SAGITTARIUS WOMAN AND VIRGO MAN

She asked where he lived. "Second to the right," Peter
said, "and straight on till morning."
"What a funny address!"
Peter had a sinking. For the first time he felt that perhaps
it was a funny address. "No, it isn't," he said.
Well, hurray and hallelujah! Give that Virgo man with the peculiar address a
hearty handshake and a bear hug! He's off to a racing start with the half-Horse,
half-Human female Centaur, for whose love and admiration he's willing to give
up his treasured loner's existence. For her, he'll even sacrifice his bachelor pad's
peace and quiet. But for her (or for anyone else) he should never sacrifice his
sense of personal dignity and self-confidence, especially not his self-respect. A
man has a million uses for self-respect, so it's not sensible to allow even the
woman he adores to rob him of it.
You'll notice that at first he hesitated, nearly submitting to the sinking feeling
of inadequacy a bright and cheerful but distressingly candid and forthright
girl Archer can unthinkingly instill in a Virgo man's solar plexus (which, if he's
not careful, can develop into an annoying attack of Virgo indigestion). But our
hero triumphed over the impending danger of inferiority, the challenging threat
to his masculinity. Never mind her frank (or amused) opinions and comments
about his perfectly proper address. Never mind what she thinks of his apartment,
his socks, his ears, his hair, his nose, his job, his careful and modest
dreams, his car - his habit of buying Ivory soap by the case, or his medicine
chest, well stocked with aids to "gentle elimination." She thinks his address is
funny? He'll tell her a thing or two. And so, he speaks right up to her, firmly
and sternly - "No, it isn't. It is not a funny address."
That's the first thing he tells her. The second thing is that she should learn
to close her mouth before she speaks, and keep it closed while she's analyzing
what she was about to say - and if she thinks it over carefully, with a little consideration
and forethought, she might decide not to open it at all - until she has
something nice and kind to say to him. Surprisingly, she'll probably love it. Actually,
this girl is searching for a firm but tender man, who will keep her in her
place - as long as he doesn't keep her there by sitting on her puppy-dog friendliness,
optimistic enthusiasms and fiery ideals. It's an undeniably delicate task,
but the Virgo man who loves her is gifted with the art of delicate diplomacy, and
he just may be able to handle it. He possesses an almost mystical talent for finessing
things through to a smooth finish.
Happily, he's solved one problem between them in their tense 4-10 Sun
Sign Pattern relationship, already. He's trained her to soften the tips of her Jupiter
arrows a bit, and not pull so hard on the bow. He's made her see that her
thoughtless remarks can really hurt - and with Virgo's curious ability to be
sweetly polite, even while scolding, he's made her realize that he does comprehend
her lack of malicious intent, her basic good will and naivete. She may bequite sincerely, moved to tears. She's wanted and needed someone to understand
her real self for the longest, longest time, someone who won't judge her
harshly for just being true to how she feels - and spontaneous when she has
something to express. Therefore, instead of starting a quarrel between them,
her Virgo lover or husband's firmness may have the opposite effect of bringing
them closer together than they were before. Beautiful. Bravos and posies.
Good for him, and good for her. Now, the next problem. (You surely didn't expect
them to be fated to struggle with just one problem, did you? After all,
their natal Suns are squared, remember.)
Her practical jokes. Sagittarians of both sexes are absolutely addicted to
puns and practical jokes. She'll think it's hilarious as puns go, that a Connecticut
town, in celebration of ERA's birth, officially changed the description of a
public occupation as "building personholes," avoiding discreetly the use of the
no-no word "man." (Virgo might think that one is pretty funny himself.) Then
he'll ask her what time the mailperson is due, because he wants to post a letter,
she'll ask him if he doesn't mean "personperson," he'll tell her that "mail" isn't
"male," and she'll say it doesn't matter how it's spelled - he'll ask her how she
would know, since she's such a dreadfully poor speller herself, and they'll crack
up laughing together. One of the nicest things about Sag is that she's a genuine
good sport, and is never up-tight about enjoying a joke on herself. Most Sagittarians
can take it as cheerfully as they dish it out. And he must admit that's a
shining virtue, only too rare in this dreary world. All right, we've covered her
penchant for puns, and he handled that problem quite nicely too, don't you
think? With just the right amount of good humor and careless teasing, adding a
pinch of her own kind of truth that stings. And she laughed. She was pleased,
she didn't pout, and they're still friends. The practical jokes may be a little
tougher.
Excuse me. You'll NEVER BELIEVE what just happened! I've been writing
this book for a little over nine months now (it takes nine months to create a
human child or a brain child, a tad longer for elephants) and this is the FIRST
TIME EVER that my IBM typewriter ribbon ran out at precisely the exact
same second the IBM correctional tape ran out! Isn't that one for the Guinness
book? The Virgos reading this are now busily calculating the percentage possibilities
of such a double fade-out. The Archers will want to know if I'm making
it up to be funny, or if I'm being honest. Sag has a thing about integrity. I am
not making it up, and I'm not trying to be funny. It's true. It happened, and I
have a witness. So there. I'm either approaching the end of this book, or the
end of my Virgo-like cool. There are unmistakable signs and I do hope the
former occurs before the latter. (No, I'm not a Virgo, I'm Aries, but Vulcan is,
I'm sure, conjunct my natal Sun. I'll let you know when they discover it (Vulcan)
and are able to calculate its orbiting movements.) Now back to the Sag
practical jokes, with which the Virgo man will have to contend sooner or later in
their relationship.
As briefly as possible, I'll give him a sample of how gigantic a Sagittariantype
practical joke can be. I mean, some of them are harmless little bits of fun
and foolishness, but since Jupiter, the ruler of Sag, is the planet associated with
expansion, an occasional Archer prank can get a little out of hand, so to speak.
Briefly, then, there is this man named Steven Masover, who is enrolled in college
at Berkeley (California) in pursuit of a higher degree in physics (on a scholarship,
and he was also Valedictorian of his high school graduation class). Steven's
Sag-type caper, which news stories referred to as a "Robin Hood prank"
(Robin Hood has a tight affinity with all Archers), was to hold up a bank, with
an unloaded gun and a fake bomb, making off with $78,000 in cash. His defense
was that he had no intention of stealing the money, he had only borrowed it to,invest it in colonies in outer space, as a way for Earthlings to escape pollution
and overpopulation, and planned to pay back every penny in 20-odd years or so.
(Pollution, Love Signs can't help Steven solve, but the overpopulation problem
is tackled in A Time to Embrace, in the back of this book.) Masover was acquitted
