Welcome back, after the last article on the fiery lions of the zodiac lets now come to the earthy soft but not timid Virgos. Virgo is the sixth sign in the zodiac belt. Its Earthy and dual in nature. What do I mean by that? The element classification of the signs is something probably everyone knows. Based on that Virgo falls as an Earth sign. But there is another classification of these signs in in terms of their modality. There are three of these, fixed, movable and dual. Virgo falls in the dual category.
Now if someone’s ascendant falls in virgo, they will most likely show these dual and earthy characteristics of the sign. Especially when you meet them for the first time or don’t know them well. As mentioned in the previous articles, ascendant is one’s outward personality, something one puts up when going out in the world. When you are someone’s acquaintance you probably are interacting with that person’s rising sign rather than their actual sun or moon sign which determine who the person really is at his/her core.
Virgos like other earth signs are very stable, practical and work oriented. More so than the previous earthy Taurus, Virgos love to work and focus very much on the details of things. These people can be called the perfectionists of the zodiac. Obviously if you have this ascendant but have contrasting planet placements in the rest of the chart you may not resonate with this, but if you pay attention to your own behavior closely you might see glimpses of these traits.
Being someone who pay close attention to details, these people can be very critical of things, people or even themselves. Because they want every work, task, person around them to be perfect they tend to be very nit-picky and can cause lot of stress and anxiety to themselves and others. This tendency to be fidgety can also be attributed to the dual nature of the sign. Being a dual sign, virgos always have this internal battle going on between perfecting the details and letting go of the critical analysis of anything and everything.
Another aspect that make Virgos adept in technical and objective analysis is that the ruler of the sign is Mercury. Having mercury as your ascendant ruler makes one very good in analysis and have a good grasping power. Whether they use their mind in technology, arts, humanities or any field they do have a strong mind and capability to learn and adapt quickly. For virgo ascendants, mercury is also their 10th lord and hence making it all the more important in terms to deciding their career and professional life. Such people should and probably will have good mental capabilities and will be able to use that in their professional life.
Additionally, mercury is exalted whereas venus is debilitated in Virgo. What this translates for such a rising is that they put more focus and will be good at mercurial things of life than the Venusian ones. Not that this means, they are not good in arts but they probably will have a better footing in logical analysis, mathematical aptitude than the Venusian subjective beauty areas of life.
Just to add one more point here before closing, Virgo being the natural 6th house of the kaal-purush chart that governs health, daily routine activities, the stomach and digestion, these people have keen interest in maintaining and improving their health. You will always notice one way or another, the people who have planets or ascendant in virgo are very careful with their physical body. They pay attention to what they eat and want to make sure all ingredients are just perfect.
So look out for these health conscious perfectionists in your social circle or maybe you are one, in that case hope this article helps in getting to know yourself a little more. That’s all for now, will be back soon with the next rising sign the balancers of the zodiac- Libras…
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