August 22 - September 22

"I ANALYZE"

6^th Sign of the Zodiac

RULING PLANET: MERCURY

MUTABLE: flexible, adjustable, and easy-going

EARTH: grounded, material, practical

YIN: negative, feminine, service-oriented

KEYWORDS: productive, critical, methodical, analytical, worrier

SYMBOL: The VIRGIN

PHYSICAL BODY: intestines

COLORS: gray and navy blue

METAL: mercury

GEMSTONE: lapis (calms mental static and over-analysis and invites inner knowing)

CHAKRA: 5th, Throat Chakra

PLACES: pharmacies, libraries, veterinaries, dentist office

PEOPLE: physicians, accountants, artisans, service workers

THINGS: pets, health foods, medicinal herbs, desks, details

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS: Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Richard Gere, BB King, Agatha Christie, DH Lawerence

AFFIRMATION: I am compassionate toward myself and others. I release unrealistic standards of perfection and accept the present. I use my mental abilities to refine the good that already exists.

VIRGO loves Taurus and Capricorn and is attracted to watery Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Being an idealistic Virgin, VIRGO has a hard time with scattered Gemini and blunt Sagittarius.