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Virgo: Overview
After Leo's extravagant party, naturally the cosmos felt compelled to create a
solid, soothing sign to nurse everyone's hang-over and to restore the world's
order and calm. Virgo often gets a bad rap because you are such
perfectionists, but any wise, wealth-driven executive searches far and wide
for a Virgo teammate. Along with Gemini, you are ruled by Mercury, the brainy
communicator of the zodiac. But you are the earthy manifestation of Mercury's
energy. Virgo translates ideals into practical terms and makes actual
operations run smoothly. You do not need all the glitz and glamour of the
spotlight, and you are the most competent workers around. Virgo may not enter
a room with the dash of fire signs, but you are a reassuring influence that
everyone wants to keep around. You actually feel more comfortable and content
serving others than enlarging your own ego, and you are the hidden glue that
keeps enterprise together.
Virgo analyzes and structures even the most chaotic situations, and you
identify loopholes that, left undetected, could undermine enterprise. Before
business is even past the concept stage, you map out every potential danger in
the road ahead. And, though Virgo is not the one to set out on the sales and
promotion trail, you instantly point out the land mines in proposed sales and
advertising advances. You are the practical mind behind the business machine,
and, though you might not readily catch others' attention, people soon notice
that you work harder than anyone they have ever met. In fact, Virgo lives to
be useful to others, and you contribute quietly and consistently until you
achieve success for yourself and everyone on your team.
Many astrologers believe that Vulcan is the true ruler of Virgo, and, when
that planet comes close enough to earth to be discovered officially, Virgo
will feel more at ease. Vulcan was the physically misfit god who was abandoned
at birth but soon revealed his superior powers of craftsmanship and kindness.
Vulcan was banished to his own mountain, where he designed beautiful jewelry
and produced strong and useful weapons that gained him admiration and respect
from the other gods. Until Virgo reconnects with the powers of Vulcan, Mercury
will continue to be your main influence. Unfortunately, the quick-witted
messenger god is a bit too fast and frenetic for the true state of Virgo,
which puts a constant strain on your nervous system. Therefore, Virgo craves
calm and controlled environments where you can relax and reawaken your true
Vulcan power.
Virgo: As Manager
You Virginians are mild-mannered managers who lead by example rather than
forceful exertion of your views. You seek perfection in all you do, and you
expect the same from everyone around you. Virgo detests idleness, so you set
out to take on superhuman amounts of responsibility. You work so quietly and
efficiently, however, that few recognize the burdens to which you subject
yourself. And you just assume that your subordinates and colleagues are
carrying their weight as well. You exhibit a gentle manner, and you allow your
co-workers the independence you expect in return. However, the first signs of
careless or sloppy work from others sends you into a panic. You become
irritable and nervous, and you worry excessively until time proves that
operations are in order.
Because you are so intense about performing your own duties perfectly, you
have little time or energy left to hear other employees' problems or to
monitor their work quality. So you surround yourself with subordinates who are
neat, disciplined, and never sloppy about their work. You do not withold
criticisms or opinions, and you scrutinize every detail of your co-workers
performance. You are so hard on yourself, too, that you can scarcely withstand
any outside criticism about your work. And you are so fastidious that you
rarely perform less than perfectly, anyway. But Virgo often makes the mistake
of obsessing about the trees rather than focusing on the forest. You are
skilled navigators of business vision, but you rarely free your mind enough to
produce the imaginative objectives that drive future business.
Virgo, generally, overloads when put in charge of masses of people or money.
You simply find it impossible to make perfect every person and work product,
and you get bogged down miserably with minor business mishaps. Similarly, you
find babysitting your business bankroll absolutely maddening, and you stress
severely at the "creative" financing you must employ to make ends meet. In a
small, contained company of serious, streamlined initiative, you set
straightforward standards of productivity and efficiency. But large corporate
management requires too much politics and policing for you to tolerate. Virgo
does not desire some hotshot management job to feel secure or self important.
And the schmooze duty required of big corporate managers only serves to
distract you from your real, hands-on operational interests. You just hate to
disrupt your productive daily practices with all the irregular meetings and
emergency troubleshooting demanded of corporate bigwigs.
