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Virgo: Divinatory Meaning

Virgo is the only zodiacal sign represented by a female. She is gathering in wheat for the winter, taking care of one’s needs. These natives collect and digest facts. The virgin denotes purity as Virgos try to reach perfection.

Virgo is a sign of work, action and service. More than any other sign except Pisces, Virgo comes to this world to serve society, in medicine, technology, social service, and even hard labor. They have an innate ability to put things together, to connect, analyze, and keep track of details. This special kind of intelligence makes them great accountants, surgeons, inspectors, and designers. Their forte is any job that requires meticulousness and precision, in short – perfection.

Their minds need the challenge of practical problems to be solved rather than a routine. They are careful with money and their interest in statistics makes them excellent bookkeepers and accountants. They also make good editors, physicists and analytical chemists. They may also find success as welfare workers, ministering to those less fortunate than themselves. They can be doctors, nurses, psychologists, teachers, confidential secretaries, technologists, inspectors, musicians, critics, public speakers and writers especially of reference works such as dictionaries and encyclopedias. If they go in for a business career, their shrewdness and analytical ingenuity could tempt them into dishonesty, though they usually have enough moral sense to resist temptation. Females may find a career in fashion, for they have a flair for dress, in which they can be trend setters.

Virgo has trouble managing projects due to their expert detail orientation. They tend to lose sight of the entire picture and often cannot keep the details from fitting together (Can’t see the forest for the trees). They have an excellent eye for detail but they may be so meticulous that they neglect larger issues. Also, although they are realists, they may slow down projects by being too exact.The Virgo is the perfect assistant for any manager, for they have the ability to manifest any project to the details with the necessary precision.

Virgo’s greatest fault is in being too critical. Their analytical mind can degerate into fault-finding, criticism, and irritability. It easier to criticize and see what is wrong with others, but much harder to do criticize oneself, and this is the real lesson Virgos should learn. Fastidious reticence and modesty become old-maidishness and persnicketiness; balanced criticism becomes carping and nagging; and concern for detail becomes overspecialization. Virgoans are liable to indecision in wider issues and this can become chronic, turning molehills of minor difficulties into Himalayas of crisis. Their prudence can become guile and their carefulness, turned in on themselves, can produce worriers and hypochondriacs.

They have a deep-seated feeling of inadequacy. When they learn to love, honor and accept the other person as they are without criticism, judgment or trying to change them to their own standards. There is a sweetmess and lack of aggressiveness in these people which endears them to everyone. They are one of the hardest workers of the Zodiac. Their jittery nerves can cause many digestive ailments, so diet is important. The lesson and correction of Virgo is to understand that what seems faulty and wrong with others is a reflection of what is not good enough with them! That is the reason the work of a Virgo is to accept any person as he is, be patient and tolerant, and to learn to love with no reason.

 KEYWORDS for VIRGO

Medically Speaking

Virgo rules the intestines, liver, pancreas, gall bladder, lower plexus, upper bowel. In general, it rules the assimilative system of the body. Virgos tend to worry and this makes them vulnerable to stomach and bowel troubles, including colic and ulcers. Males may have trouble with their sexual organs. Both sexes are strongly interested in health and esoteric cuisine and as their delicate stomachs require them to be careful about their diet, it is essential that they treat their fascination with exotic food with extreme care.

Kabbalistic Connection

Mercury in Hebrew is Kochav. Numerology value is Caf and Vav = 26 = Yud Hei Vav Hei and Caf Vet = 22 = the 22 letters of the Hebrew Aleph Bet, which indicates that Mercury is a planet of communication.

Financially it is not an easy month. Many important change might happen, the need for new business ventures, different ones with new consciousness. International business connections can take place.

The month of Elul is the completion of the lunar year. This month corresponds to the sign of Virgo, which is an earth sign and is ruled by Mercury. The sign of Virgo is connected to the practicality, working and serving others. People born in this month feel the need to achieve financial security through working, and also have a great need to serve society.

John of Berry’s Petites Heures
France, Paris 14th Century.

