People born in the sign of Virgo, the Virgin, are a blend of two forces, not entirely harmonious. These forces are Earth and Air. Virgo is an Earth sing, ruled by Mercury, whose airy influence, intellectual as it is, does not harmonize with the humble earthy influence of the innate sign-character.

This conflict of personality blends remarkably well in the average Virgo person, who may have a great deal of intellect and a small amount of earthiness, or just the reverse.

The average Virgo person is quiet, industrious, painstaking and modest. Almost a slave to his work, the Virgo native rules those who work for him by the same exacting standards. He gives and demands “measure for measure.”

Generally respected, these humble people excite no envy as they progress, partly because of the modesty of their demands, and the insignificance of their personality.

The more noble types of the Zodiac look down upon Virgo instinctively. They are not handsome, they are not idealistic, they are not heroic, and they are not adventurous. But they are, as a rule, trustworthy, clean and decent. The influence of Mercury gives them clear-thinking, practical minds capable of the material type of intellectuality. This is not no be confused with the high quality of thought of Libra, or the abstract mathematical gymnastics of Gemini. At best, these are plain people, treating life as a placid fact. What-ever dignity of position they do arrive at, they guard jealously and keep it untarnished.

The more mental type, with the urge toward intellectual Mercury qualities, lacks none of the dependability found in the humble, earthy members of the sign.