Within a small work group Virgo does prove a dependable, honest and
exceptionally efficient manager of responsibilities. You have a comforting way
about you, and you seem to smooth over any bumps in the corporate road. Your
ego is rarely your driving force, and you pitch in willingly to maintain order
and calm in your environment. Virgo sincerely strives to serve others and to
provide the healing hands behind busines headquarters. With Mercury driving
you, you push to put order into any situation struggling in stagnation or
lacking in direction. From behind the corporate curtain, you so carefully
choreograph production it appears to come off with ease. You drive your
company to precision and you often require of them the creative input you
lack. But those who look closely recognize the superhuman strain, stamina and
streamlining that enables Virgo to realize such perfection.
Virgo: Best Suited
Referring back to your mythological roots, Virgo, like Vulcan, is a master
craftsman. Virgo flourishes when left alone on your own mountain to create
tools and objects you know will benefit others. The routine and sense of
security that comes from manufacturing real product soothes your otherwise
overactive nervous system. You delight in laboring intensely over some
specific matter and in exerting complete control over your environment. The
more contained your workspace, the happier you are, and you rarely enjoy going
beyond your company walls to conduct business.
Virgo is the sign that manifests, in material form, Mercury's quick logic and
nonstop motion, and, whether your canvas is machinery, computer software,
numerical data, or a labor pool, you delight in manipulating your resources to
achieve optimal efficiency. As an earth sign, you prefer to deal in the
reliable, tangible world of products and in hands-on research of actual
matter. You concentrate on details rather than grand perspectives, and,
instead of generating highly imaginative ideas, you excel at perfectly
performing a learned craft.
Virgo also is skilled at service businesses that address the public in
general. Although you do not easily acquire the social sway and flexibility of
routine to tolerate close-contact service enterprise, you are the anonymous
servants of the world, providing books, pharmaceuticals, food, medicine and
the like to the masses. Virgo does not adapt well to the travel and
entertainment required of high-profile service expertise. You cannot stomach
the lavish client lunches and constant new customer requests and concerns. But
you desperately do need to be useful, so you take on the role of hidden helper
to those in need.
When Virgo goes into any service business, it is one that requires some degree
of specialized skill. Otherwise, you feel as though your career fate is
completely up to chance. If you are not manufacturing products whose value is
real and measurable, you desire a service business that commands a definite
price for a learned skill. The uncertainty of output and return in service
businesses immediately discourages Virgo from entering them. But you will
accept such uncertainty if you can assure yourself steady levels of demand by
providing a service that is sound and established.
Although you are a nimble number-cruncher, banking, in general, is a bit too
big and broad a field for you. Virginians dominate the realms of accounting
and bookkeeping, which are practical skills with a highly specialized focus.
You relish the detail and organization required to maintain company books, and
you even enjoy the nitpicking necessary to perform such functions properly.
You Virginians love that you can perform these functions in the peace and
quiet of your own office, safely tucked away from the tumult of the outer
world. On the other hand, banking requires a much broader business
perspective, and it too often puts you both on the spot and in the corporate
spotlight. You Virginians do not like to negotiate on your feet, and you avoid
work in which constantly changing variables interfere with your power over
your work product. Commercial banks do contain specialized divisions that draw
many a Virginian. And bank research departments regularly reflect a strong
Virgo population. But investment banking requires more than your preferred
share of spontaneus strategizing, savvy selling, and stressful scheduling.
Virgo is a masterful cash conservationist, but you are less likely to craft
creative plans for aggressive financial growth.
Virgo: Work Style
The Virgo mind is a finely-tuned, methodical machine. And, in the hopes of
keeping the mechanics functioning smoothly, Virgo maintains strict internal
and external structure. In thought as well as environment, Virgo likes
everything to be in perfect, logical order. And you suffer physical and mental
breakdown when chaos clouds your purity of vision. Virgo is a natural worrier,
and the only way you achieve your desired state of clarity and calm is to
minimize all the mess and mayhem around you.
So Virgo is a stickler for neatness in appearance, dress, work, dining, and
relationships. Your internal makeup is intricate and delicate, and you
spontaneously spring into intense scrutiny of even the most minor issues.
Therefore, you need a stable foundation to support you when the stresses hit.
Granted, your office sometimes becomes a bit cluttered, but you methodically
manage your mind. As a means of sheer Virginian survival, you learn early on
how to keep your thoughts neat and methodical and how to quickly perform
organizational magic on the most out-of-control situations.
Virgo has a perfect eye for detail, and your suggestions and strategies always
are structured from solid fact. You listen carefully to instructions, and you
strive for perfection in all your work product. Virgo hates irregular
schedules, so you impose regular routine to any environment you enter. Before
long, you process precision out of disarray and develop a reputation as the
internal corporate glue. You do not like to perform your structural sorcery in
public view, but you work diligently from the back offices to balance your
ship through choppy waters.
