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The Tao of Astrology
Sun in Virgo You walk the path of the wise master as the urge to shine and harness creative vision is expressed through the archetype of the craftsman, the mentor, and the sacred servant. The shape of your humble charisma and patient influence is defined by your ability to seek nature intelligently, to evolve in the world through mastering skills, to penetrate and improve structures, to reflect on the essence of form, and to distribute life and health. It is through the archetype of the dutiful disciple that you realize your creative potential and core identity, serving others through your detailed practical knowledge. The element earth is your spiritual fuel, motivating you to embrace hard work and follow a strict dietary regimen that honors the wisdom of nature and the body. You can recharge your life force through analyzing problems, imposing order, and serving people from the depths of your humility. You are called to teach others that the journey is the destination, to demonstrate that life is not about suffering, but that we will suffer needlessly until we learn to live in tune with the natural order. You can achieve anything if you break the challenge down into manageable pieces. This requires intense effort. After the flamboyant excess of Leo, Virgo emerges to bring things back to reality by making life functional. Virgo isn’t interested in fun and games at the expense of work and health. You might be modest and neat, but at least your dutiful nature keeps everyday life flowing effortlessly. Where Leo needs an audience, you just need satisfied customers and your own integrity. Wholeness emerges in your life when you integrate the opposite sign of Pisces into your self-sacrificing nature. The disciplined devotee must become the idealistic poet in order to truly evoke the legendary skills of mastery. Then the work you do is infused with spiritual vision and your dreams are manifested in reality. The spiritual principle of Virgo is devotion to craft and service. Humility and humor are the keys to Virgoan enlightenment. Humility comes from the Latin root word “humus,” which means ground. To be humbled is to return to the solid ground of your existence, to who you really are as a fleshy human being. Virgo is not an earth sign by chance. The planets Mercury and Chiron take on extra significance in your chart as they reflect the orderly archetype of Virgo and disposit (govern) any planets occupying this sign. Therefore, the chart positions of Mercury and Chiron are vital to your creativity, spiritual recharge, and self-realization. Give these forces of consciousness special attention, as they will add their influences to your unique kind of charisma depending on their signs, houses, and aspects. Your highest purpose involves becoming a source of pragmatic knowledge and crafty skills so you can serve those who cross your path. To do so you must cultivate faith in the images that reside in your heart. When you become aware of your shadow you can transmute it into light, turning weaknesses into strength. The shadow of Virgo includes attachment to perfection, self-criticism, faultfinding, repressed, and lacking perspective. With the intelligent influence of Mercury and the sacred vision of Chiron as your guides you are called to claim your place amongst the valuable human servants of life as a worthy mentor. Through the example of your devotion, others will realize the way up the mountain path to everyday enlightenment.
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