Sagittarius: Divinatory Meaning

The symbol of the Centaur with bow and arrow aimed heavenward represents his attempt to liberate himself from his lower nature and become one with the Higher Plane. His fire nature pushes him onward and upward.

The average Sag is outgoing, optimistic, friendly, extroverted. They love sports and gambling, taking chances, pushing the envelope. They are rather superficial in the first half of their lives, and freedom to move is of utmost importance. "Don’t fence me in," is their battle cry. Where a Capricorn will cling to tradition, a Sag wants to move forward. They love to travel, whether physically or in the mind.

Sagittarius is a born optimist; for him everything is always okay and always arranged in the best way possible. Sagittarians feel they can solve all problems and will do all things required of them. Sagittarians are prone to over-optimism, exaggeration, mockery, gambling and light-headedness. They are natural philosophers, teachers, educators, lovers, communicators, and friends. They like to travel, they love their freedom and space, and they are interested in world exploration as well as the study of human behavior, culture and religion. They share their knowledge with whoever seeks it. They love life and can be quite mischievous children.

Sagittarians are usually modest and are often religious, with a strong sense of morality, though they tend to overemphasize the ethical codes they follow and worship beliefs about God rather than God Himself. This means that, negatively, they regard rigid, unloving, intolerant adherence to ritual and conventional codes as more important than the truths they symbolize or embody. They sometimes pay lip service to religions and political parties in which they have ceased to believe because the outward forms satisfy them, yet they may not hesitate to switch allegiance in politics or change their system of belief if they see personal advantage to themselves in doing so.

They have both profound and widely ranging minds, equipped with foresight and good judgement, and they can be witty conversationalists. They love to initiate new projects (they make excellent researchers) and have an urge to understand conceptions that are new to them. they think rapidly, are intuitive and often original, but are better at adapting than inventing and are at their best when working with colleagues of other types of character that compliment their own. They are strong-willed and good at organizing, a combination that gives them the ability to bring any project they undertake to a successful conclusion. Their generosity can be balanced by their extreme care at handling their resources. Sagittarians are ardent, sincere and straightforward in love, normally conventional and in control of their sexual natures.

Their restlessness, if excessive, can jeopardize more than their own stability. Procrastination and lack of organization can give their nerves a hard time. They can also be quite blunt, thus wounding others with their words. On the other hand they are magnanimous in forgiving offenses and are responsible when looking after the elderly in the family. They are natural teachers and philosophers with a talent for expounding the moral principles and laws which seem to explain the universe. This gift enables them to be successful churchmen on the one hand and scientists on the other. The law and politics also suit them, as does public service, social administration, public relations and advertising. Travel and exploration naturally appeal to such restless souls.

Sagittarius has tremendous spiritual potential. As mid-life approaches, they become interested in distant horizons of the superconscious – philosophy, higher learning, the esoteric. When they lean toward spirituality they can create miracles, and that is why so many consider them lucky. Being Jupiter ruled, the Greater Benefic does give them an amount of luck. 

 KEYWORDS for Sagittarius

Medically Speaking

Sagittarius governs the hips, thighs and sacral area, and upper leg. Natives may suffer from ailments of the hips and thighs and are liable to sciatica and rheumatism. An alleged deficiency of silicon in their physiques can give them poor skin, nails and hair.

As they are often sportsmen indulging in dangerous pursuits, and overdoing things (negative Jupiter), they are prone to accidents which arise from these. The ancient astrologers mention falls from horses and hurts from them and other four-footed beasts. The taking of risks in other sports is a danger to the modern Sagittarian, and he is also liable to accidents with fire and heat.

Kabbalistic Connection

Kislev is the sign of Sagittarius. It is central column of the fire signs, ruled by Jupiter, in Hebrew “Tzedek”, and the Hebrew letters Samech and Gimel. The letter Samech created the sign of Sagittarius. Samech comes from the phrase Somech noflim (supporting the fallen). In the Zohar, the article called “the letter of Rav Hamnuna Saba (the Elder)”, it says that the Hebrew letters came before the Creator to ask that the world be created beginning with each one. When the letter Samech came before the Creator, the Creator told it to go back to its place, which is after the letter Nun, and to support the Nun from falling. That is how we get the word nes (Eng. miracle). The letter Nun created the sign of Scorpio in which the Flood happened, and after the Flood God put the rainbow in the sky as an omen that there never be a flood again.