Everyone who works with Virginians grows attached to the calm and composure
that you bring to any work setting. You seem to maintain a level head and a
clear sensibility through any madness thrown upon you. Little do your
colleagues realize your internal overdrive, as you become an early expert at
erecting steady exteriors to contain the disruptive forces that continually
aggravate your affairs.
Virgo: As Employee
You Virginians are dream employees. You are completely content serving others
from behind-the-scenes, where the fray of outside life fails to intrude on
your mental machinations. Virginians are committed to detail, and you border
on what others affectionately refer to as "anal retentiveness". Although they
tease you for your tightly-wound ways, however, bosses and coworkers freak if
they feel you might leave their team.
Employers delight in leaving the office in the hands of you capable
Virginians. Not only do they trust that you will be responsible to the end,
but bosses sense your high ethics and loyalty. While other employees, left to
their own devices, might peek at the boss' personal files, you remain focused
on your own affairs. You Virginians have too much to painstakingly pull apart
in your own business duties to worry about other peoples' garbage dumps of
issues. The Virgo employee enjoys working unsupervised and you actually are
most productive in the quiet of your own thoughts.
The Virgo employee might not be the company's most dazzling sales weapon. Nor
will you take control over operations and tell coworkers how to do their jobs.
But, everyone looks to you to keep the practical part of the business running
smoothly. Without a lot of hype or hysteria Virgo runs the real show from a
quiet back office. You know all the facts about the business, and you know
where to find every document and deli number any coworker could ever request.
When everyone looks up after years of operation, inevitably, Virgo sits at the
right-hand of the company bigwig. And you much prefer your
"brain-behind-the-operation" status to the burning public demands of the
corporate hot seat.
Virgo: Professions
Service Industry; Health Care/Medicine; Agriculture; Environmental Industry;
Food; Pharmaceuticals; Military; Publishing; Bookkeeping/Accounting;Market
Analysis; Scientific Research
Virgo: Work Environment
Immediately upon entering a Virgo work environment, one senses the efficiency
with which you perform operations. The lean and mean appearance of your office
at first suggests an absence of activity, but, upon closer look, the
organization obviously evidences a highly effective business structure. Your
desk is so tidy it looks strangely bare. And your papers, if even visible, are
neatly fastened together and stacked aside, usually in some sort of container,
tray or filing system. Even the unusual Virgo, who allows piles of paper to
proliferate throughout the room, maintains a Spartan-like work routine and an
immaculate section of deskspace. You get the most output possible from any
workplace you join, and you make optimal use of the latest technology and
equipment available to you.
Virgo avoids shocking appearances, activities and attitudes. You speak gently
and dress in a clean and conservative manner. And you prefer a workplace that
is equally understated and tasteful. You Virginians seek calm, and loud
colors, loud people or noise upset your finely-tuned equilibrium. Virgo needs
some place of retreat in which you can work incommunicado and achieve optimal
output. You detest unexpected changes in scheduling and intrusive
interruptions of any sort. WIth every disturbance you fall further behind in
the completion of your never-ending string of duties.
The inefficiencies of coworkers distract you greatly, so you need to work
around other perfectionist types, like Virgo or Capricorn, or you need to
isolate yourself sufficiently from those who exercise a more "free-form"
functionality. Aries and Gemini enhance greatly your business' promotional
activities, but you have a nervous breakdown watching their seat-of-the pants
style. Mercury compels you to analyze and organize everything around you, and
the swift-moving messenger does not allow you to put anything off for an
instant. Of course you cannot possibly control every reckless and risky
activity around you, so you physically must distance yourself from some of the
fray.
You work best in small companies where you can exercise some control without
investing major effort in forceful affronts or fancy finessing. Virgo is not a
confrontational sign, and you are too busy and forthright to properly play the
political games of corporate life. You are so self-critical that you shrink
from further faulting by co-workers. And you struggle with the lack of
individualism afforded to members of the large corporate machine.
Virgo: Sales/Fundraising
Planetarily, Virgo is not predisposed to promotional prowess, although you
inevitably become a featured asset of any pitch about your business. You are a
practical earth sign, and you are much more devoted to the actual production
process of business than the intangible sales efforts that drive its growth.
Virgo, like your banished ruler Vulcan, is not heavily involved in
socializing, and you tend to be solitary types. You are simply too shy and
self-contained to push yourself or your business on others.
