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August 23 – September 22
Virgo's ruling planet: ☿ Mercury.
It's always the quiet ones. With a Virgo woman, that's a promise rather than a warning. Outwardly reserved, even shy, she's capable of making extraordinary sacrifices for love. Beneath that modest manner, passions can rage that would surprise the zodiac's supposedly wildest signs.
Only the man she's dreamed of, the one she's waited for all her life, can awaken those feelings. When she meets him, she won't care whether he wears a politician's suit or a migrant worker's orange safety vest. She'll move mountains and follow him to the ends of the earth. If she's already married, she can even do the thing she finds most painful: leave her former family. Honest Virgo won't pretend a marriage is alive when its warmth has gone.
In fairness, she usually waits to meet her Prince Charming before marrying at all. Marrying for convenience, or even for strong affection without love, is rare. She often marries later in life, but for love and for good.
How to Win a Virgo Woman's Heart
Winning her isn't easy. She needs to see honesty, reliability, and faithfulness alongside intelligence, good manners, a sense of style, and the ability to hold a conversation. An unkempt or lazy man won't catch her eye. She embodies hard work and cleanliness herself.
Above all, keep a sense of proportion. Overexcited talk, excessive persistence, or spending she considers foolish can scare her off, even if you spent the money trying to please her. Be as restrained as she is. Give her room to see who you really are beneath the display.
Life with a Virgo Woman
As a wife, Virgo willingly takes on the greater share of your everyday concerns. She's an excellent homemaker. You won't find a speck of dust, and your socks will be washed, pressed, and sorted by how worn they are. Dinner will be delicious and wholesome. Entrusting her with the family budget is sensible, too: not a penny will be wasted.
She's human, of course. She grumbles, and that sharp critical mind could try a saint's patience. Yet quiet kindness, care, humor, empathy, and wholehearted love make her small flaws easy to overlook. Respect her habits, don't criticize her, especially in company, and meet her occasional faultfinding with good humor. Life together can become a fairy tale, with Virgo taking the role of your guardian angel.
The Virgo Woman as a Mother
Virgo isn't usually the woman who's dreamed of motherhood since childhood. She often has just one child, to whom she gives all her care and devotion. She probably won't fuss and coo; she's a firm, fair parent. Her child will learn independence, responsibility, and order almost from the cradle.
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