Virgo Careers

We are still in Virgo season (just about)!  This is the seventh in a series in which I look at careers for the various zodiac signs.  Maybe you have children or grandchildren born under this sign, and are looking at their potentials, or you are a Virgo looking at re-training for a change of career.  If you are a Virgoan (in Sun or Ascendant sign) and have found an ideal or fulfilling career, please do share that under comments.

Health and Safety specialist

You’ll find a high number of Virgos working in hospitals in some capacity, whether as doctors and nurses or in catering, dieticians, maintaining equipment or in alternative health such as Homeopathy or Naturopathy, as health and hygiene are often their top priority.  Virgoans are often found as health workers, e.g. Health Visitors and therapists, and Chiron “The Wounded Healer” is often ascribed to this sign.

Famous Example: Joe Wicks, the famous health and fitness guru, who kept people exercising during lockdown.

Ecologist/Environmentalist

Looking after the planet and the life upon it is another top priority for Virgos, hence this area too is of top interest for their lifetime’s work.

Famous Example: Linda McCartney – In the culinary field, vegetarianism is associated with Virgo, and she produced a range of vegetarian foods in her lifetime, which are still being produced today.  She became vegetarian after watching lambs gambolling outside their farm window.  Her reasons were ethical on behalf of animals rather than for health reasons, Paul McCartney told Nigel Slater.

Archetype: Servant

Leos and Virgos work well together, because Virgos like to give good service, and Leos like to be served.

I previously wrote about the Servant as a Virgo Archetype:

“The Virgoan is just as talented and accomplished as anyone else, but often chooses to work behind the scenes.  Thus the Servant is a common Archetype for this sign.  Caroline Myss describes this Archetype as engaging ‘aspects of the psyche that call us to make ourselves available to others for the benefit and enhancement of their lives.’ ”

Librarian

They say that Librarianship is a reasonably contented profession.  For Virgos, a Library as a place of work offers a quiet space relatively free from stress.  An Aries would miss the adrenaline in this workplace, but a Virgoan Librarian could be happy here (unless they have an Aries Ascendant!).  Virgoan authors often tend to present prolific work, with much detail and intricacy.

Famous Authors: D.H. Lawrence, Leo Tolstoy, Agatha Christie and Stephen King.  Also prolific historians and biographers Elizabeth Longford and Lady Antonia Fraser (mother and daughter).

Eternal Student

Virgos like to study in detail, and thus can become academics and specialists in their fields.

I have previously written about the Bluestocking Virgo Archetype:

The Bluestocking

“I have known several Virgo bluestockings in my time!  The Bluestocking is a studious, intellectual woman, so named after a society founded in the 18th Century by Elizabeth Montagu, who had her North Node (karmic mission) in Virgo exactly conjunct Pluto with Mars and Venus close by.  She gave birth to a sexual stereotype, depicted graphically by the planets clustered around her North Node in Virgo.”

Craftsperson

Virgo is the sign of the Craftsperson, so if you as a Virgoan want to make a career of doing what  you love, making a business of  your favourite craft, be it carpentry, ceramics or making intricate greetings cards, would make an ideal career.

Watchmaker/Jeweller

Such an area of craft, often associated with the country Switzerland (a country associated through many qualities with the sign of Virgo) is watchmaking.  That intricate work with the interior of a watch or a clock, and the association of time (ruled by its planet Mercury) all leads to Virgo.

Other Occupations:

Critic,  Clerical work/Book keeping, Cleaner, Record Keeper

Above all, a Virgoan will put perfectionism, painstaking attention to detail and conscientiousness in all they do, which should guarantee them employment!  The House associated with Virgo, the 6th House, is the House of Health, Working Conditions, the Environment, and Community – the Virgoan upholds the very fabric of society.

Aspects

The pattern of aspects this coming week is similar to the last two weeks: aspects at the beginning of the week and the end of the week, with a gap in the middle!  Looking ahead to the following week though, there will be a more normal spread of aspects.