Sales and fundraising require herculean amounts of enthusiasm and persuasion,
which Virgo does not directly demonstrate. Your honesty and integrity take
precedence over any sale, and you refuse to shine any fancy light on your
company to enhance its image for potential clients. When asked about the
details of your business, Virgo will give a brutally honest critique. You
simply cannot compromise your analytical aptitude, and you become indignant at
the slightest suggestion that a sale requires any manipulation of the truth.
You Virginians work feverishly to produce perfect work, and you expect others
to readily acknowledge the value of your output. You often become defensive
when your work is scrutinized in any way, and clients become immediately
suspicious and soured.
Furthermore, you become internally irritated by the notion that you depend on
aggressive sales efforts to sustain business. Virgo would like to believe that
hard work in production will always reap fair returns. But in today's
competitve environment, business requires savvy sales initiatives to survive.
Such realization sets Virgo into a state of panic and mental unrest. You lose
sleep over your lack of self-sustenance, and you resent the whole system for
letting you down. You Virginians feel betrayed because your exceptional work
ethic and productivity do not stand on their own but instead require some
silly, fabricated promotional campaign. Needless to say, your resentment often
comes through in your sales pitch, and you send clients running for cover.
Virgo values secure and predictable work with material results, and the sales
road offers no such set routine or returns. Salespeople never know what their
production will be during any given year. And the daily activities of sales
are hardly predictable or methodical. Every customer is different, and
promotions require fast talking and creative thinking. Virgo does not feel
comfortable making statements without thoroughly substantiating each comment
with facts. And you do not react powerfully when put on the spot. Virgo
becomes obviously nervous when challenged in public, and you uncomfortably
attempt to doubletalk your way out of the jam.
Virgo provides the solid talent to back increased sales and formidable
fundraising, but you are not the best candidate for the lead in the
promotional play. You run such a tight and efficient company that any client
or investor who witnesses your operation wants to join your cast. Your true
skill shines behind the corporate stage, and you are most successful back at
the heart of company activities. Let the showmen of the zodiac, like Libra,
Aries or Leo, go out and attract your audience. You inevitably close the deal
with your airtight production and direction skills.
Virgo's plain-speaking style does fit the lead role in procuring bank
financing, however. Your no-nonsense presentation of real business operations,
and your obvious attention to organization and detail impresses bankers. You
exude reliability and good sense, and your calm manner of speaking instills
confidence in your ability to maintain control over all you do. Bankers cannot
ask for a better credit risk than Virgo, and you readily make them aware of
such fact. A Virgo-run business is cash conservative, hard working, organized,
and efficient. You strive for perfection and never act in an impulsive or
risky manner. A banker could not conjure up a more ideal loan prospect, and
you quickly learn that you have a strange ability to summon lots of support
from even the most tight-fisted lending institutions.
Virgo: Entrepreneur
Quite frankly, Virgo, you are not, by nature, the planets' pioneer of
business. Entrepreneurship requires a more forceful tack than you can stomach,
and the turbulence of trailblazing upsets your entire system. Virgo is most
comfortable working alone, behind the scenes, on some particular area of
expertise. You are great analysts who love to delve into problem-solving
without interruptions from the outside world. You develop strict habits, which
provide you with a needed sense of security. And you shelter yourself from the
outer world's criticisms, which your sensitive nature cannot bear.
Unfortunately, entrepreneurship forces you out into the front lines of
competition, where people and problems bombard you from all sides. Aggression
and brute force are the mode of conduct in the seas of start-up, and survival
requires nerves of steel and blind determination. Virgo is simply too
fastidious and exacting to suffer the rough and tumble world of initiating
enterprise.
Entrepreneurship requires too much blind faith and promotional prowess to
attract many VIrginians. Impulsive action and fast dealing do not pay, you
say, and muddle-through management styles move you to utter madness. Because
of your tightly wound interior, Virgo prefers a predictable, private
environment to a crowded, chaotic climate. You are not comfortable with large
numbers of people, and you hate to perform in public. Unless you thoroughly
have thought out your position, you delay any decisions, and you are too
honest to fumble your way through unexpected challenges. To you,
entrepreneurship is a furious sprint into certain insanity.
Virgo sees the trees with such clarity and interest that you scarcely ever
notice the forest. You master details with speed and efficiency, and you excel
at life in the lab. But the outer world is an unknown which you gladly set
aside for the spotlight seekers of the zodiac. You are more concentrated on
the complications you foresee than the creative vision that could be. Virgo is
not easily swayed by big dreams, which are the essence of entrepreneurship,
and you help to build business by refining and realizing the imaginative
initiatives of others.
