power; superior in its wiryness to the body generated by the Sun in Taurus; but if Mars is afflicted, palpitation of the heart will ensue. Saturn will cause regurgitation unless care is taken in early years to avoid strain.
Virgo, the Virgin
People born when Virgo is rising are above middle stature. The upper part of the head is much more developed than the lower, the weak chin, showing lack of will and the large brain indicating greatness of intellect, are therefore earmarks of the Virgo. The face is thin, the complexion sallow, the hair brown. and the eyes hazel or grey. The feet are small, the toes turn inwards and give these people a peculiar labored walk.
Virgo people are very quick and active in youth, they learn with facility, but do not work hard for knowledge; they seem to breathe it in without an effort. They acquire linguistic and elocutionary powers most readily, are fluent writers but often cynical, cold and unforgiving when they have been injured. They are extreme in their food, and make hygiene a fad; they often fancy that they have every imaginable disease, because Virgo is the sixth sign and has a certain affinity with the sixth house, denoting health and disease.
Mercury, the ruler, is also exalted here and gives pronouncement of all the good which otherwise might be expected from the Sun.
Virgo people are slender in youth, but when the
