12 Birth Signs

August 23 – September 22

Psychological Type: Perceptive

Negative Sign: Feminine

Element: Earth

Quality: Mutable – Virgo is reserved, modest, practical, discriminating and industrious, analytical and painstaking, seeking to know and understand

Ruling Planet: Mercury: Ancient god of communication and commerce. In astrology, Mercury rules intelligence and reason, and predisposes toward a high-strung temperament.

Symbol: The Virgin – Representing purity, modesty, industriousness, service to fellow workers.

Glyph: The symbol represents a Virgin for it is a pictograph of human reproductive organs closed and untouched. In symbolic terms, the glyph is s straight line connected with two curved lines, one of which is crossed by practicality.

Dominant Keyword: I Analyze

Polarity: Pisces, Virgo is the sign of work and self-improvement. Its natives are perfectionists who dissect facts in order to find the truth and obtain all the information available. Pisces, Virgo’s opposite sign, it is the sign of illusion and self-deception. Pisceans are prone to dreaminess, vagueness, self-delusion, and escapism.

Part of the body ruled by Virgo: The nervous system and the intestines – Virgoans are prone to illness caused by stress and nervous tension. They are particularly susceptible to ulcers.

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Lucky Numbers: 5 and 3

Magical Birthstone: Sapphire – Brings tranquility of mind and protects illness and injury while traveling.

Metal: Mercury

Animals ruled by Virgo: Small domestic pets

Caution: Virgo people sometimes arouse anger and violence in others because of their tendency to interfere, their critical tongues, and unemotional attitudes.