by the jury (in a Jupiter-type stroke of pure luck) because the D.A. couldn't
prove he "intended to deprive the bank of the cash permanently" (a prerequisite
for stealing) although the latter commented that he felt "spending the money
on space stations would amount to the same thing as depriving the bank of it
permanently, using common [Virgo] horse sense." Or Sagittarian horse sense.
Or whatever. The big fear now is that the "flukey" acquittal of the perpetrator
of this flakey but eloquent practical joke will encourage other "Robin Hood robberies."
The fear is groundless. Real criminals don't have the kind of genius
and imagination to come up with that sort of laden-with-hidden-truth rationale
of invisible but powerful integrity. However, it certainly may encourage other
Sag practical jokers, heaven help us all.
The Virgo man may wonder why I chose a male example of a practical joker
to warn him about his female Archer's playful, filly foibles. I had an excellent
reason. I wished to emphasize to the Virgo man that, while he was born under a
"feminine" Sun Sign, and is also actually ruled by the feminine planet Vulcan
(see Virgo-Virgo chapter), which doesn't mean that he's a sissy (Virgo Elliot
Gould, a sissy?), only sensitive and perceptive - his girl Archer was born under
a masculine Sun Sign, and is also guided (puns, truth arrows, integrity, practical
joking and all) by the masculine planet, Jupiter. Double feminine influence versus
double masculine influence, adding up to a clear conclusion. He was absolutely
right to tell her a thing or two when she made fun of his address, because
he's going to have to keep a firm rein on this lady Centaur, or she'll kick over the
traces. As we've already proven, she'll enjoy it secretly more than she resents it,
if the rein is held in loving and kind, considerate hands, which it surely will be
with a Virgo man who really loves her.
With his double feminine influence, of gentle wisdom, he'll be able to perceive
that this girl-woman is a trusting, vulnerable creature, for all of her double
masculine macha, and she doesn't win every race. She's stumbled and fallen
more times than she can bear to remember, trusting people who hurt her and let
her down, just when she needed them most. He'll soothe her painful memories
with his affectionate concern, and help her analyze why she should forget them,
now that there are only the old scars to remind her - assure her the scars will
disappear sooner if she looks to the future, not to the past. Then he'll promise
her that he'll never make her sorry she had faith in him, if he can possibly help
it - and he'll mean it. She'll look into his clear, quiet Virgo eyes (that twinkle
with the silvery streaks of his foster ruler Mercury when he's happy) and she'll
know he's wholly and completely earnest. She's right. A Virgo never makes a
promise he's not willing to do everything humanly possible to keep. That counts
for a lot, and if anyone realizes it, she does. There's an alarming shortage these
days of honest people, who live from the inside out, not from the outside in. So
many get it backwards, the way to find happiness, like Hiawatha's mittens.
Since she can't stand hypocrites or phonies, she should thank her lucky stars for
the love of her Virgo gentleman (meaning gentle-man). That's something I forgot
to tell him. This girl is lucky. No matter how many times she makes a mistake,
her misjudgments have a way of landing on their feet, and sailing her into
the winner's circle. Knowing this astrological certainty will comfort him when
he's suffering through some of those really huge goofs, caused by her wellmeaning,
impulsive enthusiasm.
The physical closeness they share, if he continues to keep a firm grip on the
reins, and if she doesn't bruise his sensitivity and subconscious need for purity,
has the potential of being as passionate as her Fire Element nature, yet also as
cool and as deep as his "Earthy" desires can make the togetherness between a
man and a woman. There's something of calm and stillness about him that
channels her longings gracefully into the direction of a kind of fulfillment that
makes her know how much more important affection and peace are than winning
all the games in a romantic challenge. The warmth of him beside her is
something she senses she'd be empty without, if they ever allowed their clashing
personalities to cause them to say goodbye. And he knows too, though he may
never express it in words, that the emotional storms they sometimes endure may
leave his spirit weary and tired of trying, but if she ever went away... who else
would awaken him on Christmas morning (as she did their first December together)
wearing holly berries in her hair, breathlessly telling him to look under
the blanket she holds in her arms? (No one.) Peeking out of the blanket were
six black, shiny noses, belonging to six wriggling puppies born to their St. Bernard,
Amelia (for Earhart), the night before, while he slept, at exactly midnight
on Christmas Eve, she told him . . . her eyes shining with glittering stars of excitement
and childlike wonder. Every time he remembers that crisp, cold, winter
morning... the way she'd tucked the holly berries in her hair, like a small
girl, to surprise him . . . the snow frosting her lashes (she'd just come in from
checking the drifts in the yard, to see if they were deep enough to make a snowman
.. they were . . . so they later did).. every time he thinks about the way she
smelled like clean, cold ozone when she kissed his forehead lightly, and merrily
told him to hurry and come downstairs, because she'd made a fire, and couldn't
wait for him to look under the tree to see what the reindeer had left there
he gets that funny lump in his throat he can't swallow. And he knows how
right he is to keep trying to understand this lovable, graceful, funny and vulnerable
. . . bright-eyed and intelligent but awkward girl clown, whose nose always
turns red when she cries.
She gets the same kind of lump in her throat every time she remembers the
morning he shyly brought her a tiny bunch of violets when she was aching inside
from something very personal and sad she didn't even know he was aware of
.. but he was. He handed her the violets so softly, without a single word. What
other man she ever knew would have done that? (No one. Not in quite the
same way.) So what if he's occasionally cranky and cross, a little stuffy about
money? He's a quiet man, of many dimensions and levels of loving. He may
not talk much around others, but they're both Mutable, and he talks a lot with
her . . . telling her things he'd share with no one else, because he knows he can
trust her to keep his confidences, and treat them tenderly. He had to train her
to listen and understand the value of privacy . . . but Sag is super intelligent (Jupiter
ruling the 9th house of higher education) so she learned quickly . . . many
things he taught her. It's only because she's careless and disdainful of detail
that she keeps spelling committment with two "t's" and commited with only
one. Never mind. She can't spell it, but she knows what the word means. It
means the same thing as a promise,doesn't it?Yes it does.
If the Virgo man and his girl clown-philosopher really care, they can turn
their 4-10 square of tension into a gigantic Jupiter-Vulcan trine of steady contentment
over the years, and celebrate Christmas every morning, with one sort
of gift or another.

