Virgo Characteristics

General Virgo Characteristics

If you were born between August 23rd and September 22nd, your zodiac symbol is the only one represented by a woman. The Virgo virgin is often considered a shy, naïve personality. As a Virgo, you are conservative and often reserved in nature. You enjoy the status quo.

You are also independent. You know how to get things done for yourself, but you may have a tendency to be too introspective and might find it difficult to motivate yourself. You often need someone who will encourage you not be so critical of yourself and to motivate you to achieve.

Your favorite colors are earth tones, particularly blues, greens and dark brown. You tend to stay away from pastels and bright colors.

Relationships

Friendships and Family

You have charm and dignity, and you appear to be cheerful and agreeable. People seek you out to be your friend, but they sense that it is best to wait until you show you're ready. Once you do, they will appreciate your truthfulness, loyalty and determination.

You also like to tackle people's problems. Friends and family may think that you are trying to control their life at first, but they will soon come to the realization that you are analyzing their situation to find ways to help them improve their life. They don't realize how sensitive you are and how your feelings can be hurt, even if you don't show it.

Virgos and Romance

Virgos like planned dates – nothing spontaneous. You tend to embarrass easily. You worry about what is going to happen or be discussed on dates and in relationships. You don't like people probing your mind and asking you a lot of questions until you have formed a strong relationship with them. Even then, you do not feel very comfortable being asked questions.

If you are a Virgo woman, you may seem quiet and reserved. You may appear to be playing hard to get, but you are just holding back, analyzing all the facts, until you decide to make a commitment. You don't want to be hurt. Once you make a decision, you are loyal and devoted to a relationship. You are the perfect mate for someone who is looking for an old-fashioned, conservative partner who likes to takes a relationship slowly.

If you are a Virgo man, you have a cool exterior combined with a very sensitive interior. You might be easily threatened until you have analyzed the relationship and decided to make a commitment. You need a mate with a lot of patience who is willing to lead a very predictable life. You're not terribly romantic, but you are affectionate and very loyal. You are the perfect mate for someone who wants a stable, solid relationship with a loyal partner.

Virgos tend to be the most compatible with:

• Taurus
• Aquarius
• Gemini
• Capricorn

Outlook on Life

You may seem cold and detached, yet at times you can actually be quite outgoing. This is because your perception is your reality. If you have a negative outlook, your life will include negative twists and turns and you will often retreat into your inner feelings. If you have a positive outlook, your life will feel positive and you will be a more pleasant, upbeat person to be around. You are sensitive to your surroundings, but you don't like to analyze your feelings. You are inclined to tell people that everything is going well, even when it is not.

Emotions

You appear calm to friends and family, but inside you are always analyzing and thinking with a high degree of nervous energy. You can tire yourself out without even moving. You have a constant need to perfect, which can easily lead to you being perceived as picky and finicky by your family and friends.

Virgo Decisions

Some people might think that you are indecisive or slow to make a decision. In fact, you are just taking your time to weigh all the facts before you decide what you are going to do. You are very good at problem-solving because you like to separate all the elements, think about each one and then slowly put them back together again to determine what they all mean. Your rational thinking often frustrates other people.

Home and Career

You tend to be very organized in your mind and very disorganized in your home. You are good at thinking through all the details of buying a home, deciding what furniture you need to have and in planning all the details of moving into the home. However, you are not interested in spending your time deciding how to decorate that home.

On the career front, you are an excellent employee because you are hard-working and apply yourself to increasing your knowledge and job skills. You want to do things well.

With your Virgo characteristics you would make an excellent:

• Researcher or investigator: Your attention to detail and your analytical and problem-solving strengths make you very successful at interrogations and fact-finding. You are also excellent at settling other people's disputes.
• Police officer: You like to maintain order.
• Scientist or linguist: You have a love of correctness and formality. Your need for order and your preference to work alone make you well fitted for a laboratory, writing or editing environment.
• Bookkeeper or accountant – You are careful with money and you have an exacting nature.

Famous Virgos

• Sophia Loren
• Mother Teresa
• Michael Jackson
• Gloria Estefan
• Raquel Welch.