Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Virgo marks the transition from summer to autumn, the time of the harvest. It is the sign of sorting the wheat from the chaff, focusing on purity, service, analysis, and perfection.
Understanding Virgo
Virgo is the archetype of the Analyst, the Healer, and the Servant of the Divine. Mutable Earth applies adaptability to the material world - the shifting, sorting, and refining energy that governs the processing of data and details.
Earth Element
Earth signs are grounded and practical. They are loyal and stable, and they stick by their people.
Mutable Modality
Adapters who embrace change. Virgo expresses earth energy in a mutable way.
Virgo Personality
Virgos are the most productive and efficient sign of the Zodiac. They are observant, helpful, and reliable. They have a genius for details and organization that borders on the miraculous. Their desire to serve makes them excellent problem solvers.
Strengths
Shadow Traits
Virgo in Love
Virgo loves through service. They show affection by fixing your life - organizing finances, reminding you to take vitamins, or editing your resume. They are shy and slow to open up emotionally, fearing they are too flawed to be loved. They need a partner who values order and intellectual integrity.
Virgo Career & Work
Career Strengths
Virgo thrives in roles where precision and analysis are required. They are hardworking and efficient but may struggle with leadership if they cannot delegate the small details.
Career Guidance
Make excellent editors, accountants, nutritionists, data analysts, nurses, researchers, and quality control specialists - roles where attention to detail is essential.
Virgo & Tarot
Major Arcana
The HermitThe Hermit signifies introspection, solitude, and the search for inner truth. He stands alone on a mountaintop, holding a lantern to guide others - aligning with Virgo's tendency to withdraw to analyze and perfect themselves while lighting the way through practical wisdom.
Court Card
King of PentaclesThe King of Pentacles corresponds to Mutable Earth energy. He represents the industrious perfectionist, the master of material works who attends to every detail to ensure success.
Virgo Mythology
Virgo is associated with Astraea, the virgin goddess of innocence and purity. As humanity degraded into the Iron Age, Astraea was the last deity to leave Earth. She ascended to the sky as Virgo, holding the scales of justice beside her. This myth reflects the Virgoan longing for a perfect world and their acute sensitivity to flaws and impurities.
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