Sagittarius in Hebrew is called Keshet, or rainbow. This is the rainbow in the sky, an omen between God and Noach a flood would never destroy the land. Keshet is represented by the centaur, the mythological half-man, half-horse figure who hunts with a bow and arrow.

John of Berry’s Petites Heures
France, Paris 14th Century.

Pisces: Divinatory Meaning

As last sign of the Zodiac, Pisces is ready to retreat from the world. The two fish represent the Personality and the Soul. Either the Personality is captured by the Soul or the Soul is made captive by the Personality, bringing suffering to the native.

Extremely sensitive, these natives’ emotions run strong and deep. Pisceans tend to withdraw into a dream world where their qualities can bring mental satisfaction and sometimes. They pick up on vibrations around them and it is important to surround them with only positive things and people (important to remember if you have Pisces children). Outside negativity can get so threatening, the unevolved with turn to drugs and/or alcohol. This exposes them even more to negative forces and possessions are possible.

Pisceans need "alone time" and this also gives them a chance to recharge their batteries. They need to get away from the chaos of the world, to connect with their true spiritual being. An Inferiority complex can dog them because their feelings can be easily hurt and this may be taken personally. The world is a very harsh place to them, but they need to stop reacting sensually to life. The way out is to become of service to others: Serve or Suffer.

Artistically, they shine. Their sensitivity can produce the most sublime of music, literature, and art. Even when they cannot express themselves creatively, they have a greater than average instinct for, and love of, beauty in art and nature. Though, only a spiritual orientation will bring peace. When they are true to their nature, they are the compassionate servants of mankind.

The medical fields are also of interest and you will find pronounced Pisces, Neptune, or 12th House in many charts of doctors, nurses, and those who serve humanity.

 KEYWORDS for PISCES

Medically Speaking

Pisces rules the feet, toes, the lymphatic system, and the spleen in its lymphatic role in the physical body. Also, the left eye of the male and right eye of the female. Being ruled by Neptune, the body is very sensitive to drugs. It is common that a Pisces needs less of a dosage than other signs. Neptune also can make ailments hard to diagnose.

Kabbalistic Connection

Pisces completes the astrological cycle that begins with Aries. It is Central Column of the water signs, and is controlled by two planets, Jupiter and Neptune.

Jupiter controls two signs: Pisces and Sagittarius. These two months, Adar and Kislev, are characterized by the tremendous miracles that took place because of the energy of Jupiter. Sagittarius marks the miracles of Chanukah. Adar coined the miracle of Purim, created by Esther, Mordechai, and the unity between the Jews in Shushan, Persia. This “togetherness” and mass effort of unconditional sharing caused the miracle that prevented the total extermination of the Jews in Persia, under Achashverosh’s rule.

John of Berry’s Petites Heures
France, Paris 14th Century.

Gemini: Divinatory Meaning

As Aries represents the need for the raw energy of survival and the Taurus shows the need to physically touch and experience the material world — Gemini is the intellect that man needs to develop in order to understand the universe. This stage is concerned primarily with information-gathering and Geminis never seem to stop collecting it. They need to express ideas and share information with others, but what they do with their information is another matter. The mature Gemini becomes a serious scholar and careful researcher. The immature Gemini turns into a gossip and the proverbial "jack-of all-trades and master of none".

Geminis readily adapt to change. This trait is a strength because it is a survival mechanism, and a weakness because it makes them vulnerable to the demands and influence of other people. They are dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. They take up new activities enthusiastically but lack application, constantly needing new interests, flitting from project to project as apparently purposelessly as a butterfly dancing from flower to flower. This intellectual approach to everything can make it appear to others as though they are unfeeling or emotionally superficial. Decision making, and sticking to it is a particular challenge for them.

Geminis are witty, imaginative, and have a great sense of humor which makes them good salespeople, teachers, writers, journalists. They are excellent communicators (typical of Air signs). Like their opposite, Sagittarius, they do not like to be pinned or tied down. Taurus may like to own and be owned, but not a Gemini!