Virgo: Risk Profile
You are such worriers that the pain and suffering you experience from high
risk usually far outweighs any benefits you might gain. Although you appear
cool and composed on the outside, internal anxiety affords you little rest.
Virgo simply cannot trust short cuts, as duty cries so loudly that it drowns
out any quick rush from the high risk roller coaster. Hard work is a much more
comfortable road to riches for you, and you rarely accept substitutes for
sweat equity.
When Virgo does indulge in even moderate risk, you pay your dues in many hours
of thorough, painstaking research and only a scarce few projects meet your
standards of selectivity. Virgo throws money at nothing, unless you are
reasonably assured that you will receive, at minimum, the full value of your
investment. Gambling is sheer waste to you, and waste is one of your greatest
gripes. Unlike Aries, who focuses on the upside of risky ventures, you zoom in
on all the possible problem zones. Such a stark view of all the evils of
enterprise is enough to discourage almost any prudent investor.
Your risk aversion stems not from a reluctance to lose any immediate personal
power, but it derives from a fear of future financial dependence. Whereas
other signs, like Aries, feel alive and activated by the tension of risky
enterprise, you feel paralyzed by the concern that you might someday need to
depend on someone to bail you out. Virgo is a happy loner, and you cringe at
the idea of being obligated to anyone. You Virginians pride yourselves on your
self sufficiency, and your talent at turning hard work into tangible, useful
output. And you require no high-rolling acts of courage to test your strength.
One of Virgo's most admirable attributes, in fact, is your ability to toil
intensely for long periods of time. You do not feel nearly the same sense of
satisfaction from flash-in-the-pan dice throws.
Virgo: Partnership
You are both a loner and a team player. Though you love to work alone, you
very much need to contribute to some larger, collective goal. In business, you
love to remain incognito and to do your work without any interrruptions from
the outside world. But you also desperately need to serve others to feel
fulfilled. So Virgo often finds greatest satisfaction in a partnership that
links you to the outer world but does not require you to jump into the
spotlight.
You are the quintessential individualist, and you prefer to work at your craft
of real business operations rather than attempt to attack the realm of
intangible sales tactics. But business can hardly flourish without marketing,
so Virgo is wise to ally with a promotions powerhouse. You usually find a long
line of people waiting to sign on with you, as you reveal your work ethic and
perfectionism in all you do. Virgo may make others a little tense with your
nitpicking, but your work is so reliable and precise that you provide the
essential, steady backdrop for any business projections.
Virgo is the perfect partner for one of the outgoing, sales savvy signs of the
zodiac, such as Aries or Libra. Aries and Libra will not be too overbearing,
and they gladly will stay out of your particular areas of expertise. Virgo
works well with no supervision, and you thoroughly tie down the initiatives
that your pioneering partners initiate. You love to tuck yourself away in the
back of the shop doing your research and analysis, while your chatty,
enthusiastic partner wines and dines potential customers. You are the most
dependable and loyal sign, and you provide practical grounding for the
idealism of the fire and air signs. Virgo sees to the details that get
projects through to completion. And you can make real the most outrageous and
grandiose schemes your wilder half conjures up.
Of course, you Virginians cannot bear the notion that you are dependent on
anyone for anything, so your partner will need to be independent and
unassuming. You will not last long with any partner who comes on too strong or
tries to gain an upper hand with you. And you must be on the alert for types
who want to put you to work for them without offering much in return. Because
you are so eager to be productive and to be helpful to others, you rarely
complain about your workload. Unfortunately, an opportunistic partner will
keep pushing you to your breaking point unless you speak up. Unbridled Leos
have been known to run Virgo to the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Virgo: Invest Horizon
Virgo's investment horizon varies considerably, and you do not fall into any
particular patterns of transaction timing. For you, opportunity is the factor
determining duration, and you will hold a position for minutes, days or years,
depending on the plan you crafted before going in. Virgo analyzes all
investments intricately, and you move with great precision and patience. You
struggle to spawn a sufficiently sound strategy, and, when you finally
pinpoint a prospect that passes muster, you set your price perameters for
entry and exit. Then Virgo waits and watches the master plan unfold. Depending
on how the market acts over time, you will be invested for a day or a
lifetime. Some signs get bored holding investments for a few days, and they
sell out impulsively. Others cannot bear to let go - ever. But time does not
drive the investment decisions of VIrgo. Your main concern is to maintain the
integrity of your deftly designed investment strategies and to prove your
analyses correct.
