6th sign of the zodiac
Polarity: female
Element: earth
Quality: mutable
Domicile: Mercury
Exaltation: –
Exile: Jupiter, Neptune
Fall: Venus
Anatomy: digestive tract, intestines, abdomen, pancreas
As the mutable sign under the rulership of Mercury, Virgo is the sign that, as the last sign of summer, symbolize harvest.
Character traits:
Virgo is a sign in which reason has a dominant role over will and feelings. Those born under this sign often have a penetrating, analytical mind and learn quickly and easily. They tend to analyze everything to the smallest detail, rely on logic and are often skeptical of everything that has not been checked and proven. They have excellent powers of observation and tend to classify and arrange everything carefully. They are great perfectionists and constantly strive for perfection in whatever they do. Due to their strong drive for order, it is not uncommon for them to be very neat, meticulous and burdened with cleanliness.
Virgo is a sign of criticism, and since it is a dual sign, criticism is often directed in both directions, towards others and towards oneself. This tendency often brings people who have important factors in this sign great problems in relationships, because they tend to point out flaws and shortcomings in others, and since Jupiter and Venus are in exile and fall in this sign, they rarely overestimate and idealize anyone and they can be very stingy with praise and compliments. As they are also very self-critical, they often suffer from a lack of self-confidence, have a low self-esteem and can develop an inferiority complex. It is not rare that they are extremely shy, closed, melancholic, worried.
As a sign of matter, Virgo symbolizes reason focused on practical affairs, so as such it is a sign of work and service. Members of this sign are often very hard-working and dedicated to their craft, tending to be workaholics, and as Venus is in fall in this sign, they often overdo their work and expose themselves to great tension, because they cannot rest. They often don’t know how to relax and enjoy themselves.
Virgo and the analogous 6th house symbolize health issues, so it is not uncommon for people born under this sign to be interested in medicine, but also to burden themselves with fear of illnesses, so they often imagine that they are sick and are prone to hypochondria. A significant number of people born under this sign always have a large number of medicines and preparations, which, in case of emergency, they often carry with them everywhere.
As Virgo is a sign of pulverized matter, people born with an emphasis on this sign often find satisfaction in small, trivial things, “little things mean life”. But they are often satisfied with a small income, a modest life, they embrace minimalism and tend to underestimate their value.
Since Virgo is the sign of the detriment of Jupiter and Neptune, members of this sign often do not attach great importance to faith and religion, do not rely on luck and providence, and are rarely interested in mysticism and the occult. Most often, they are supporters of science and being pragmatic, methodical, empiricists, they rely on verified and proven data and facts. Like the Gemini, they have pronounced literary gifts, both for prose and poetry, have great command of language, are excellent speakers and educators, have a sense for storytelling. They can be found in large numbers among administrators, accountants, bookkeepers, bureaucrats, critics, assistants, specialists, craftsmen, statisticians, sociologists, anthropologists.
Various meanings:
work, job, workplace, office, colleagues, assistants, apprentices, servants, lackeys, clients, clerks, waiters, health, sickness, heath center, hygiene, cleanliness, cleaning, pedantry, puritanism, analysis, critique, pharmacy, laboratory, craftsmen, veterinarians, small animals, bureaucracy, book keeping, precision, statistics, smallness, tenants, libraries, military service…