VIRGO WOMAN AND SAGITTARIUS

He thought of hopping off in a comic sort of way till he was

out of sight of her, and then never going near the spot any

more

To show her that her departure would leave him unmoved,

he skipped up and down the room, playing gaily on his

heartless pipes. She had to run about after him, though it

was rather undignified.

Although Virgo and Sag form the tense and challenging 4-10 Sun Sign Pattern,

we discussed the melodious secret of how these two can successfully conquer the

conflicts of their auric vibes and achieve harmony together in the beginning of

this chapter, which the Centaur and his Virgin should study first, taking care to

read between the lines, before they give their attention to these particular pages.

All they have to do is keep singing their love song in the key of D-flat. And try

not to go off-key. It may take a little practice, but as the New Yorker said to the

tourist asking directions, that's how you get to Carnegie Hall. Practice, practice,

practice! (Of course, you can also get there by making a sharp right turn East,

at the corner of 57th Street and 7th Avenue - but it depends on whether you

plan to be the featured attraction, or just sit in the balcony, as one of the crowd.)

Speaking of directions, such as how to get to Carnegie Hall - or anywhere

else - the Virgo girl will probably prefer to reach her destination by subway, by

bus - or on foot. The Archer is more likely to impulsively (and extravagantly,

in Virgo's opinion) hail a taxi or rent a car. Maybe even suddenly decide to buy

one (he leans to fast and jazzy sports models) if he's a typical Sagittarian. It's

one of the bridges they'll have to cross together, to get to the other side (the

agreement side) of their differences - his inclination to spend money in a relatively

casual and carefree, generous manner - and her inclination to carefully

count the Daddy Lincolns and squeeze the Buffalos. The Virgin doesn't really

intend or want to be stingy, but unless her Moon or Ascendent is in a Fire or Air

Element, she may give an extremely good imitation of it.

or thrifty, sensible and cautious. But you know how Sag tends to call things

as he sees them, so he may see her "sensible thrift" as a clear case of stinginess,

and be not a bit bashful about telling her so, which, of course, will not exactly

endear him to the Virgin.

You see? Already, he's been a little clumsy, and stuck his foot in his

mouth. There's one way he can persuade her to thaw her frigid response to his

frankness concerning her financial attitudes. He can gaze at her ever-so-earnestly

(straight into her eyes, Virgos mistrust people who avert their glances)

and ask her politely if she'll suggest a way for him to hang on to some of his income,

help him figure out how much of it should be put away for a rainy day (or

for a secure future) earning interest. Which would be more advisable, Municipal

Bonds, a stock portfolio, a bank savings plan - or maybe a plump china

piggy bank at home? She'll love to be asked, and will have a stream of well-considered,

detailed suggestions. If she already knows him reasonably well, she'll

veto the piggy bank right away. Unless he leaves it with her. Too tempting

when he weakens.

Most people start out with ambitions for the future, enter a profession or

career of their choice, work toward their goal - and eventually, after they've enjoyed

a fair amount of time of achievement (and tucked away some cash), they

retire, and do as they please. The Archers approach the work ethic in reverse.