Of course, some general Virgo character traits do impact your investment
timing in a noteworthy manner. You are so excessively discriminating that you
often overanalyze enterprise and miss any opportunity to act on the market
developments you detect. While you still are scrutinizing one last fine point
of an investment, someone else steals your deal or the trade gets away from
you. So, any investments that tend to move very quickly often slip right by
the overly thorough Virginian. Fast moves, in general, are untrustworthy
anyway, you say, and Virgo believes firmly that payoff is proportionate to the
work put into a prospect. To add insult to investment injury, though, even
when you get into the fast movers, you often so mistrust the grounding of the
gains that you sell out too quickly. Virgo masterfully spots most meaningful
market moves, but tight timeframes undermine some of your adept analysis.
Virgo: Invest Style
Virgo is an ideal value investor. You are expert analysts, and you are so
individualistic that you avoid the noise of second-hand schemes or
distractions and devise brilliant strategies for long-term capital growth.
Because of your unparalleled research abilities, you thrive on data and
information. You Virgos methodically and neatly organize all the facts and
materials you can get your hands on. Then you tuck yourself away and plan
efficient investment strategies with little help from the outside world.
Virgo does not trust the advice and knowledge of others, and you quite enjoy
pointing out faults in every argument or suggestion that comes your way.
Consequently, you rarely entrust a financial advisor or anyone else to guide
your investment decisions. You might employ an advisor just to stimulate
thought, but you always perform your own extensive research before investing
in anything.
Similarly, Virgo rarely gets caught up in the fray of active markets and mass
investor interest. You pay attention to all the latest financial news and
business trends, but you do not jump simply because others are doing so. Virgo
takes so long in analyzing each "hot opportunity" that you often miss the
passing fads of finance. You do not care what the crowd does, and you rely
only on your own assessment of where value exists. And Virgo is such a detail
person that you often find the slightest pricing inconsistencies or market
anomalies that are missed by everyone else. Therefore, you make excellent
arbitrageurs and market technicians. Of course, you focus on such intricate,
subtle moves and you move with such caution that you generally do not "clean
up" in your investments, but you thoroughly enjoy the mental process of
picking your plays.
Virgo: Negotiator
Okay, Virgo, here is where the symbolism of the virgin begins to manifest
itself in your sign. You are associated with purity and peacefulness, and you
actively avoid aggressive confrontation. Virgo is known for clarity of mind,
but you require a calm and comfortable environment in which to organize your
thoughts. You simply lose your bearings when spontaneously challenged, and you
shy away from antagonisitic debate. Furthermore, you are too honest and open
to finesse negotiations, and you often too readily expose your entire hand.
Or, you fail to be tactful in your criticisms of opposing ideas, and you
foster instant defensiveness and distaste from the other side. Although you
are able to use your exceptional observation skills to sum up any argument,
you do not like to battle over differing points of view. Your Virgo nature is
too reserved to impose your ideas on others, and you certainly do not welcome
their opinions randomly thrust upon you.
This is not to say, however, that Virgo has no role in negotiations, and you
do make excellent critics of any argument you hear. Virgo often loses sight of
the relative importance of debated issues, because you become so consumed by
the details of each and every assertion made by your foe. Although this might
prove tedious in achieving resolutions, you expertly expose loopholes in
arguments. Because Virgo so desperately needs to back up any statement or
opinion with facts, you have radar vision to statements made "off the cuff".
Virgo might be accused of "hairspliting" in negotiations, but you provide the
ammunition to blast through any opposing arguments that are less than
airtight.
Although you delight in dissecting the opinions of others, however, you detest
any criticisms of your own ideas. Virgo becomes withdrawn and visibly vexed by
any attack to your views, and you serve everyone much better in situations of
teamwork and support. You do not adjust well to sudden changes of agenda or
thought, and imaginative compromises do not come to you readily. Therefore you
prefer to retreat to the background of debate where you can put things in
order as a mere observer of the battle.
Virgo: Spending
Because you pursue all of life's pleasures from a pragmatic perspective, Virgo
spends only when doing so does not jeopardize future peace. You have a grave
fear of depeneding on others for anything. Reflecting back on your true ruler,
Vulcan, you are compelled to live a self-sufficient and productive life on
your own,
private mountain. And Virgo truly desires such a sense of self-containment.
Virgo is acutely aware, every time you spend carelessly, that your
overindulgence might be jeopardizing future comfort. Such preoccupation with
potential poverty pushes Virgo to preserve cash at every cash register.
