Zodiacs

♍Virgo - The Virgin♍

August 23 - September 22

Virgo's Secret Desire: To love and be loved in return

STAR SIGN TRAITS:

Caring & Confident. This Earth sign is able to maintain faith, even when things go bad. Often creative, Virgo is generous and willing to support and care for those around them.

You are seen as an introverted individual by many, and your combination of the intellectual and the practical can sometimes be taken for coolness. You are conservative, undemonstrative and somewhat fussy, but you are also witty, charming and sympathetic. You are emotionally warm, but may find it hard to express sincere love, especially if you are a male Virgo. You have a strong personality on the outside but tend to be weak on the inside.

Being born under the sign of Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac, endows you with a highly developed sense of perfection and coupled with an analytical mind can drive others in your orb absolutely crazy. You of course don't see what's wrong with wanting everything perfect, tidy, clean and thoroughly organised as it is your nature. You can also be totally preoccupied with cleanliness, hygiene and be extremely fastidious.

However you are far more critical of yourself than anyone else and your standards are way above that which most people would aspire to, but that doesn't make them right and you wrong, does it Virgo? It is simply a difference of opinion and what is deemed acceptable or unacceptable. People closely associated with you can learn valuable lessons about time management and pride in any work they do.

Your expertise is highly valued and it is probable that you will find some people seeking you out to be on their team. These people will recognize your natural talents and be prepared to not take your criticism too personally. When you are critical it is more than likely because you've analysed and summed up a situation correctly before acting out your thoughts. Others may find this annoying but, given enough time and exposure to you, they will recognize that your analytical skills are second to none.

You are a most interesting person to be with because of your skilful insights and broad-based knowledge. Associates and family will be fascinated by your seemingly never-ending source of titbits and information.

Any job or project that you are asked to perform will be done to the highest standard, meticulous attention to detail from the commencement until the end. You take pride in doing a job well done and once you have all the information required you complete your task to the best of your ability. You work through the details in an analytical way, organise your work schedule and it doesn't matter to you if it is a job you have done a hundred times before or the first time you have attempted it - the degree of excellence doesn't vary.

Your attitude is "if a job's worth doing it's worth doing well" and there is no deviation from this maxim. You are very clear on this and nothing less will do. Others may think it is a waste of time to dot the I's and cross the t's but not you. Oh no, perfection is where you start and perfection is where you end.

Time is also important to you and a diary is a tool well used. Lists, lists and more lists may be your style but at the end of the day you will know exactly what you have done and how much more you need to do. Not only that but you will have a fairly good idea of how long it is going to take you to finish the task and what materials will be needed along the way. This is where your time management and analytical skills really come to the fore. It is very likely that your diary will be written in the same colour pen from start to finish and that no untidy crossing out will be seen on any page. It will be a picture of neatness.

You have a hawk eye and can spot an error a mile away, whether it is a mistake on a food bill or a spelling error on a sign. You are also cautious about what type of person is just right for you in your social or romantic life and slovenly people need not apply.

You are very well read and consider yourself an eternal student of sorts. You'll pay special attention to the fine detail of any subject matter and this is how you amass your considerable knowledge of many things. You have a keen intelligence and a capacity for learning and prefer to make your judgements on sound knowledge that is tried and true, rather than airy fairy stories and beliefs.

You can appear to be shy and unassuming when people first meet you but that is only because you like to observe and analyse people and situations before jumping to a conclusion. You are cautious with new acquaintances and don't give too much away before they have passed your stringent behaviour code.