Virgo is the Sixth sign of the Zodiac. A typical Virgo is very concerned with structure, neatness and order. You are very cerebral and are tend to make few, if any, concessions to the often dirty and distracting nature of reality. You are very friendly and knowledgeable almost about everything. You are usually observant, shrewd, critical and patient. You are very selective and non committal in friendship and prefer keeping relationships on superficial basis. Virgo has always been a symbol of fertility and a representation of the production of crops. However, in most depictions, Virgo holds sheaves of wheat or an ear of corn, emphasizing her role as a Goddess of Fertility and Agriculture.

You are quite reserved and are polite and soft spoken. You find your friends among those who can help you move up the social strata. You like to associate with achievers. When confronted with obstacles, you stay calm and rational and work on finding a solution. This calmness is sometimes seen as being cold and calculating. You have the ability to analyze and solve the most complicated problems. You have a wonderful eye for details and thus often neglect the overall issues.

Being a Virgo, you are predisposed to worry and hypochondria. You can ake yourself useful to others that it often leaves you vulnerable to exploitation. You need to avoid being shy or inhibited when dealing with others or your personal interests. You are fault-finder, perfectionist and critical of self and others.

Star Stone for Virgo

Your star stone is the beautiful, SARDONYX. The Sardonyx can be found with many different colored bands on it but the one suggested for Virgo is that of the reddish brown variety. It is in the quartz family and is mined around the world.

Virgo Ruling Planet

In Roman mythology Mercury is the god of commerce, travel and thievery, the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes, the messenger of the Gods. The planet probably received this name because it moves so quickly across the sky. Mercury acts to process large volumes of information within our essential being---as represented by the sun. It allows a person to think, discriminate, and express oneself and to move about. This has been called an animator of movement and is associated with our nervous system: the communication and transportation system within our bodies. Mercury tends to make a person verbose, critical, and high strung; the person born under the sign ruled by this planet may even give Leo a run for his money in the egotistical department.