Virgo is ruled by the planet Mercury, and its symbol is the virgin carrying sheaves of grain. It is one of three earth signs. There are three signs in each of four categories: fire, water, earth, and air. The other two kindred earth signs are Taurus and Capricorn.
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What is said to characterise Virgoans above everything else is their analytical minds. For that reason, it shouldn't come as a surprise that they're also supposed to value the work ethic and efficiency highly. Indeed, a typical Virgoan is supposed to be so fond of exacting detail that he or she often can't see the big picture or distinguish the wood from the trees.
People might find typical Virgoans lacking in feeling or reserved, but this is more likely to be the mask they wear in order to conceal their nervous, sympathetic, and contradictory natures behind a supposedly stern matter-of-factness, thereby making them appear as they most want to appear - as efficient and businesslike. Virgoans aren't supposed to be dreamers, they're supposed to be doers. Mercury, their ruler, is the planet of motion, and as such is said to incline them to a state of constant activity, directing all of their energy to achieving and accomplishing. Therefore, they can be exacting employers, but, being innately sympathetic, they're seldom unjust in their demands.
The supposed analytical shrewdness of typical Virgoans should enable them to make sense of the most complex of situations. They're said to be good with their hands, inventive, have an good taste and an eye for detail. If so, they should make excellent technicians and engineers, but, because they're said to have a love of history and statistics, and also have a good memory for quotations from well-know writings, they're supposed to be more fitted for work in an office or library than in a workshop. Virgoans are said to make excellent accountants and bookkeepers, statisticians, editors, and analytical chemists.
Most of the Virgoans I've come across are well known for possessing a strict moral sense, but their fondness for exercising their shrewdness and subtlety is said to make them prone to being unscrupulous in business dealings, which, thankfully, is a potential failing that most of them can keep well under control. In general, therefore, they are widely regarded as being the most reliable and conscientious of people.
Because of a tendency to appreciate many different perspectives and points of view at the same time, their principal failings are understandably said to be vacillation and a lack of self-confidence. They find it difficult to take a strong enough stance to make good leaders, and, if true, would also make them tend to shirk responsibility and prefer to work under someone else's direction. However, if they were born with the Moon positioned in a fire sign, they are said to make capable leaders.
Because they are said to have a tendency to be anxious and worry, they're also said to be inclined to suffer from stomach and bowel problems. If so, they should take care to determine the kind of diet that best suits their digestive system.
Famous Virgoans are: the writers Goethe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (September 9, 1828), D.H. Lawrence, and Stephen King (September 21, 1947), the movie stars Greta Garbo and Sean Connery (August 25, 1930), and Queen Elizabeth I. Looking at images of most of those people, it seems true that the nose structure of Virgoans tends to be very noticeably unusual.
The signs that share the same element are said to be most compatible. Hence Arians are generally compatible with people of the other two fire signs, Leo and Sagittarius. But people of the same sign, having broadly similar characteristics, which could be a source of friction or annoyance, might be less compatible together than people of signs that are more complementary. The air, earth, and fire signs are supposed to get on well together, because these elements can readily be mixed most of the time. Air fuels fire, fire is made on earth, fire can scorch earth, but earth can also smother fire. Water and earth make the very ground of life, but also make mud, swamp, or quicksand, so the water and earth signs can be far more problematic together, whereas earth and air are mostly neutral towards one another, but the earth can suffer badly from strong winds. Astrology was built up by determining the twelve signs of the zodiac and associating them with the four main elements, the interaction of which was used to determine broad affinities or incompatibilities that were then refined by the relationships of the planets (that are said to govern particular aspects and areas of life) and the twelve constellations of stars that make up the zodiac.
Astrology says that it is necessary to match the birth charts of people that have been drawn up using the time, date, year and place of birth to find out precisely how compatible they are. It is not supposed to be reliable to judge compatibilities by using just the sun signs that the people being matched have.
But even with that qualification hanging over it, compatibility between people is an aspect of astrology that can be explored meaningfully if enough people return the information in the main submission form on this site - as truthfully and as accurately as possible.
