Virgo (The Virgin)

August22 - September21

Symbol: The Virgin
Ruling Planet: Mercury
Earth - Mutable - Negative
Night Forces - Feminine
Growth Phase: The Adult
Secret Motivation: "I Analyze"

VIRGO IN A NUTSHELL

The sign of the Critic, the Secretary

Personality: Highly critical, exact and methodical, expressive, discriminating, analytical, sincere, reasonable, psychic and expressive.

Positive Qualities: Methodical, psychic, exact and reasonable, expressive, analytical, discriminating.

Negative Qualities: Too critical, narrow and rigid, prudish and fault-finding, unsympathetic, quarrelsome, miserly.

PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER

A critic, chemist, researcher. Virgin purity - sometimes the opposite. The detailer. Clothes-, food- and animal-conscious. Cannot see the woods for the trees. Money-conscious, but in a tasteful way. Excels at crafts. Usually realistic in love, but sometimes disappointed. Aspires to a fine home. Subject to strange fears and feelings. Aims to serve and heal. Hence, nurses, doctors, scientists. Youthful appearance and ideas. Loves to be useful.

KARMIC MISSION

To communicate - in a material, secretive, reflective and strategic manner.

ENERGY PATTERN

Each of the 12 Signs of the Zodiac represents specific energy patterns, or modes of expression. They act as modifiers of the elements with which they are associated, be it a Planet or a House. Virgo is analysis, refinement, and discrimination seeking perfection and purification of the self. This is the sign of the craftsman.

INFLUENCE OF THE PLANET

Those born under Gemini and Virgo are the Mercury type. You are often slim, of average height, have a small bone structure, large eyes, and intelligent expression, mobile features and an amiable disposition. You are inquisitive, restless and high-strung, but very adaptable, which is a strong point in your favor.

VIRGO LOVE MYSTERY

Yours is not the sign of one of the great lovers of the world. Your attitude to love and marriages is very traditional and conventional, preferring the comforts and security of domestic bliss to a grand passion that sweeps you off your feet. There is not too much glamour in your attitude, though you have the sterling qualities of being steadfast and loyal. This staying power may well count far more in the long run. Yours will be solid and enduring relationships, but uneventful. You expect a matching steadiness in your spouse with values that match your own. A tidy home and money in the bank mean a lot to you. You have a tendency to anxiety that verges on the neurotic, though you make sacrifices willingly for your home and family. Often, sexual problems may create marital discord. Mere sex is not sufficient to cement your involvements. There must also be an intellectual bond. There might also be sexual deviants born under this sign, so care must be taken. Sometimes you may need to take psychiatric counseling, too.

SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS

Sex plays an important role in the life of every man and woman. It lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to revere life until we know how to understand sex. Indian astrological science attributes certain sexual characteristics to persons according to the sign under which they have been born.

You are the shy type who has to be won over. You are reticent at making any advances towards the other sex. You usually beget more girls and fewer boys.

AS A FRIEND

Virgo is at his best, very reliable and steady, always helpful and full of practical suggestions. 'Once a friend, always a friend', might well be your motto for life. Yours is the sign of service, and living for the community. You hate to sever relationships.

YOUR LUCKY ELEMENTS

Take a quick look at what is lucky for you.

Birth Stone: Lapis Lazuli
Lucky Gems: Topaz (lucky stone Marble)
Lucky Colors: Off White, Dull Orange, Yellow, Gray and Mushroom
Lucky Numbers: 5, 14, 23, 32, 50, 41, 59 (the 5 series)
Lucky Talisman: The Key, The Owl, Bamboo, Serpent and the Tan
Lucky Herbs and Flowers: None of the Pink or Red ones. All the Violet and Blue ones, eg, Violets and Larkspur
Lucky Day: Wednesday


FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
Following are some of the famous personalities who were born under your zodiac sign.

1. Geof Andromeda
2. Prince Albert
3. Queen Elizabeth I
4. Henry Ford II
5. Joseph Kennedy Sr.
6. Sophia Loren
7. George Montgomery
8. Leo Tolstoy
9. H. G. Wells
10. Charles Boyer

By Renu Shastri