In this article, you will learn everything you need to know about the Virgo Archetype (from the Zodiac archetypes).
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What is the Virgo Archetype?
Virgo depicts striving for perfection and purity through practical integration and logical analysis. Virgo is on a quest for precision and efficiency in service, action and thought. Virgo planets have a kind of Zen Master quality, point out errors, are skillful at dealing with life, and fix situations, people, and things.
Virgo is unselfish and dependable, riveted by picking up the details of life in order to grow their consciousness. The Virgo archetype is for health, scared ritual, and body wisdom. Virgo expresses pragmatism and devotion in service and thought to life. The knowledgeable Virgo is concerned about awakening inner guidance and becoming a healing vessel through the expression of discipline in spiritual craftsmanship, practical contemplation, and self-sacrifice.
Virgo together with its planetary reverberators Chiron and Mercury signify the pursuit of pragmatic knowledge that’s aimed at fine-tuning and gaining skills and healing abilities. Virgo governs training, apprenticeship, and natural healing through herbalism and massage. For the intransigent Virgo planets in chart work, the Virgo archetype appreciates sweat and labor.
Virgo gets excited when skills are refined to perfection and commitment to craftsmanship is the first priority. This service-oriented archetype motivates you to be an expert of the skills you’ve mastered.
The house containing Virgo on the cusp will be needed to evaluate, perfect, and come up with something that will be of use to the world. Commitment to this domain of life experience should be your main area of focus. The same case applies to houses containing Chiron and Mercury.
It is in those areas of life experience that you can impart others with real insight to assist them to deal with the cruel side of life. Virgo manages the intestines and other body purifying functions such as sweat glands. It also manages the hands when used to exhibiting skill.
It is the symbol of vitamins, nutrition, and holistic health practices such as vegetarian foods. Many individuals in Western society are under the presumption that this is unimaginative and boring. This archetype is all sweet bliss. The more difficult a situation is, the harder Virgo works to solve it. Virgo demonstrates the value of working hard. It controls the yields of our labors. Virgo aims to humbly serve life, grow in the world through analyzing structures and mastering skills. Like all the other planetary signs, Virgo has a deep reverence for the healing power of nature.
When your Virgo aura is misguided, you get anal retentive and too fault finding so concentrated on the particulars that you forget to take a step back and enjoy the simple pleasures that life has to offer. Lost in dry routine and cold logic, the Virgo shadow arises and makes you and the individuals in your life critical, fussy, uptight, and lacking in perspective and compassion.
The Dark Side of Virgo is the martyr who unnecessarily sacrifices himself on the slab of workaholism and perfection and later on faults those he’s laboring for. You can overcome this dark shadow by expressing the opposite symbol Pisces, which is for gaining compassion, enchantment, and mystical vision.
The word Discriminating shows up on both the dark and light sides of Virgo. There is a difference between legalistic repression and healthy analysis. If you are looking to grow the idea of Virgo planets in your heart, then you’ll need to work harder to achieve that vision. When it comes to the details, they are masters but they miss the bigger picture that gives life meaning. The logic of Virgo ignores emotion which the soul’s currency. For service to be provided effectively, Virgo will need to appreciate the flow of spiritual currents.
The Spiritual belief behind Virgo is devotion, which translates to ‘to vow’. An English poet called Wordsworth was committed to his job. When he chose to pursue his passion as a poet as opposed to conforming and taking up his duties as a clergy member, he said that he made no vows, but vows were already pre-written for him. When you look at it, we all come to this world with a set of vows imprinted in the stars. When we comprehend these unspoken vows through our bodies and hearts, we are mandated to take action to accomplish them regardless of the pitfalls that we may face.
This reminds me of the vestal virgins who committed their lives keeping the scared flames ablaze and carrying out daily scared rituals. I am reminded of my teachers who accepted me as a student to their crafts of creative writing, martial arts, and astrology. These dedicated souls depict Virgo expression. Our society is lacking the mentor and with it, we have also lost the mental health and spiritual insight that is the natural fruit of the yield.
The Virgo glyph signifies the three peaks of perfection in consciousness, body, and spirit. The third peak is used to signify the generative might of the virgin matrix in realism. It’s meant to remind us of the sanctity that comes with life in bodily forms and the simplicity that comes with living in the moment. A sage Virgoan prophet said that the body is used to symbolize the temple. Virgo advocates that we can do anything we set our minds to if we divide the task into steps. The triumph of any endeavor occurs along the path to completion. By the time the journey is coming to an end, you’ll be humbled and transformed.
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