The concepts of steals and deals are foreign to you, and you believe that
products and services should trade only at their fair value. Virgo works hard
for due compensation, and you expect no more or less in return for your input.
The thought of extravagance does not compute with you, for you always expect
to receive the fair amount of return for money spent. You scrutinize each
purchase carefully for flaws in pricing, and you walk away from any
transaction that appears slightly imbalanced. Virgo cannot resist an in-depth
analysis of every exchange, and your logical mind will not make sense of a
purchase that fails to fit the proposed price tag. You may accumulate enormous
wealth and feel free to loosen your purse strings a bit, but Virgo will never
take the bait of bad bargains or senseless spending.
Virgo will put a value on intangibles such as affection or justice, however,
and you can be extremely generous with cash for friends or honest efforts.
Although Virgo will never spend cash on idle hands, you will give a bighearted
financial boost to people you like. And your sense of reason cannot allow you
to ignore the individuals you instantly identify as underpaid. Anyone who
truly deserves a break catches Virgo's consciousness. The planets never
release you from your duty to instill proper order and balance in every
scenario you encounter.
Virgo: Bonds
Virgo enjoys the security of the bond market and the less volatile nature of
treasury securities. You do quite well with bond investments because you take
the time and effort to carefully analyze the relative strength of various
issues. Virgo does not cut corners when playing the treasury market, and you
actually find adventure in detailed comparisons of the various maturities
available to you.
Long-term bonds are particularly attractive to you because they alleviate your
fears of future destitution. Virgo constantly worries about long-term
survival, and 30-year bonds provide you with some assured payoff down the
road. Although treasury bonds are not completely foolproof, you trust Uncle
Sam to pay up when debts become due.
The short end of the treasury market, such as 6-month treasury bills and
five-year notes, provide secure investments which appeal to your sense of
caution in investing. And they often engage you in intricate analysis of
interest rate movements and other economic data. Whereas other signs run from
the task of such research, Virgo enjoys becoming an expert on interest rate
activity and the activities of the Federal Reserve. And you do not mind that
you might only make a small return on your investment. You value the solace
you receive from knowing that the government is behind your every trade.
Corporate debt is only interesting to you insofar as its potential to trade in
any predictable pattern. Just as with stocks, you will play these markets to
test some market theory, but you do not thrill in gambling on the fundamentals
of corporate growth. Virgo cannot ignore the fact that corporate debt can
become worhtless, so you prefer to invest in the sounder government issues.
Virgo does not thrill in the profit potential and excitement of corporate junk
bonds, and you generally avoid these dicey waters. The junk market trades too
erratically and the moves are too dramatic to attract the detail-oriented
Virginian.
Virgo: Trading
Ruled by Mercury's nonstop motion, you are highly transaction-oriented, which
earns you high commissions as a broker but eats away your profits as a trader.
Virgo studies each minute move of the market, and you develop a sixth sense
for the tiniest changes in price and volume. You are experts at getting in and
out of markets quickly and at finding liquidity through which investors can
move positions. But, as traders, your constant need for activity gets you in
and out prematurely. Virgo is afraid to get left holding unwanted baggage, so
you dump it at the first indication of easing momentum in the market.
With your extraordinary analytical skills, Virgo is a terrific market
technician. You are fabulously successful market strategists, and you are
renowned for implementing state-of-the-art trading systems. However, your
overly observant eye for detail overloads your internal trading mechanisms,
and you prematurely pull the trigger on investments. Your easily remedy the
situation by teaming up with one of the zodiac's market super-surfers, like
Aries or Libra, and by publishing market newsletters. You also do well as
arbitrageurs, where you scrutinize tiny pricing discrepancies in markets and
quickly pick off the tiny profits that temporarily escape the rest of the
market.
All in all, Virgo is more a research buff and quantitative wizard than a high
rolling trader. You use your exceptional research skills to identify price
patterns, and you develop disciplines to beat the market. And you are
incredibly thorough and precise, so you are magnificent watchdogs of portfolio
positions. When you sufficiently shut your mind to superfluous notes of
outside noise, you trade quite competently. But, you often require a computer
system to time your entry and exit points according to a preset strategy.
Markets are influenced by such a broad and unknown mix of factors, and Virgo
does not accept well the lack of order inherent in speculative instruments.
