Virgo is the sign of the virgin, but you can't take the symbolism too literally. Although lots of Virgos remain bachelors and spinsters, there are also plenty who finally settle into connubial bliss. They may not do so with any sudden burst of fire and passion, because marriage is not a natural state for the Virginian nature; yet it's surprising how many of them master its teamwork, and they're almost always devoted to their families. Worries come naturally to Virgo people. But they pursue an immense power to cope up and control all the perils life offers to them. They are naturally generous, sentimental, though do not show it off. They have a unique temperament to handle all the worries coolly and softly. Virgo eyes are often so astonishingly clear you can almost see your reflection in them. They sparkle with intelligence and clarity of thought. There's a purity and tranquility of expression on Virgo features that seems to deny those secret worries. Most of them are extremely attractive, with delicate noses, ears and lips. They are gracious, jolly, interactive and tend to make friends very easily. The people around them generate a strong affinity and bonding with Virgo people.



These people can stand more intense work over a longer period of time than the tougher, more brawny signs-if they can avoid a nervous breakdown in the process. Although they're externally capable and cool, inner anxieties gnaw away at them, upsetting their digestion and their emotional balance. Tackling more work than they can safely manage, and then straining themselves to the breaking point to fulfill the obligations is behind many a Virgo's ragged nerves. They were meant to be calm and soothing when their intricate and delicate mechanisms are running smoothly and the wheels aren't clogged with brain fatigue.

When they're annoyed by vulgarity, stupidity or carelessness, Virgos can suddenly become cranky, irritable, scolding and nervous. But most of the time they're gentle folk, and quite nice to have around, especially around the sick room. Some of the finest nurses are born under this sign, full of efficient sympathy and crisp capability. Strangely, as willing as Virgos are to give efficient service to others, they have an almost neurotic and intense dislike of accepting favors themselves. They don't want to be obligated to anyone for any reason. And they don't want to depend on anyone but themselves for anything. The deeply embedded fear of dependence in old age is what makes many of them live so economically as to be called stingy. As much as they love to point out the flaws of others, they fiercely resent open criticism of own mistakes. When a Virgo makes an error, which will be rare, point it out tactfully if you want to keep his friendship.

Actually, Virgos are deeply involved with love from earliest childhood, but not the Romeo-Juliet kind of love. His chief way of expressing the word is concerned with unselfish devotion to family, friends and those weaker or more disorganized than himself. He was born with an instinctive love of work, love of duty and discipline and devotion to the helpless. Aggressive pursuit is not one of them. Neither is coquetry nor sexuality, as many a flirtatious vamp and slinky siren has learned, to her surprise and disappointment.

The basic Virginian instinct is chastity, and he's turned from it only for a good cause or for a mighty good woman. Many Virgos-though admittedly not all-can live with celibacy far more easily than any other Sun sign, just as they put up with rules of discipline they don't understand, because obedience to fate without struggling comes naturally to them. If fate decrees a single life, Virgo is prepared to accept it without excess regret or emotional trauma, so there are lots of Virgo bachelors around-but still, in their quiet way, they can manage some very poetic, if fragile, love affairs.

Both men and women born under this Sign are intelligent, sharp at work and immensely hard working. Virgo woman who has outraged the laws of society, be sure you read between the lines. She is basically pure-minded-true. But so is love. Real love. And Virgo is not interested in any other kind. She'll climb the tallest mountains and storm the raging seas in galoshes and a pea jacket. Much as she hates to break the family circle, the Virgo hates hypocrisy more. She's the one woman in the zodiac who can be deadly practical and divinely romantic at the same time. That situation of the love affair beside some faraway ocean may seem casual and immoral on the surface. Actually, it's a predictable example of a Virginian behaving true to character when caught in a difficult decision. She'll suffer agonies of embarrassment over the condemnation of society in such an affair, but that won't alter her course of action any more than it will alter the purity of her motivation. The Virginian is nobody's fool. Her clarity of vision will spot an elaborate lie by the smoothest talker, and the faintest smear of lipstick on the edge of a collar. She may be pure-minded, but she's certainly not naive. She is a perfectionist and accurate in all her attributes and wish to have a man in her life who is similarly accurate in every aspect of life.

Famous Virgo Personalities: Prince Albert, Lauren Bacall, Robert Benchley, Ingrid Bergman, Leonard Bernstein, Sid Caesar, Maurice Chevalier, Theodore Dreiser, Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Ford II, Greta Garbo, Arthur Godfrey Goethe, John Gunther, Lyndon Johnson, Elia Kazan, Joseph Kennedy, Lafayette, D. H. Lawrence, Sophia Loren, H. L. Mencken, Walter Reuther, Cardinal Richelieu, Peter Sellers, Robert Taft, William Howard Taft Roy Wilkins and many more.