They like to start out by retiring - or at least, by doing just what they please. If

what pleases them is unduly restricted by the demands of employment, they often

toss security over their shoulders, shrug - follow the features of their

hunches for a while, and figure that, when things get tough, they can always find

a different occupation that isn't so confining. It's an attitude that horrifies the

usually hard-working, efficient and responsible Virgo woman. So she'll criticize

him, first gently - and then, if he continues to behave as though he couldn't

care less about the future, her very real apprehensions will cause her to point

out his flaws more sharply.

He'll fiercely resent what he views as nagging, then pull out his bow and

quiver, and aim a few blunt arrows of truth - as he sees it - into the heart of

her objections. To work at a job you hate more than you love, only to gain financial

security, he'll tell her, can slowly murder the spirit. He doesn't know (or

care) how other males feel, but as for himself, he believes a man's work or career

should be something he enjoys so much, he would do it without a cent of pay if

he had to, because he's so magnetized by its challenge - because he must express

himself in this way, or be forever unfulfilled. (An unfulfilled Archer is a

sad and empty man, more so than any other.) I hate to takes sides in an argument

between lovers, but astrology forces me to agree with the Centaur's philosophy

on the subject of work. A fringe benefit of such an attitude Virgo should

appreciate, is that financial rewards frequently pour in, not despite it, but because

of it. It's never those who set out determined to make a lot of money, with

financial security as the bottom line goal, who succeed and become wealthy.

The greatest fortunes never fail to match the greatest achievements, granted by

Lady Luck invariably to those who are consumed and obsessed by an idea, so

single-minded about it that they're completely oblivious to the cash remuneration.

Their fortunes pile up around them, nearly unnoticed. The Universe

smiles on them, because they work with love, not with the apathy of boredom or

frustrated resentment. Dr. Land and his obsession with the Polaroid photographic

process. Henry and his love affair with his Ford. Tom Edison and the

sounds he heard in his head, he desperately had to somehow channel. David

Sarnoff... and thousands upon thousands of others.

There are plumbers and electricians who passionately love their work, and

couldn't possibly imagine doing anything else. There are chefs who adore to

cook, physicians who desperately long to heal, waiters who are happy talking

with people, fascinated by the changing streams of the faces of humanity. Yes,

there are even people who feel a deep, personal satisfaction in scrubbing floors

and washing windows - in cleaning. They're aware of a powerful lifting of the

spirits from seeing dirt and untidiness magically change into freshness and shining

order. (Virgo should comprehend that!) I know a man who would rather

paint houses than be President, truthfully. It exhilarates him in a way he

doesn't try to explain to himself - least of all to anyone else. Albert Schweitzer

preferred the hardships of steamy jungles to a chrome-plated, modern science

lab, while others prefer the chrome-plated, modern science lab to primitive labor

in the jungle. Those who punch their factory time clocks with suppressed

bitterness and a sense of futility turn out ugly furniture, not fit to pass down to

anyone, hardly fit for the original owner, after a few months. But a man who

loves his work is a craftsman, creating miracles from wood and other materials

that are treasured for centuries. And so it goes. There was a time when people

were more inclined to follow their hearts to their professions, when society made

it easier to earn one's daily bread with love. Now all we have are square pegs in

round holes, and vice versa, because of the rat race called "success," that turns

out, in the end, to be a cruelly false label. Millions ask themselves privately,

"Why is success such a failure?" Because it was wrongly defined in the beginning,

that's why. By television commercials . . . and within the glossy ads in

magazines. Madison Avenue has a heavy karma ahead, for sure.can solvehe may be the one who lies there, musing about the

Because Virgo contains the seed of purity (purity of thought, intention and

action) the Virgin may be moved by her restless, independent Archer's arguments,

and gradually grow to see things through his rosier colored glasses. An

end result like that is worth the friction these two must endure from the 4-10 influence

of their squared natal Suns. It's also more than a little possible that she

will impress her Sagittarian lover or husband with the stamp of her own kind of

patient integrity and sense of responsibility, her ability to keep dreams nice and

tidy, polished and gleaming, therefore more apt to be truly beautiful when it's

time for them to come out of their cedarwood drawers and manifest as realities.

In this way, the Virgin and the Centaur can turn the falsely labeled "curse" of

their 4-10 vibration of tension into a blessing, by helping each other eliminate

their "vices," through the process of simply exchanging their individual virtues

with one another.

True, there are multitudes of minor matters these two will disagree about,

causing periodic conflict between them. But there's always the man-woman alchemy

to soften the hurt of all the things that don't really matter as much as

they think they do. Love's physical chemistry can cover daily annoyances and

irritability with the heavy fragrance of roses, washed by a summer shower, in a

garden . . . the joyful feel of damp earth and wet grass, refreshing two hearts and

souls grown weary from constant misunderstanding. When the Virgin leans

back in her Sagittarian man's protecting arms, she'll forgive him most of his

trespasses against her, and he'll forget his own fiery anger over being criticized

and doubted. The flames of passion and desire within his Fire Sign nature -

and the deeper, more quiet needs of her "earthiness" can blend into a contentment

and peace between them that forms a foundation for more tolerance

toward each other regarding all those unimportant areas of conflict. But she

must take care not to allow her instinctive Virgo detachment and physical aloofness

to cause him to feel rejected, because he seeks and needs a more enthusiastic

response to his physical expression of tenderness.

