People born in the sign of Virgo, the virgin, are a blend of two forces, not entirely harmonious. These forces are earth and air. Virgo is an earth sign, ruled by Mercury, whose airy influence, intellectual as it is, does not harmonize with the humble earthly influence of the innate sign character.
This conflict of personality blends remarkably well in the average Virgo person, who may have a great deal of intellect and a small amount of earthiness, or just the reverse.
The average Virgo person is quiet, industrious, painstaking and modest. Almost a slave to his’ work, the Virgo native rules those who work for him by the same exacting standards. He gives and demands “measure for measure”. Generally respected, these humble people excite no envy as they progress, partly because of the modesty of their demands, and the insignificance of their personality.
The more noble types of the Zodiac look down upon Virgo instinctively. They are not handsome, they are not idealistic, they are not heroic, and they are not adventurous. But they are, as a rule, trust worthy, clean and decent. The influence of Mercury gives them clear-thinking, practical minds capable of the material type of intellectuality. This is not to be confused with the high quality of thought of Libra, or the abstract mathematical gymnastics of Gemini. At best these are plain people,, treating life as a placid fact, Whatever dignity of position they do arrive at, they guard jealousy and keep it untarnished
The more mental type, with the urge toward intellectual Mercury qualities, lacks none of the dependability found in the humble, earthy members of the sign.
The high type of Virgoan has a cool, self-centered intellect, with a highly developed critical sense. They have some of the Gemini brilliance, but are not nearly so restless.
They accomplish whatever they set out to do because they stick to the job, no matter how lengthy and tiresome. In this way Virgo people succeed far beyond the expectations of all who know them. Many of the more distinguished Zodiacal types who appear to inherit the earth disdain to exert the effort put forth by the average Virgo person. Virgo natives, on the other hand, are willing to humbly advance their lot, and court success by work and service.
All of the Virgo processes of thought are factual, earth bound and material. Their intellectual work is always along the lines of concrete, known facts and known quantities. They cannot understand, and do not credit, flights of fancy or remote intellectual speculation. Spiritually they respect religion as an institution of respectability. They themselves are not religious in the spiritual sense of the world. They have no desire to plumb the mysteries of life, and no understanding of involved spiritual thought. They go to Church because their world would think ill of them if they did not. These people conform to recognized patterns of conduct because they are limited and fearful in spirit. They never forget the sorry consequences of misdeeds in this world rather than in the next.
The same quality of thought makes Virgo people chaste and passionless. As sweethearts and lovers they are engaging and attentive enough, but as husbands and wives they are uninspiring and passionless. In fact where marriage is involved they are so fussy, discriminating and critical that it is hard for them to make a final choice. Frequently they do not make one at all, and many Virgo people choose to be spinsters and bachelors. It is hard for them to surrender self, and they do not know how to give unrestrainedly, or even comprehend the heights of poetic physical love. They are exceedingly cold when they do marry, they make kind cooperative partners, domestic and reliable provided the pair have more of a brother and sister relationship. Even if the marriage does not begin with this plan in view, Virgoans will inspire the household with the virginal quality of thought. Virgo faults are like their virtues, sober, grave and prosaic. The exception is the negative Virgo type, quite rare, and this is the criminal who resorts to poison.
Generally negative Virgo people are tedious, hair-splitting, fussy, penny-pinching and boring to exasperation. When they attain any position at all, they become snobbish. Ill health is a bogey-man with Virgoans, and they dramatize their illness whether real or imaginary. This is the only flight of fancy Virgo people seem to understand.
As a matter of fact, Virgo natives enjoy surprisingly good health. Being temperate people, they live sensibly, and the result is usually a long life and a healthful old age. Virgo is one of the old age signs of the Zodiac. It is to be remembered that Virgo is the health sign. Virgo rules the bowels, solar-plexus and especially the alimentary canal.
In appearance Virgo people fall into two types, the typically “earth sign type, “ and the mental Mercury type” The earth-sign type is homely, with a head far too large for the body. The body is strong and healthy, but ungraceful and badly proportioned. Knock-knees, bow-legs, and shoulders of uneven height are often found in the Virgo physique. Coloring and features are nondescript. The nose, frequently the outstanding feature in the Virgo face, is unshapely, very broad and primitive in type.
The higher type of Virgo person is somewhat better formed, with a neater figure, and smaller, more precise features.
The plain durability of the Virgo appearance suggests the life work and methods of livelihood for which these people are best suited. The high type Virgoan makes a good statistician, efficiency expert, tutor, teacher, agent for estates, broker (within limits) and lawyer for collections, contracts and wills. The less developed types make good routine civil service workers especially in the health and investigation departments.
Women born in the sign of Virgo are as precise, hardworking and trust worthy as their brothers in the sign. They are very satisfactory as clerical workers, housekeepers, seamstresses, buyers of foodstuffs. Virgo people usually take to their beds with desperately sick stomachs.
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