Date: August 23 to September 22

Astrology is an ancient method of exploring who you are and where you are going. To some, it offers an approach to utilizing your strengths, overcoming your weaknesses and fulfilling your potential; to others, it's a little frivolity. Whether you are simply interested in finding out what your Western or Chinese birth sign may say about you or are keen to learn more about the building blocks of this ancient art.

Zodiac

Virgos are perfectionists and work hard in any area of life to achieve things that they can feel proud of. Cautious, self-reliant and discriminating, Virgos find it difficult to seek help from others, as few match up to their standards of perfection.

As a Virgo, you are most likely bright, intelligent and pick up on everything going on around you. You like to have something to do to occupy your time rather than sitting around twiddling your thumbs, but you don't like to take on too much at once, either. The projects you do invest time in, however, are always done well because you are exceedingly organized and love to get everything just right. You pay intense attention to details, and because of your perfectionism you appreciate the hard work of others, especially when it is of high quality. When you're not working, you like to go out in search of new things to explore and learn about.

Personally, though, you can be wearing. You like things done your own way, and you can be nit-picky about even the smallest aspects of a given situation. Your friends, though they find you to be a loyal and trustworthy person, find this habit incredibly annoying. At first they thought you were shy, but when the ice was broken - boy! Although you're a good friend who will help others until your back breaks, you often neglect you own needs. As close as you are to some of your friends, you aren't very "huggy" and don't like a whole lot of personal contact. You may search for a long time to find a partner of whom you can approve, and quite a number of Virgos never find anyone who meets their exacting standards.

At home, you tend to be authoritative, but not in a constricting way. Most Virgos make exceptionally good heads of house. However, the biggest downfall that you might have as a Virgo is your inability to save money - you may need to work hard to curb your expenditure.

Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Symbol Virgo: greek word for virgin

Virgo Info:  These people can know some deep shit. query them to your hearts content on their field of interest - it's hard to reach their bottom of exploration. surprisingly irregular for someone who seems to work so hard.

Sign

element: earth
principle: passive
natural sign: of sixth house
ruler: Mercury
opposite sign: Pisces
anatomy: intestines, nervous system
colours: brown, yellow-green, blue, gold, black, orange, silver, gray
metal: quicksilver, silver
flowers: morning glory, cornflower, aster, petunia, gladiolus
stones: pink jasper, diamond, agate, jade, sapphire
incense: bayberry, cinnamon, citron, mace, mastic resin
musical notes: E and F
numbers: 1,3,44,5,9,13
tarot cards: the hermit, the magician
key phrase: I analyze
keyword: practicality

Exacting, to a fault. This means they rarely turn out anything that isn't top quality, but it takes them a while, and they give themselves and/or the people around them a lot of shit while doing so. Often these folk are inclined towards the arts.

Quality: Mutable
The mutable signs are adaptable and resourceful, seeking variety and synthesis.

Planet: Mercury
Mercury is the planet of the mind, intellect and communication. In a natal chart, the aspects and position of Mercury show the ways in which subjects use their minds and how they get their message across to others.

Positive Characterics

industrious

studious

scientific

methodical

discriminating

fact-finding

exacting

clean

humane

perfectionism

Negative Characterics

critical

petty

melancholy

self-centered

picky

pedantic

skeptical

sloppy

perfectionism

Information is given by these two sites: The twelve signs and Byzant Astrology