During the reign of Britain's Queen Victoria, young women about to be

married, who shyly sought advice concerning the proper, ladylike behavior on

their honeymoons, were crisply admonished by their mothers to "just lie back

and think of England." There may be times when the Sagittarian man thinks

he's been projected into the Victorian Age with his Virgo lady - his bright and

gentle, but somewhat cool, Virgin, who loves him with the same intensity as he

loves her, but may be unable initially to express her feelings with as much easy

spontaneity as he does so naturally. Telling her she's frigid won't solve the

problem. Tactlessness never solves anything. He'll have to patiently teach her

to trust him with her whole self, for patience, unlike "brutal honesty,"

anything at all. Once the Virgo woman has learned to be herself with the man

she loves, she can make of sexual Oneness a lingering and profound experience

for the sometimes clumsy, but cheerful and generous Archer, who has the ability

to reach the heights in everything he does . . . not excluding making love.

After they've grown accustomed to matching their rhythms in all their communications

(they communicate well, these two, both being Mutable) the Virgo

woman will lie back on the shoulder of her Sagittarian man, and think of many

things other than England. The both possess intelligent, inquiring minds that

sparkle with ideas. Then

British Isles. Some midnight, after they've loved, he'll suddenly ask her if she'd

like to forget all about caution and practicality . . . just pack a couple of suitcases

tomorrow, lock the front door, give the neighbors the key, so they can drop

by to water the plants . . . catch an early flight for London, and arrive in time to

hear the chimes of Big Ben by noon. If she's as smart as Virgos are born to be,

she'll analyze his skyrocket suggestion carefully for about two and one third seconds,

kiss him on the nose, snap on the light, smile into his eyes with her whole

heart, and say, "Well, what are we waiting for? You get out the suitcases, and

phone the airport, while I'm taking my shower."She'll call it economical

VIRGO WOMAN AND GEMINI MAN

This is not a love affair that will automatically be draped in clouds of rainbows

and blankets of flowers, for these two face the severe test of the 4-10 Sun Sign

Pattern influence, with both its trials and its benefits, each of which can be considerable.

They have a rather rough romantic row to hoe. That doesn't mean

they can't raise cabbages together, but it does mean that their garden of love

will need frequent weeding.

It could begin with quarrels about whether the crop they plant should be

roses or veggies. Obviously, veggies make more sense. She is a Virgo, concerned

over possible world famine, termites in the attic, inflation - and the missing

button from his shirt. Veggies are clearly the answer. Not to the shirt or the

termites perhaps, but to inflation and the specter of starvation. What can you

do with a rose, when the wolf is pounding on the door?

Smell it. You can smell it. The Gemini man can inhale the fragrance of a

rose while poverty closes in, in much the same way that Nero fiddled while

Rome burned. Of course, all this gardening talk, as well as Nero's fiddle tune

amid the flames, is merely symbolic. But then, everything is symbolic, academic

or rhetorical, to Gemini. He was born wrapped in riddles, mewing with metaphors

and anagrams, and swaddled in analogies. Also with a telephone in one

hand and a telegram in the other. She was born, he may think at times, of an

unlikely union between a computer and a scrub brush. A self-programming

computer. (Is there such an instrument? Never mind, some Virgo with Aquarius

rising will invent one, working with a Gemini partner.)

That's not meant to imply that this man and woman don't find each other

fascinating, only that they also find each other frustrating. Most Gemini men

have forgotten their birth dates, either innocently or deliberately, by the time

they reach the age of twenty-one or so on the illusionary chronological calendar.

Counterwise, many Virgo girls have memorized the exact hour, minute and second

of birth - and besides that, they believe eternal youth is not only impossible,

but would be a bore. He finds it both possible and enchanting. You can see

that clocks, stopwatches and Einstein's theory of relativity can create one of the

chasms between them. There are others.

It's a rare Virgo female who becomes enthralled over the idea of tossing a

feather into the air and striking out in the direction it points to as it lands. If

she's a typical Virgin, she's not fond of geographical hopscotch. When she travels,

she prefers to utilize a travel folder, a travel agent, and the holiday-weekend-

family-cut-rate plan. The airlines invented just for Virgos what they refer

to as their "chicken-feed" flight (approximately between about 2 A.M. and 6

A.M.),

Twins, Virgo's Gemini man would secretly like to follow the feather, and as for

mode of travel, he's the one those "have breakfast in London and lunch in Italy"

posters are designed to attract.

When they first fall in love, often through mutual curiosity, she'll be

thrilled with the possibilities of casual, careless living he so charmingly endorses,

while he'll be flattered with her rapt attention, her alert mind, and her too rapt, herreal problems which are the true cause of the tensionher more seriously. Virgos often give the impressionthere. Not just his mind, heart and soul - all of him.

very feminine manner. But after a time, she may begin to question the wisdom

of synchronizing her life to a man who seems to be eternally wandering - either

physically, mentally or emotionally - his thoughts and actions no more predictable

than the weather. He may later feel her attention is a mite

mind perhaps too alert to allow him his needed privacy now and then, in which

to do his abstract thinking. Then they may become tangled up in the roses-veggies

hassle, symbolically. All quarrels between lovers are based on matters

which in themselves are not important but have been chosen because they symbolize

the deep-seated and

between them - some underlying truth that neither wants to face, for whatever

reason.

Despite her analytical, razor-slicing mind, the Virgo girl is ultrasensitive

and in need of appreciation. A Gemini male may be somewhat unsuccessful in

this area, because he's an Air Sign. Although Air Signs are not unsympathetic,

there is a certain detachment and aloof coolness about them, which can leave an

Earth Sign like Virgo feeling empty, somehow unfulfilled. There are times when

he will be truly incapable of understanding both her depth and her strength.

