Featured Zodiac Sign - Virgo

Virgo

Symbol: The Virgin

Dates: August 23 - September 22

Ruling Planet: Mercury

Element: Mutable Earth

Natural House: Sixth

Tarot: The Hermit

Metal: Mercury/Quicksilver

The original term virgin translated to self-contained/ self possessed, fittingly one of the principal characteristics of a virgo is self sufficiently. As an earth sign they appreciate physical pursuits and pleasures, but being ruled by mercury and a mutable sign they are more adaptable and welcome transitions. They are devoted to service, enthusiastic, intelligent while being very grounded and rooted to the earth.