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Virgo
Virgo Traits
Characteristics of the Zodiac Sign in Your Horoscope
The Scrutineer

Virgo, the Virgin. VirgoVirgo, the Virgin (or Maiden), is the sixth sign of the Zo­di­ac. The sun enters it on or around August 23, when the summer is fad­ing. Virgo belongs to the ele­ment earth, its quality is mutable and its charge is negative. Its Ruler is Mercury, and Venus exalts in it. Its motto is: "I scruti­nize." In the horo­scope chart, Virgo brings a scrutinizing and diligent charac­ter to planets or Houses therein.



Your Star Sign Traits
Sun sign. Those who have Virgo as their star sign are born when the sun was in Virgo, normally August 23 - September 22 (it differs slightly from year to year, be­cause of the leap years). Therefore, it is also - more correctly - called the sun sign.
     The sun in your horoscope is your natural self - what you are when you relax, when other planets in your horoscope are not active. It is your basic drive, a character you have as an ingredient - more or less evident in all you do and all you are. It is the most important point in your horoscope chart, but of course it is not the only thing that describes your personality. You need to look at all the components of your birth chart, to get a correct astrological description of your­self.
     If your sun sign is Virgo, you are a hard working person, paying great attention to detail, scrutinizing just about everything. You are quite critical, the last one to be convinced or swept away. You're not much for improvisation, but need mostly to go to the bottom of things, and to be prepared. You are usually rather restless, getting frustrated if there is nothing to do - but there usually is. If not, then to redo.
     A Zodiac sign does not give exactly the same influ­ence all through its 30°. Its first third has something of a cardinal quality, whatever the quality of the sign as a whole is, its second third is slightly more fixed in quality, and the last third is more mutable.
     If the sun is in the beginning of Virgo, you are very critical and trust nothing that you have not examined thoroughly. Even things that seem to work, you want to disassemble, just to make sure. If the sun is in the middle of Virgo, you are mostly critical and doubtful to any kind of change. What works should be left as is. When you do something, you need to be very well prepared. If the sun is at the end of Virgo, you are very hard to convince, you tend always to see faults and shortcomings - also in yourself. You need to be doing something, always, but sometimes it's hard to figure out what.

Traits of Your Father
The sun in the horoscope also represents your father (the mother is represented by the moon). That means your Zodiac sign traits reveal something about the characteristics of your relationship with your father.
     If you have the sun in Virgo, your relation to your father is a bit strained. Neither one is fully pleased with the other, but quick to criticise. You both often think that the other one is doing things wrong, even if you're not always sure to be able to do it better. In spite of that, you have your best times together when you do things, when you're working on something. You can also enjoy your disputes, although neither one ever admits to be wrong.

Virgo, by Hevelius.

Traits of the Planets
When another planet or other point of the horo­scope is in Virgo, it's also affected by the Zodiac sign, get­ting some of its traits. Here are those astrological points, what they stand for in the horoscope, and how they are affected by Virgo:

The planets.
    Sun   basic drive - Virgo brings diligence and scru­tiny.
    Moon   longing - Virgo brings a sometimes frustrating inability to trust others.
    Mercury   curiosity - Virgo brings a sharp mind, set on details, keen to dispute.
    Venus   affection - Virgo brings a fine sense for detail and a capacity to handle complicated things.
    Mars   aggression - Virgo brings mechanical skills, and little patience with the shortcomings of others.
    Jupiter   luck - Virgo brings capacity to get lots of things done, and an ability to succeed in most trades.
    Saturn   duty - Virgo brings a strong conviction of the necessity to strive for perfection.
    Uranus   contemplation - Virgo brings a mind set on detail and on what makes things work.
    Neptune   fantasy - Virgo brings a fantasy that usu­ally stays on the ground, inside what's concrete and makes sense.
    Pluto   catharsis - Virgo brings concrete and pre­dictable changes, more often small than big ones.
    Ascendant, AC   attitude - Virgo brings a critical and demanding attitude, that might put others off.
    Medium Coeli, MC   self-image - Virgo brings a sense of being competent and serious, maybe also kind of boring.

Traits of the Houses
In the astrological Houses, the Zodiac signs also bring their character traits, influencing the environments de­scribed by the Houses. Here are the twelve Houses of the horoscope, what they stand for, and how Virgo affects them:
  1. Identity - Virgo makes you seem competent, but also predictable.
  2. Resources - Virgo makes you skilled at taking care of yourself.
  3. Communication - Virgo makes you doubt and criticize your friends, but you are a committed student.
  4. Home - Virgo makes your home well organized, and your family life is full of demands.
  5. Pastime - Virgo makes you diligent with many a hobby, and reluctant to just relax.
  6. Work - Virgo makes you work hard, and with considerable skill, which is also expected from you.
  7. Partners - Virgo makes it hard for you to find the perfect mate, and you tend to doubt any partner.
  8. Unknown - Virgo makes you frustrated by things out of your control, and working hard to prepare for them.
  9. Travel - Virgo makes you prepare any trip, no matter how short, and reluctant to accept changes in life.
  10. Career - Virgo makes you get a trusted position, where your competence is recognized, but you are not seen as a leader.
  11. Ideals - Virgo makes you quite utilitarian in your ideals. What works is good, what doesn't is bad. You are sure that you mostly know best.
  12. Shortcomings - Virgo makes it hard for you to have a lasting order in your life, and many things don't get done, no matter how many times you try.
     Of course, all of the above is very general, mainly to give you an idea of how the Zodiac sign traits affect the horoscope. You need to study your horoscope chart carefully, to make a deeper and more nuanced inter­pretation.

Virgo Compatibility
If you want to know how your Zodiac sign traits fit other people's Zodiac sign, and what a relationship with them might be like, please go here:
Virgo Compatibility

© Stefan Stenudd

Virgo, illustration from a 1482 edition of a book by Hyginus.

Stefan Stenudd
Stefan Stenudd
About me
I'm a Swedish writer and astrologer. Apart from fiction, I've written several books about astrology and spirituality. I'm also a historian of ideas, researching the thought patterns in creation myths. Here's my personal website: stenudd.com



Books by Stefan Stenudd:
Tao Te Ching - The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained, by Stefan Stenudd.
Tao Te Ching
The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained. The great Chinese classic by the founder of taoism, translated and extensively commented by Stefan Stenudd. Click here to see the book at Amazon.

More about the book here.

Life Energy Encyclopedia, by Stefan Stenudd.
Life Energy Encyclopedia
Qi (chi), prana, spirit, ruach, and other life forces around the world explained and compared. Click here to see the book at Amazon.

More about the book here.

Cosmos of the Ancients, by Stefan Stenudd.
Cosmos of the Ancients
What the Greek philo­sophers thought about religion, cos­mology, myth, and the gods. Click here to see the book at Amazon.

More about the book here.


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