Then he'll try discussion and compromise, often failing altogether to touch the

source of the trouble. Even so, his combined intellectual ability and charm will

enable him to pacify her temporarily, until she's had time to analyze the errors

and flaws in his facile arguments.

If she doesn't take him too seriously, their relationship can be mentally exciting,

emotionally intriguing, and lots of fun. But Virgo takes everything seriously,

and she's certainly not going to make an exception of a lover or husband.

Perhaps he should take

they have committed themselves until "death do us part," then shock the partner

with a divorce action as neat and quick (and as unkind) as snapping off the

head of a flower. Most everything Virgo does is neat and quick. In that, these

two are very much alike. Both can be impatient with routine, and neither of

them are sloppy thinkers or dressers.

Sexually, she requires more physical demonstrations of affection than he -

and he requires more variety and poetry in lovemaking than she. Not that he

expects her to sleep with a copy of Rossetti under her pillow, nor does she require

him to conquer her like Valentino, but there are indisputably subtle differences

in their approaches to the physical chemistry of love. A Virgo girl does

not necessarily want to be treated as a Virgin by the man she loves. True, her

sexuality, as a whole, is not dramatically intense or excessively passionate, but

she wants to know he is

Although Virgo women, like Virgo men, can take sexual love lightly, they are

somewhat more earthy about it than the airy Gemini. Also, this girl feels more

confident and relaxed, and therefore can be a more satisfactory love partner, if

she feels some degree of security and familiarity in their intimate relationship.

This is not always possible with a Gemini, who is, lest we forget, two-people-inone

(sometimes three or four) and changeable enough to project desire one night

and cool disinterest the next.

Such behavior can throw a Virgo girl into a trauma of quiet desperation,

causing her to blame some defect in herself as the reason for the change in his

ardor. Virgos can be critical of others, but their sharpest criticism is always reserved

for themselves. Something will always be held back, in reserve, between

these two. Total abandonment and forgetfulness of the self is rarely achieved in

their sexual union, and so their physical compatibility, while deeply fulfilling

perhaps in some ways, may be somewhat emotionally guarded and controlled.

Mentally, however, very little will be held back between them. Neither can

be said to be a slouch in the language department. There are some Gemini-Virdepth in an emotional relationship.listen with genuine interest

go couples who use words as weapons, with deadly aim. Words hurt. But words

can also heal, and these two Sun Signs can use them for better or for worse. No

one can tenderly coax a timid Virgin out of her rigid reservations into the

blooming rose garden of self-confidence more expertly and smoothly than a

Gemini man - and no one can soothe the frequently jangled nerves of this Mercurial

male more gently and wisely than a Virgo girl, when they're both motivated

by love.

There's no doubt that they'll probably respect one another's mental abilities,

yet they may too often stifle open expressions of affection in each other.

Neither he nor she may comprehend the need for

She'll attend to all her necessary duties regarding him, neglecting no

details. She'll sew on his missing buttons, give him excellent advice concerning

his career, if and when he should ask her, seldom or never pressing her opinions

upon him uninvited. She'll be a stimulating companion at the theatre or watching

television . . . and be able to converse with him most intelligently about the

books, magazines and newspapers they read. Still, there may be a hint of

"duty" in her devotion, as steady and admirable as it is.

He'll find time to talk with her about all her worries, will probably encourage

discussions between them about anything that's on her mind, and allow her

lots of room for the free development of her own ideas, ideals and goals. He

won't smother her with undue jealousy or possessiveness, but he may cause her

to feel boxed-in with his sometimes excessive prying and probing, on a verbal

level.

After the first glow of Tomance has worn off, the Virgo woman could begin

to complain to her Gemini man that he's spreading his mental energy too thin.

She, too, has a thirst for knowledge, but she's not inclined to scatter it, and it

may seem to her that his is a mere craving for continual excitement and novelty.

Also, she may not share his enthusiasm for trips and traveling.

Most Virgos possess a strange empathy for children, strange because they

are so "adult" in every way themselves. But a child always brings out a Virgo

woman's latent potential for loveliness and beauty, an unsuspected talent for

imagination, and a great tenderness - an ability to

to all the despairs and delights of a young mind, as well as the wisdom to gently

guide it into refreshing streams of thought. Since every Gemini man is a child, a

little boy, at heart, these qualities within her can't but appeal to him enormously.

However, with him, she must deal, not just with one "child" but with Twins.

Repeatedly, she may attempt to teach him the value of discrimination, and find

that he has no real desire to discriminate. He may, in turn, try to teach her to be

more open, more expansive, to value personal freedom - and to acquire the

grace to impulsively follow a dream. But Virgos open up very slowly, like a

creaky door, and he's always in such a dreadful hurry. Besides, to her, freedom

will never be as valued as security. Conversely, to Gemini, security is often synonymous

with a mental San Quentin, restricting all possibility of a change of

plans, which is what he feels makes life worth living.

A Virgo woman is the kind to surprise a lover or husband by bringing him

breakfast in bed, but, unfortunately, few Gemini men like to sleep late. He's

more likely to leap out of bed, shower, bike or jog around the block a few laps or

catch the morning headlines before things like toast and cereal occur to him.

