilities
he is able to react to any given circumstance.
In mythology,
Hermes/Mercury was closely related to the Sun-god Helios/Apollon.
His task was to inform the will of the gods to mankind, and
vice versa. He also brought the wishes of mankind before them.
This required a versatile, perceptive yet sly mind, with a
good gift of observation. Hermes/Mercury is seen as the most
human of all gods. Consequently he is most likely to be lured
into temptation.
Defining Animal: The Virgin: The
virgin is the entity associated with this sign. It represents
purity of intent to the actions of the person born under this
sign.
Health Problems: Virgo
governs the hands, stomach, intestine, spleen, and central nervous
system. You may also have problems with colds and pneumonia.
Due to your extremely sensitive stomach you usually have problems
with stomach problems and bowels. You are very sensitive in nature
so you tend to take any nervous tension, anxiety, or worry internally.
This leads to tension, which leads to headaches, which leads
to stomach aches, and so on.
You likely enjoy team sports and fast paced games. As you get
older you may enjoy games such as golf, even gardening. If you
are artistic you may like ballet or gymnastics. All of these
activities are enjoyable and tend to stimulate your need for
variety.
About Virgo: This is the
only zodiac sign represented by a female. Virgoans are creative,
delicate, and intelligent. You are very precise and need things
to be clean, conventional, and efficient. You are usually observant,
wise, critical, patient, and a strong supporter of the status
quo. You may have a hard time trusting others and, thus, often
appear cold and careless. You hide apprehension about yourself
while seeming sympathetic to others problems. This often builds
resentment but no one can ever figure out why. In your unassuming,
cheerful, and agreeable manner, you can be discreet and well
spoken with a good understanding of other people's problems
- which are solved more easily than your own personal problems.
You are methodical, logical, studious, and teachable. You have
an excellent eye for detail but may be so concerned with that
detail that you neglect larger issues. You are practical with
your hands and have genuine talent. Thoroughness, hard work,
and conscientiousness are all qualities you employ. You are such
a perfectionist that if anything goes wrong you tend to be easily
discouraged. You can see every angle of an argument and find
philosophical concepts difficult because you have no confidence
in any conclusions at which they arrive.
Too much modesty can make you seem old-maidish and your concern
for detail can turn into perfectionism. You can easily turn a
molehill into a mountain and your constant worrying can be detrimental
for your health.
Love and Friendship: In
marriage you are genuinely affectionate, making a good spouse
and parent. Your love making is a perfection of technique rather
than the expression of desire, and you must be careful not
to mate with a partner whose sex drive needs a passion you
can not match. Once committed to a relationship, you are very
faithful. You may tend to worry more about whether the bedroom
is clean or the food is good enough rather than on focusing
your attention on your partner. Listen very closely to your
partner. When he/she tells you that you are "nagging", you
probably are as you have an innate tendency to abruptly point
out another's weaknesses.
Career: You tend to make
a better subordinate than a leader. You are annoyed with responsibility
and would prefer to be admired for reaching your goals. Your
distrust in yourself is something you put onto others and tends
to make you a demanding employer. You have potential abilities
in the arts, sciences, and languages. You need stimulation
from practical problems rather than routines that require no
thought. You are careful with money and thus make good bookkeepers.
They could enjoy a career in fashion where they would be able
to be trend setters. They love country life, but don't usually
make good farmers because they don't like to be that dirty.
Virgo Cosmic Strengths
• Analytical
• Meticulous
• Skillful
• Sensual
• Innocent
• Perfectionist
• Hard working
• Helpful
• Dependable
• Modest
• Shy
• Reliable
• Practical
• Diligent
• Intelligent
Virgo Cosmic Weaknesses
• Petty
• Skeptical
• Melancholic
• Sloppy
• Prudish
• Nagging
• Narrow minded
• Fussy
• Worrier
• Overcritical
• Harsh
• Perfectionist
• Conservative
Virgo Careers
• Machine drawing
• Surveying
• Librarians
• Any work in an office
• Accountants
• Bookkeepers
• Physicists
• Chemists
• Welfare worker
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Psychologists
• Teachers
• Technologists
• Inspectors
• Critics
• Public speakers
• Writers, especially of dictionaries or encyclopedias.
• Landscaping
• Agriculture
