Mercury ruled Virgo seems to produce two types: one is the fastidious, hyperhygenic one whose canned goods are alphabetized, and the other is the messy Virgo; the disjointed Mercury ruled thinker who lives with stacks of dust-laden magazines, cat hairs, and an overflowing laundry basket. Whichever kind of Virgo you meet, one thing identifies them: a nimble intellect that ticks with clockwork precision behind cool, clear eyes.
Virgo organizes. Virgo mitigates chaos. Virgo atones for Leo's excesses by sacrificing ego in the name of love and service. Many Virgos feel they must earn time to play, relax and spend frivilously. Often, the fun times don't arrive very regularly because Virgo is too busy finding other things that need to be done. Virgos can organize bodies of data with zeal and can do the work of two people in half the time. The challenge? How much can be cleaned and organized in one day? The quest? Perfection. Critical to a fault, Virgo has high standards and won't fail to let YOU know when you have fallen short.
Virgo is a gentle sign and prefers peace, and where friendship and love are concerned, it is hard to find another sign more loyal. But the downside of Virgo's perfection is projection. Virgo's own internal nitpicking is often thrust upon others. An unhappy Virgo can nag until you just give up. What is more irritating is that Virgo, highly intelligent, can spot the flaw in anyone's logic, thus bypassing the emotional truths underlying the encounter. Virgo, a mutable earth sign seeking stablity and perfection, and therefore has a hard time letting go so that life can flow in a more natural rhythm.
The sign Virgo has taken an unfair rap. On the one hand it is fair to discuss Virgo's genius for creating order. On the other, it is prejudicial to say that Virgos are only fit for secretarial work and engineering studies. Virgo is an earth sign, and although it's symbol is the virgin holding a shaft of wheat, this doesn't mean that Virgo disdains sex. Rent some Sophia Loren classic videos and you will see what I mean. The "virgin" quality of Virgo is a reference to the sign's ability to contain itself wholly even in a sexual liaison. There is a core part of Virgo that is not given away. The seed, or kernel of wheat, gestates and regenerates Virgo.
Virgos often look younger than their years. The Virgo who stocks vitamin B's and Echinacea with Golden Seal in every cupboard may appear prissy and obsessed, but what happens is that Virgo makes it through winter without so much as a cold. The rest of us power Nyquil. Virgos love to laugh and often enjoy off-color jokes. Some enjoy pornography and/or sex videos. That should cure those of us who think Virgo is so virtuous. Underneath the pristine cover is the shadow of Dionysus/Bacchus, the God of frenzy and wine. Evolved Virgos are prudent enough to explore this without harmful consequences.
Endowed with extraordinary ability to achieve security through precision, Virgo can fall ill if he/she does not heed the lesson of its opposite sign, Pisces. Here the balance between discrimination and compassion is reached. Virgo is fed from Pisces' universal fountain of violet, empathic light which softens Virgo's critical edge. To drop mental agitation in pursuit of meditation and dream state is the balm that sooths Virgo's rough edges. Once Virgo achieves this integration, service becomes love, and love becomes service. The concept of duty is sacrificed and becomes one of joy.