His sometimes curt or detached reaction to her gentle courtesies may hurt her

more than he suspects. Since his Mercury-ruled mind is so analytical, a Gemini

man who has been paid the tribute of being loved by an also Mercury-ruled (until

Vulcan appears) Virgin should analyze her true nature more carefully if he

wants to keep her.

Some Virgo women remain chaste and romantically aloof for years, then

risk everything on a single, unexpected and impossible passion that soon dies.

And so, she may not be, inwardly and actually, as emotionally cool and controlled

as she appears to be at times to him. The Gemini man is equally as likely

to find true love eluding him, until he's no longer Peter Pan, and Wendy has

grown up to marry someone else, who cared more about her than about his adventures.

Such painful disappointments can cause both Virgo and Gemini to brood

alone, tormenting themselves with longing and regret. Or it can cause them to

seek a calm, safe and undemanding relationship with each other, which could be

what they've both been searching for - if they only looked a little longer into

one another's eyes. But instead, they may avoid sustained gazing, fearing the

eyes may reveal too much, while she sweeps the floors.... and he wanders

around the house, whistling his little-boy-blue song... each reaching out their

hearts, but unable to express what they're really feeling openly.

Because their natal Suns were squared at birth, a certain amount of tension

and lack of comprehension is unavoidable between these two. In the electronics

of love, tension can short-circuit the emotions into silent darkness. But with a

harmonious Sun-Moon interchange between their horoscopes, this man and

woman could achieve a lasting affection and contentment through their union.

It may never be the turbulent, soaring ecstasy of Scarlett and Rhett, but love

need not always be explosive.

Sometimes, happiness can be a calm and quiet thing, a moment of rest upon

the wind, that makes sunset less sad and haunting . . . and brightens the sunrise

with a gentle promise.when the world's asleep, but Virgos are alert to economy. As for the

GEMINI WOMAN AND VIRGO MAN

The first problem this man and woman face is the contrast between her gregariousness

and his tendency to reclusivity. If he's a typical Virgo male, barring a

more convivial Moon Sign or Ascendent, he would really prefer, within his deepest

subconscious, to live alone, without the necessity of having a constant companion

tagging along beside him - even if she's bright, pretty, soft and squeezable.

A man can't spend all his time squeezing a wife. Some hours must be spent

in squeezing plans for future security into the proper molds.

Consequently, when the Gemini girl seeks periodic flings of freedom, her

Virgo lover or husband may grumble a bit outwardly, but inwardly he probably

sighs with relief. Now he can have a little peace and quiet, to figure out how

many atoms make up a molecule, what caused the stock market to zip up or slip

down last week, adjust his alarm clock, sort his laundry, count his cat's whiskers

and ponder the puzzles of the Universe in general, without all that constant

chattering and flurry of activity. He may genuinely love his Gemini girl, but his

heart contains hidden shelves, where she is not allowed to dust - or even peek.

When she's constantly dazzling him with her perfume, her squeezability, quick

wit and mental agility, he gets confused and loses track of which opinion he has

glued to what shelf, even the particular day and year he stashed it away there.

And so, he may not question her whereabouts, so pleased is he to have a period

of restful contemplation.

Not that there aren't some Virgo men who display occasional, half-hearted

spurts of jealousy. There are a few. But it's a great mistake to become angry

with the diversity of a Gemini girl, when you analyze it, and Virgos are past

masters at analyzing. Her need to communicate with a variety of people (and

men do, after all, make up roughly half the human race) should not be interpreted

as unfaithfulness or promiscuity - unless it's certain that this is the case.

Sometimes it is. Yet, surprisingly often, it is not. Admittedly, it can become so,

if his Virgo criticism, hair-splitting and nagging cause her to feel her wings are

being clipped. If there's anything a Gemini female can't stand, it's having her

wings clipped, cropped or folded. Birds must fly. Birds in cages constitute unbearable

cruelty against Nature's intent.

Still, for a man whose essential attitude and Sun Sign essence points him

toward bachelorhood, the Virgo male is capable, when he chooses, of settling

down into the groove of matrimony - or a shared life with a woman he loves -

with an unexpected grace. Although he's basically a loner and dislikes sharing

his every thought with a mate, Virgo is of the Earth Element, and Earth stays

where it was placed by Nature, unless an earthquake or a tornado dislodges portions

of it. But is that the Earth's fault? There it was, minding its own business

. . .

I have thus far referred to their relationship as though it were marbled in

matrimony, because most Virgos become uneasy living with a woman without

benefit of clergy. Not all. Most. Geminis, however, normally do not find it difficult

to sanction and champion free love or free marriage. Gemini is all for anything

that has the word "free" in it. Therefore, whether to wed - or not to

wed - may be a question of initial contention, once they've both been chemically

magnetized into desiring union.

In the necessary confines of love or marriage, as with a business partner, the

Virgo man will not ordinarily seek to dominate. He tends to be quite impeccably

businesslike about his love affair or marriage, and unless he has an extremely

afflicted horoscope emotionally, he will make an excellent partner, insofar as

small comforts and conveniences are concerned, attending dutifully and diligently

to birthdays and anniversaries, emptying the kitty litter and making sure

they don't run out of vitamins. Most Gemini girls would, of course, prefer to

have their birthdays and anniversaries observed through the customary process

of passionate or sentimental memory, rather than through periodic checking of a

date and appointment book with a red pencil. But who is she to complain?