A brief explanation of the astral factors with which astrology worksThe Twelve ConstellationsThe astrologer works with what is known as an ephemeris that tells him where the various planets will be in the heavens at any particular time. Astronomers use tables of the same kind, and so do all sea and air navigators. To the astrologer there are ten astral bodies, loosely called planets, which include the moon and the sun, that appear to move around the earth against the broad background of the Milky Way - our own galaxy of stars, of which our own sun is one. These astral bodies can be thought of as the ten hands of a giant and very accurate clock that provide information about the epoch, the century, the year, the month, the week, the day, the hour, the minute, and the second. The Milky Way is divided into the twelve constellations of the Zodiac - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, etc. The horoscope for any given time is the astrological chart of the positions of the ten astral bodies in the Zodiac at that time, which the astrologer compiles and then interprets by using astrological methods and interpretations. The fire and air sun signs (Fire: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius - Air: Aquarius, Gemini, Libra) make up what astrology deems the active or masculine signs, while the earth and water sun signs (Earth: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn - Water: Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio) make up the passive or feminine signs. Here is an example of the signs involved in the birth chart of a typical Leo: Count of the planets in genders: Masculine Signs 7 - Feminine Signs 3 Masculine signs predominate, so this person is either a masculine man, or a women with a well-developed masculine side to her personality. The eight planets in the solar system plus the sun and the moon make up the 10 'planets' used in western astrology. Sun: Identity, Purpose (Individuality) - Moon: Feeling, responsiveness (Personality) - Mercury: Intellect, Communication (Mentality) - Venus: Attraction, Harmony (Affection) - Mars: Energy, Assertion (Initiative) - Jupiter: Enthusiasm, Adventurousness (Expansive) - Saturn: Caution, Restraint (Conservative) - Uranus: Independent, Intuitional (Originality) - Neptune: Inspirational, Mystical (Sensitivity) - Pluto: Regeneration, Obsession (Control) Very recently, there has also been the discovery of a new planet way beyond Pluto, which is really the size of a moon, that has been called Chiron. Astrologers have already incorporated it into the way they come to their various conclusions. Count of the planets in elements: Fire Signs 5 - Air Signs 2 - Earth Signs 1 - Water Signs 2 Five of the planets were located in the zodiac constellations of fire signs, two in air signs, etc. Therefore, although Leo is a fixed fire sign, each Leo has a mixture of the influence of other signs/elements in his or her birth chart, which can render a Leo untypical of the sign if the non-fire signs predominate. Another group of traits occurs among signs that are 90 degrees apart from one another. There are four signs in each group of Qualities, which are cardinal, fixed, or mutable. They are supposed to suggest the ways in which a person tends to behave in getting matters started, keeping them running, or steering them in different directions. Cardinal Signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. Initiating, enterprising, ambitious, domineering. Fixed Signs: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius. Determined, conventional, organising, dogmatic. Mutable Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius. Adaptable, imaginative, tutorial, critical. Count of the signs in Qualities: Cardinal Signs 3 - Fixed Signs 7 - Mutable Signs 0 The above count in the chart of this typical Leo suggests that the individual has fixed and cardinal Qualities. The Twelve HousesThe Zodiac is also divided into what are known as houses. Different systems have developed that divide the Zodiac into twelve houses using different methods. For this interpretation, the position of the ten astral bodies in relation to the twelve houses of the Zodiac at any particular time and place is employed. It is far too complex a matter to go into detail here, but the main areas of life that each house covers are as follows: House 1: The individual whose horoscope it is - his or her outward personality and appearance House 2: Money, portable possessions, income and finances House 3: Intelligence, communications, and close relationships House 4: The home and the mother House 5: Creation and procreation, love affairs, children, sexual compatibility and pleasures House 6: Servants, conditions of employment, illness and recovery House 7: Marriage and other partnerships House 8: Death and inheritance House 9: Foreign travel, exploration (geographical and spiritual), the law, religion and philosophy House 10: Fame, notoriety, careers, the father, and mentors House 11: Long-term plans, hopes, dreams, wishes, social position, friends, and organisations House 12: Secrecy, the unconscious, the psychic faculties, intuition, hidden fears, phobias, and enemies |
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