Virgo is the sixth sign in the Zodiac. It is indicated by a Virgin.
The Sun stays in Virgo from 17th September to 16th October as per sidereal zodiac which is followed by Vedic Astrologers.
Virgo is ruled by the planet Mercury it is mutable, earthy, feminine sign, governs the stomach, nervous system, digestive tract and the sixth house of the horoscope. Its characteristics are thoroughness, yearning for perfection, criticality, analytics, servitude, sense for details, practicality. It symbolizes analysis of achieved goals, instinct for questioning achieved and self-criticism.
The typical Virgoan is analytical and exacting, with a mind that prefers to reduce things to their purest form in order to understand them. Virgoans are usually industrious and reliable. When a delicate job needs to be completed in a precise and thorough manner, a Virgoan is the person to do it.
These people are conservative by nature, and can be effective organizers who manage to remain in the background. As business managers they excel, for the Virgoan ability to judge a person’s nature and select the right person for the job helps everything run smoothly. Virgoans dislike drama, so any business venture has to run with minimum of fuss for the Virgoan to be content.
Virgo people have inquiring minds, with keen analysis and remarkable memories. They enjoy analyzing problems. This is a major reason for their wanting to know how, why, when, and where. They are hard workers who are practical, with a flair for detailed work. Their nervous energy causes them to become involved with a lot of activity. However, this nervous energy also causes them difficulties, for they find it hard to relax. They can, usually, rise above defeats. Their ever-active mind seeks new ways to find success. A Virgo can generally be depended upon to fulfill a promise. They have a flair for organization and enjoy setting up schedules. There is an inborn love of order and harmony. They have a tendency to look for perfection in others. If they find it lacking, they can become critical and faultfinding. As a general rule, Virgo dislikes anything crude or coarse. They do not enter friendships lightly, but have a sincere interest and a loyalty to those they make their friends. They are very reserved, shy people who find it difficult to talk about their inner thoughts or feelings with comparative strangers. They have very few enemies because of their quiet, gentle manner. Virgo is a sign of worry. This tension can affect their health, causing intestinal disorders, skin eruptions, and ulcers. They need to develop a positive outlook on life, as this has a direct affect on their health. If they become too anxious about life, they can become hypochondriacs. They are generally healthy and are always looking for new ways to take care of themselves. Their ruler ship over the sixth house causes them to feel that service to others is imperative. They do this willingly, thoroughly, and without fanfare.
Virgo represents stomach, kidneys, intestines and some other parts of the body in this region. A clean and strong Virgo in a horoscope indicates good health of the native by virtue of proper and strong working of parts and organs of body represented by this sign whereas weakness of this sign either by placement of strong negative planets in it or by aspect of one or more negative planets to this sign can cause ailments and diseases related to kidneys, intestines, nervous system and other diseases or problems related to stomach region. Serious afflictions to this sign from some particular negative planets in a horoscope can make the native suffer from many kinds of miseries and misfortunes and the native can suffer from serious diseases and may have to spend a large part of his money and time on these diseases.
Virgo like all other zodiac signs, contains three Nakshatra or lunar mansion, which are two third of the Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra, entire Hasta Nakshatra and half of the Chitra Nakshatra.
Virgo Facts
Duality: Feminine
Element: Earth
Quality: Mutable
Ruling Planet: Mercury
Symbol: The virgin
Part of the Body: Nerve system & intestines
Exaltation sign of: Mercury
Debilitation Sign of: Venus
Determent Sign of: None
Positive traits of Virgo: Modest, meticulous, reliable, practical, diligent, intelligent, analytical, discrimination & hygienic.
Negative traits of Virgo: Fussy, worrier, over-critical, shy, cynical & unemotional.
Things Governed by Virgo
Flowers: Morning glory, pansy, asters & narcissus.
Trees: Elder, horse chestnut & nut bearing trees in general.
Herbs: Skullcap, dill, fennel & valerian.
Animals: Small domestic pets, cats, dogs, mice & bees.
Virgo Health
Virgo is the natural sixth house of the zodiac, thus it naturally rules overall health. It rules the digestive process. Virgo rules the pancreas, concerned with the proper release of pancreatic juices that will digest all kinds of foods. Virgo also rules the intestinal tract and the duodenum. In addition, Virgo has co-rulership of the liver along with the planet Jupiter. Planets afflicted in Virgo can produce diabetic or hypoglycemic complaints as well as colitis and diarrhea. There is the possibility of poor assimilation of food.
Virgo Career & Profession
All occupation related to Mercury and the sixth house which has especial relationship to service, healing, pets and all mental work involving much detail and repetition. Teachers, bee keepers, file clerks, retail grocers, governesses, handwriting experts, nerve specialists, storekeepers, managers, researchers, medicine seller, chemists, dietitians, doctors and healers are also governed by Virgo as this sign rules overall health and healing.
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