Getting the mind under control is a must as the restless mind will create nervous conditions and ailments and even neuroses. The key challenge in Gemini is developing a right relationship to your mind. Are you master of your mind, or is your mind your master?

Gemini deals with the twins, the dual force of opposition between heavenly and earthly energies. The lesson is to harmonize one’s spiritual an earthly life.

 KEYWORDS for GEMINI

Medically Speaking

Gemini rules the nervous system, the hands, shoulders, arms, collarbone, and lungs. They need to watch for diseases and accidents associated with the upper part of the body, as well as nervous and pulmonary disorders such as catarrh and bronchitis. Your alertness and restlessness also mean that you can drive yourself to the point of nervous exhaustion.

Kabbalistic Connection

Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew (lunar) year, and is Central Column of the air signs. The controlling planet is Mercury, in Hebrew – Kochav. Kochav’s numerical value is Caf Vav = 26 (the Yud Hei Vav Hei the Tetragrammaton) and Caf Bet = 22 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet, together creating the most powerful and energetic combination. Mercury is the planet of communication, which means it has the qualifications of an electrical cable, telephone wire, a teacher, an adviser, a story teller – basically anything that can transfer any information from point a to point b.

The letter (Zayin) created the sign of Gemini and the letter (Resh) created Mercury. Together these two letter create the word Raz, whose numerical value is 207 – Light (Or). Raz also means secret (sod) in Hebrew. 

John of Berry’s Petites Heures
France, Paris 14th Century.

Mutable signs are concerned with changing things or moving onto something new because of boredom. The emphasis is on adaptability in the sense that while the fixed signs resist change, the mutable signs accept it — to the point of lacking a fixity of purpose and picking a path. These natives possess a versatility, communication ability, are accommodating, subtle, smpathetic, but also crafty, deceptive, inconstant, undependable.

These signs are the closing month of each season – a time to complete one’s work while preparing for the changes to come (new season).

Common Signes are constitutes between moveable and fixed, and retain a property or nature, pertaking both with the preceding and consequent Sign: and they are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces. They are called By-corporeal or double bodied, because they represent two Bodies: as Gemini two Twinnes, Pisces two Fishes.

— William Lilly, Christian Astrology (1647)

Double Bodied – The others are called double bodied, and they are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces,
for they are at the end of one element and connected with the next one."

—Avraham Ibn Eza (1092-1167 C.E), The Book of Reasons

HOUSES: The Cadent Houses (3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th) correspond to the Mutable Signs. They do not show power or stability, but are adaptable and get along with others. These are the Mental houses.

GEMINI (Mutable Air)

Keywords are communications, talking, writing, gathering info, traveling (short trips), multitasking. Indeed, Gemini is the only sign that can do two things at the same time and get away with it. If you want to locate something fast, get a Gemini to find it for you…unless, of course, something else distracts them!

VIRGO (Mutable Earth)

Keywords are details, work, details, criticism, microscopes-for-eyes, details. Virgos make great workers and fantastic critics – though sometimes nit-picking like: (Captain Kirk: "Mr. Spock, Isn’t it true that when an impulse engine is overloaded, it explodes with a force of 10 megatons?" Spock: "No captain, 10.13756 megatons.").

SAGITTARIUS (Mutable Fire)

Keywords are, philosophy, jovial, long-distance travel, religion (belief systems), higher learning, story-telling. Sagittarius Sun-Signs seem to follow the adage: Open mouth, insert foot! They tend to blurt out whatever they are thinking. Being Jupiter-ruled, the Greater Benefic, they are considered to be lucky.

PISCES (Mutable Water)

Keywords are imagination, dreams, illusions, substance abuse, dancing, other-worldly, escapism from the real world. Remember Isaac Newton, the Capricorn who said that the Universe runs like a clock? Well who else but a Pisces like Einstein would say that "space warps"? This is the only sign that can be alone in a crowded room. A spacey, far-away look is a dead giveaway that the person has strong placements in Pisces OR has the ruling planet, Neptune, strongly placed.