We start, today, with an opposition between Mercury and Jupiter, in late evening.  This is mentally stimulating but can lead to mental resources being overstretched.  Travel news may also be quite testing, e.g. people being in long queues.  Jupiter opposite Mercury is a learning curve, and can bring out some humour, but need some caution in the playing.  We have to remember that Mercury is still retrograde, so that doesn’t make things easier.  So  you may need patience in communication matters, e.g. in resolving technical issues.  There may be a lot on your mind, as you retire, tonight.

The early hours of tomorrow (Monday, 19th) brings a trine between the Sun and Pluto.  This is very fitting for the last mourners to join the queue at Westminster, as it is a dignified honouring (Sun) of a death (Pluto).  The last mourner will be allowed at 6.30 a.m., so the timing on the day is extra fitting.  Those queuing through the night will be sustained by the fortitude of the Sun trine Pluto, which is an aspect that deals with the important and deep stuff of life and psychology.  If you are not at the queue at Westminster, you may experience and contemplate (or dream) in great depth, and any creativity will have this profound quality imbued within it.  You may find that you have made more real progress than you thought, your patience rewarded.  There could be a revelation.

There’s another trine in the early hours of Tuesday (20th) morning, between Venus and Uranus.  This is a fresh and sparkling energy, suitable for a King to begin a reign and a new Prime Minister to get on with the job [what – no rest?].  If you’re dreaming in the middle of the night you may experience some vivid and upbeat images or guidance.  The aspect may set you up with insights for the coming week, or bring encounters of the illuminating kind.  In the field of the Arts, it can bring originality and surprise, e.g. to a performance of music.  Ideas for assisting the problems in our society may also crop up, such as community based solutions. This aspect is also favourable for spontaneous exciting meetings.

Fast forward to Friday (sorry, no Fixed Star this week) and it will be the Autumn Equinox, again occurring in the early hours of the morning.  At the Autumn Equinox the Sun enters Libra, and it is a good time for rebalancing and recalibrating.  There may be a lift in mood, accompanying a greater appreciation of the beauty of nature, and awareness of the quality of design, whether in or out of the home.  Libra may draw you to artistic or musical pursuits, new relationships, or an interest in the law and justice.  It may be time to switch to your Autumn wardrobe.

Around breakfast time, the Sun conjoins with Mercury at 0 degrees Libra, so it is a good day generally to apply your mind with clarity,  concentrate and focus,  and make important statements.  The focus may be on relationships and relating.  Mentally you may be able to see things clearly from the other person’s point of view.   In a negotiation, for instance, it is easier for each party to save face, and achieve a win-win outcome.

At mid-day another ingress occurs, and that is Mercury’s entry into Virgo (moving backwards from Libra).  There may be some piece of work  you have not finished, or need to put extra touches on.  Look at your project with the detailed eye of the Virgoan.  Work and study schedules for the Autumn may be beckoning (hubby and I are starting our third year in Philosophy at Cambridge – having taken a gap year!).  Make an effort, while Mercury retraces its steps in Virgo, to revise your ecological and recycling policies, especially if you are a government cabinet minister in the new regime.

One final aspect, which occurs on Saturday (24th) at breakfast time, and that is Neptune opposing Venus.  So we start and end the week with an opposition, but very different in nature.  This one may be uncomfortable in a way that you may not be able to put your finger on.  There may be some deception or illusion going on, especially in relationships or with money, so be cautious.  Don’t answer any cold calls or scam emails.  It is possible that you may be going to a social function in a context such that you don’t quite know where you stand.

The week in bullet points:

  • Today – mentally overstretching
  • Tomorrow – dignified mourning; deep strength
  • Tuesday – sparkling social vibe
  • Friday – Autumn mood; mental clarity; attending to unfinished business
  • Saturday – seeking the truth in relationships
Date: Sep 18th, 2022 · Comments RSS · Tags: Astrology