THE VIRGO CHILD - If I lay my sweater down with the left sleeve against the deskchair, then I don't want that moved while I'm at school! Hey!!!!........I'm not into control...I just like things that way!............................... MERCURY is VIRGO'S ruling planet and as quizzical as may seem, it is also the co-ruler of GEMINI. MERCURY is a "double bodied sign"..remember CASTOR and POLLUX? ok..... well, VIRGOS can be very very sneaky, but because they are really masters of the mind, they do things that could impress a hardworking, well meaning sociopath. VIRGOS know how to manipulate the mind and rarely give away their trade secrets. They are by far the best proofreaders, best psychoanalysts and are generally obsessed by their own quirky hygiene.

VIRGOS are an intellectual lot and you rarely find one hanging by a bungee cord unless they are carried blindfolded and tied by helicopter. They love to research and learn but hate to be figured out! A very well known astrologer who writes for a major magazine swears he'll never read for VIRGOS since they turn two bodied and tend to deny their patterns. They love to control but remember it's their little brains CONSTANTLY ticking away who cringe at the potent fact that emotions are NOT an intellectual process!! BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS and SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL shows up even when they are older. VIRGO is an EARTH sign and as "virginal" as it sounds the name refers to the VERITE or PURITY of the sound or word. Hence WRITERS abound! VIRGOS reek with perfectionism and love to turn perfect corners on a bed...... HOWEVER the inverse is true and you also find tremendously sloppy people who at some point freak out and throw out the excess and then streamline their homes maniacally!

Double bodied I said! VIRGOS make the best nurses and the VIRGO (6th house) in astrology refers to medical clues, digestion and assimilation and the general work environ.. VIRGO rules service oriented careers as well....... unless you know any lazy nuns, I don't. VIRGO can also be very VICTORIAN and appear to be prissy not caring for open displays of affection in public. You find more social workers with this socialistic sign than most others. Earth tones abound and WORK is their guru. Take away a VIRGOS work and they will organize the garbage and the dish rack. Anal retentive? detail oriented with wonderful memories, never slide a statement under the rug, but do remember to tell them that you can't hug the work clock! These introverted souls need solid direction so they don't undersell themselves into a position that requires the cleaning up of "other's" messes. Show me a place where poets, writers, healers and educators get top dollar and I'll.....