Virgo Few signs exemplify the strange and beautiful power of astrology as much as Virgo does. Often characterized as the diligent analyzer and planner of the zodiac, prone to anxiety and criticism, Virgo in its fullest and most glorious expression defies such narrow attempts at definition. Virgo is an earth sign, a mutable earth sign, and its position immediately following Leo does harmoniously grant its place as the natural reviewer of performance, the pragmatic advisor of how to advice for wayward dreamers. But Virgo is much more than that. Ruled by Mercury, one of two signs that shares a planetary ruler, Virgo is still more deeply connected to reality, to the flavors and charm of the senses than to the realm of pure ideas. Virgo is dynamic because it is rooting for success, it just happens to focus sees at times more on the pitfalls than the possibilities.

Wherever Virgo is in your chart you will find answers to questions. You will find a pragmatic clarity of purpose and an instinct for grounded approach that gets things unstuck and ultimately moving again.

Virgo has intensity, there is no doubt about that, which without context or when overwhelmed with apparent adversity does tend towards a baseline anxiety which can be unsettling. But few things are as beautiful as a Virgo in full flower. There is an archetypal goodness to the highest and best expressions of human efforts, and no one appreciates excellence and knows how to get there quite as much.

Myth Virgo’s complex nature extends naturally to its mythic history. Traditionally known as "the Virgin," Virgo's pragmatic reputation challenges our limiting beliefs around the chastity or inexperience the name implies. Rather than maintain a childish perspective throughout life, Virgo instead carries forward a purity of heart and spirit which allows her to judge the pageant of life without falling prey to the temptations of fashionably corrupt expectations. Virgo is a deeply complex symbol, standing in as an intermediate apotheosis of knowing in the Biblical sense, of all that life has to offer while still somehow maintaining the patina of humane respectability. Virgo represents metaphorically the angel of our better natures — and simultaneously the wantonness of true integrity,the ground where our dreams can safely land, be attended to, and take off again.

The Hand of Fate: To judge without judgment.