Virgos tend to want to surround themselves with "important" people. �Snobbism makes Virgos feel secure. �Monkeys, however, are rarely concerned with superficiality unless it serves a practical use. �If it is in Monkey's interest to drop a name or attend a boring cocktail party, she'll do it gladly. But mostly Monkeys can take or leave the top drawer and the executive lounge crowd.

This disparity within the Virgo/Monkey's character can cause no end of struggles. �On the one hand Virgo feels she ought to go over and talk to Herr Bigshot. �But Monkey is hungry. �She'd prefer to go straight to the buffet without the benefit of Herr Bigshot's boring prattle. Monkey says, "What do I care about that creep?"

What emerges here is a power-stricken nervous personality type. �Virgo/Monkey wants to control her own life and the lives of others. �But circumstances often force her to relinquish that power before she's had a chance to really put it in place. This leads to great disappointment. And then to a certain self-pity and blame-laying. �"If nobody will stick by me, I shall go into my tower and consult the magic mirror," wails the disillusioned Virgo/Monkey. �"At least IT loves me."

Virgo/Monkeys have quite a good sense of what is right for others and don't mind meddling in others' business enough to let them know it. �Their assessments of other people's dilemmas are often accurate. �Too, Virgo/
Monkeys are charitable and love doing for the less fortunate. �They are generous and will even splash cash on those who need it. �Trouble here is, Virgo/Monkey takes all of her favors back in compliments, fawning and even sycophancy. �I would say that Virgo/Monkeys are selfishly altruistic.

The basic Virgo/Monkey temperament is one of wiry and dry authority. �They are acquisitive and grasping both of material things and of people. �You are right to think that their need to possess is merely a hedge against their insecurity. �Virgo/Monkeys are meticulous and work their fingers to the bone. �They are lucid and capable of profound human understanding. �They make sound investments. �They are hospitable. �But they are desperate for dominion and will stop at nothing to keep it.

Virgo makes for intelligence, Monkey for cunning. �Virgo is reserved. �Monkey is outgoing and cheerful. �This person is always torn apart from within about which of her qualities she should apply in a given situation. Pickiness often wins out.

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Love

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If you love a Monkey born in Virgo, give her the impression that she is the only person in the universe beside yourself. �Live as a united couple in complicity against the world. �Sacrifice your own way of life to hers. The Virgo/Monkey will in turn see that you are comfy and warm, well fed and entertained. �But she may also lock the door to the tower and throw away the key.

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Compatibilities

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Home And Family

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As a parent, Virgo/Monkey's possessiveness streak rears its nasty nose, of course. �Virgo/Monkey parents are like feudal lords. �"This is MY house" is one of their favorites. But don't get any funny ideas about leaving home. �The Virgo/Monkey parent will devise a multitude of schemes to retrieve a prodigal child. �Mostly, though, they never have to bother because their kids wouldn't dare err or stray.

Little Virgo/Monkeys will be scared of a lot of things. The dark, crowds and nightmares are the enemy. �This child wants to be surrounded with comfort and tenderness, shown compassion and given much to be secure about.

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Profession

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Good jobs for Virgo/Monkeys are: �trouble-shooter, philanthropist, script girl, entrepreneur, administrator.