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We are now experiencing the astrological sign of Virgo. For my definition of what a sign is and an exercise in how to develop an ‘archetypal eye’, please see the entry on Aries .

Exercise Update: ‘Developing Your Archetypal Eye’.

If you have been trying out the exercise, I would, as always, be interested to hear of what you discovered during the last month under the sign of Leo. I already posted the Leonine themes I picked up on but here they are again.

I came across the name ruby (Leo’s stone) on several occasions

Holiday fun (including visiting a theme park)

The dramatic releases of high profile prisoners Ronnie Biggs and Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi

On Aug 21st, my son and I met the loud and brash town crier, resplendant in gold and red, and the mayor, sporting a huge golden chain. How perfect an example of Leo did this pair make?

Try keeping a journal again this month, paying attention again to the change in element (fire to earth) which will equate to movement to obstruction, unpredictability to stability, formless energy to the beginning of form, and the change in quality (fixed to mutable), evidenced by a movement from conservatism to experimentation and passive acceptance to argumentativeness.

The Attributes of Virgo

Virgo is ruled by Mercury and the desire to communicate is strong but, unlike Gemini, this aspect of Mercury is focussed downwards and inwards, into the element of earth. Virgo is the opposite sign to Pisces and where the latter is associated with idealisation and spiritual awareness, the former is focussed on the physical body and the mundane world, sometimes to the exclusion of spiritual matters completely. The Mercurial mind can become bogged down in detail and lose sight of the bigger picture if Virgo is strong in the chart. Not seeing the wood for the trees is the ideal metaphor.

Virgo is a mutable sign. This means that changeability and flexibility is a hallmark of this sign (as you might expect with Mercury). The sigil represents the female genitalia although some authors have related it to the letters M and V and hence the virgin Mary. I have also come across writers who relate the symbol to a sheaf of wheat.

Virgo is related to the principles of analysis, critical ability, efficiency, perfectionism, discrimination, logic and restraint. It is the sign of the teacher, the psychologist, the community health nurse. The negative side of these qualities include pedantry, hypocrisy, excess worrying, emotional suppression, nagging and hypochondria.

Physiologically Virgo relates to the abdomen, intestines, spleen, central nervous system and (by reflex with Pisces), the feet. I also think some of the vague psychosomatic ailments suffered by Pisceans can find form in Virgo also. Virgo also relates to root vegetables, domestic animals, health spas, technologists, complementary medicine, Turkey and Athens. The recent fires on the outskirts of Athens seem to correspond with the astrological movement from Leo (fire) to Virgo.

Virgo is associated with the colours navy blue, green and dark brown, the stone sardonyx and the metals mercury and nickel.

Do you have any personal experiences with Virgoan themes or Astrology in general that you would like to share? If so, please leave a comment below.

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