A hard worker, extremely practical and with a great appetite for detail, the Virgoan at her best is both careful and eager to help his fellows. She strives on constant activity, and has a lot of nervous energy to burn. The trouble is she finds it very difficult to let up, her idea of relaxation seems like hard work to others.

If Mercury, the ruling planet, is in Libra, there will be a greater ability to relax. Mercury, incidentally, also rules Gemini, but Virgoans are not so flighty. The Virgoan's flair for detail can dominate her, in her quest for perfection in minutiae she can all to easily lose sight of the overall picture. Mercury again will have a powerful bearing on this tangency, and if Virgo is the Sun-sign and Mercury in Leo, there will be a better grasp of the total situation than otherwise.

The driving Virgoan motive is 'to serve' and, one way or another, she will gratify it. Precision and neatness is natural to her, and go with purity which, as the sign's name suggest, in some cases this can build up to a psychological barrier which is very difficult to break down, and which can make Virgoans seem particularly seems stand-offish.

If they can work out a proper balance, their charitable, willing characteristics can make them very good friends, in such circumstances their natural reservation can be charming. It is perhaps as a result of the 'purity' associated with the sign that Virgoans often take a considerable interest in health and hygiene they at least take a firm interest in diet.