You attempt to narrow your focus down to specific markets or trading patterns,
which you then watch consistently and hope to exploit. You enjoy thoroughly
investigating price movements and influential events, and you become an expert
on the various indicators of market movement. Virgo is an excellent
information source about markets, and many research departments overflow with
your sign. But in actual trading you hurtfully hesitate to enter markets for
fear that you have not sufficiently investigated each potential trade. And
then you play for a market jitter at the expense of a larger, lucrative trend.
Virgo: Real Estate
All Virginians have an underlying urge to own a farm or some other natural
retreat to call your own. Virgo is not comfortable in crowded spaces, and you
seek open fields and solitary walks through the countryside to calm your
senses. As an earth sign, mountains are particularly appealing, and they seem
to shield you from the intrusive noise of the outer world. You have impeccable
taste, and, like radar, you are drawn to the most magnificent spots the world
has to offer. Virgo does extremely well in real estate ventures, as you engage
your sense of order and tranquility to seek out the globe's greatest natural
gifts.
Real estate ventures move at a comfortable pace for Virgo, and they offer the
lasting security you so desire. You Virginians can take your time to analyze
thoroughly every aspect of your investment, and you do not usually find
yourself in the midst of a high-pressure price frenzy. You easily assess the
true value of real estate, and you bid fairly on each real estate endeavor.
Because you are certain you are getting a fair trade for your money, you
confidently part with cash for property investments.
Virgo does not mind the ongoing care required for real estate upkeep. In fact,
you enjoy the daily routines of tending to your property. Whereas other signs
drown in the details of proper real estate management, you revel in the most
minute duties demanded of you. Whether trimming shrubs or drafting lease
agreements, Virgo much prefers the tangible mattters of real property
endeavors to the esoteric concerns of sheer market speculation.
Virgo: Stocks
The stock market fascinates Virgo, and you often become career researchers and
analysts. You automatically aspire to impose order on even the most chaotic
trading activity, and you have the discipline to sit and scrutinize market
activity for hours on end. Virgo hones in on details to detect the intricate
workings of market forces. You dig to the heart of activity and monitor
movement with your ultra-sensitive eye. Virgo picks up the slighest shift in
action before anyone else, and you develop systems to pick off small profits
from every market movement.
Because you need to find the sense and structure behind all situations, Virgo
toils to typefy market activity. You are the zodiac's technical analysts,
searching for trading patterns and struggling to single out standards by which
to speculate. Virgo is often happiest trading in stocks that move within a
predictable range. You skillfully spot a stock's customary course of action,
and you play it like a fine instrument. The ability to understand and take
control of seemingly chaotic circumstances comforts you more than enormous
profit potential.
When markets become fast and furious, and unpredictable outside influences
bombard your state of supposed order, you tend to panic and pull out
prematurely. Virgo becomes overwhelmed by the onslaught of new and uncertain
variables, and you refuse to ride the market's waves without thoroughly
identifying and incorporating the new factors into your formula. Virgo misses
no nuance of trading activity, but you focus so singularly on each market
component that you tend to overlook the overall company strength that plays so
substantially into market pricing.
Many Virgos decide to profit from markets by publishing research rather than
by trading actively. But the following stock sectors offer particularly
optimistic returns for any interested Virginian:
Health Care
Military/Defense
Insurance
Food/Agricultural Products
Computers/Data
Publishing
Pharmaceuticals
Electronics
Light Manufacturing
Virgo: Luxury
As with consumer goods, you do not purchase luxury items to win the admiration
of your associates. You thoroughly and quietly study every potential purchase,
and you rarely overpay. Virgo's phobia of future disability or destitution
deters you from deepening your debt, and you seldom buy a luxury good that
yields no real-world returns. Virgo will splurge on real estate or quality
cars, but your purchases are functional not flashy.
Just as Vulcan crafted beautiful jewelry for the gods, however, you possess an
impractical penchant for precious gems and fine jewels, on which you sometimes
overextend your finances. As an earth sign, you love to analyze the actual,
physical object and to judge its worth with your own senses. And you love the
time and care you can invest in researching most purchases. The trouble arises
when your bank balance says no, and you say yes. Then you panic and, to
compensate, you often become overly stingy in other areas of your life.
Generally, Virgo is very responsible with money, and you can be trusted
completely to make smart luxury investments. You know what you want, you
research your potential purchase, you are not afraid to haggle, and, as long
as you're not staring at sapphires and the like, you have the sense to walk
away from a bad buy.
Travel
I am packing my bags... Here is a list of places I should visit. Bon voyage!
Belize, Chile, Malaysia, Malta, Switzerland, and...what's this? Los Angeles? Wow, how did I know to end up here?
