The Mercurial Virgo.

August 23 - August 31

This Decan is the most typical of all Virgos: fast-moving, quick-acting, youthful, versatile and communicative with a good command of both spoken and written word. These subjects seem to be blessed with "eternal youthfulness," an ability to communicate (sometimes too much) and a natural curiosity about practially everything. They love to organize things and find it difficult to function well in a disordered environment. They like to work and are not truly content unless they are busy. While not necessarily adverse to manual labor, they prefer less physical and more mental.

Those ruled by this First Decan are usually quite intelligent with a good ability to express themselves but are often perceived as being more brilliant than they actually are. These individuals are concerned about matters pertaining to health and well-being, likely to have a "remedy" for just about every ailment. Excellent organizers with a natural ability to entertain several ideas at the same time, these natives should learn to take things a little less seriously. All natives of Virgo live within their minds (which are bright and highly motivated) but First Decan Vigo subjects do so more than most. The influence of Mercury is dominant here but the Sun works to the benefit of its natives, providing exuberance, inventive genius and scientific achievement. Virgos of this Decan may also be devoted to humanitarian causes rather than profit.