Dates are certainly not her own strong point, and she may get mixed up, from

time to time, sending him a get-well card on her mother's birthday or buying

him a wedding-anniversary gift on the date they bought the house - and while

we're on the subject of homes, if they buy one, he will suggest it first, nine times

out of ten. The tenth time, if she happens to be the one who initiates a consultation

with a real-estate agent, check her Moon Sign or Ascendent. One or both is

probably in the Earth Element. The typical Gemini girl likes houses well

enough, but prefers apartments, because she can change them once in awhile,

say every few months or so. Needless to remark, Virgo men normally do not

find this sort of musical tepee game feasible or practical. It will pay to remember

that practicality - too little or too much of it - will be the true underlying

cause for many of their arguments. He has too much to please her and she has

too little to suit him, if he is a typical Virgo and she is a typical Gemini.

As for their sexual compatibility, a Virgo can be, with all his innate sweetness,

courtesy, consideration and punctuality, an impossible lover or husband

for a temperamental woman. Of course, not all Geminis are temperamental. Or

rather, one of her Twin selves may be emotionally temperamental - and the

other may be detached. Virgo males, you see, are not overly emotional. Nor is

the average Virgo unduly affectionate. Legend claims that Narcissus was a Virgo,

helplessly in love with his own image. I personally believe Narcissus was a

Leo, but aside from all that, it is true that Virgo men are often accused of being

cold and self-centered. (Leo can be self-centered, but never cold.)

If the deepest spiritual secret of sex is the mutual abandonment of the self

for the mate, resulting in a fusion of minds, souls, and bodies into perfect Oneness

(which, as a matter of fact, it is), the typical Virgo has yet to master this

esoteric mystery. Unless he's carefully and tenderly taught, or unless he had an

early Scorpio sweetheart, it may elude him for a number of years, perhaps for a

lifetime. He unconsciously shrinks from the concept of total surrender as he

shrinks from the idea of using someone else's Vicks salve. I know a Geminiotherwise, he's not too they like him, and if he can serve them as best he knows how,

woman (this is not a fable) who once told me her Virgo husband insisted on labeling

the two Vicks salve jars in the medicine chest HIS and HERS. Nearly every

Virgo was frightened in the womb by a mean germ (and a scattering of

Aquarians were also).

Not only does this man mistrust surrender, sexual or

hung up on the initial step of conquest either . . . so he may fail to arouse enthusiasm

in himself, or in others. This might not go over well with an Aries, Leo or

Scorpio female, but it could be the reason the Twins fell in love with him in the

first place. Not all, but the majority of Gemini girls feel more secure, in or out of

wedlock, whether they realize it or not, when they can play love as a pretend

game. Gemini lovemaking is airy and light, delicate, ethereal. Since a Virgo

man is beautifully adept at the art of light lovemaking, he can succeed with her

where other men have failed because they refused to play the make-believe

game with her.

Instinctively, she could feel emotionally safe with this man, and they may

offer one another a sense of security that forms a foundation for the later development

of a deep passion between them - which might never have flowered in

her with a more sexually serious male - or with a more passionately demanding

female, speaking for his side of the matter. She might find some of his habits,

like showering both before and immediately after their physical togetherness, a

little disconcerting - but then, he could also find her habit of interrupting their

goodnight kiss, or preliminary to an intimate union embrace, with an account of

a weird dream she had last weekend to be somewhat dampening and discouraging

too. Neither of them will be totally emotionally destroyed if this should

happen to postpone their kiss or embrace until the following morning.

Yes, they will have their small differences. Most Gemini girls enjoy sleeping

late and are subject to periodic attacks of insomnia. Virgo men suffer from

insomnia too, when they're worried about something, which is frequently - but

this man would rather be caught wearing red- and purple-flowered Levi's as be

caught sleeping till noon, both of these choices of behavior being, more or less,

mortal sins to the Virgin. If he's the kind of Virgo who insists on a neat house

and punctual meals, he'll soon learn that this girl won't see the need for absolute

perfection in such areas. She's certainly capable of being an exquisite hostess

(although he seldom brings anyone home for her to hostess) and when she

chooses, she can create a delightful home atmosphere. But it's doubtful that

she'll scrub floors with true enthusiasm and excitement - and if she smokes

(pray not!), there may be a few dirty ashtrays around. This won't make a hit

with him, because most Virgos detest smoking to begin with, and they positively

despise the offensive odor of full ashtrays.

Surprisingly, however, the usual, petty, day-to-day irritations may not

cause any major quarrels between them. A Virgo man doesn't really demand a

whole lot from either love or marriage, except maybe his own Vicks salve jar -

and neither does she. He would appreciate, of course, some punctuality concerning

meals, at least a semblance of faithfulness. But, in general, a Gemini

girl is adaptable enough to cope with things that could cause despair in other females,

and he's practical enough not to expect love and marriage to be made either

in heaven or in hell, but somewhere in-between. Barring severe planetary

afflictions between their birth charts, these two will probably not be overly demanding

of one another, compared to other Sun Sign combinations.

Her swift personality changes and many moods could puzzle and annoy

him. His quiet spells of introversion, during which he refuses to communicate,

could flash her into many an instant, but normally quickly dispersed, thunderstorm.

There are times when he'll bore her to tears, and she'll agitate him into

indigestion - and it's also possible that their lives together may be one long

guessing game of verbal chess and emotional jai alai. Yet, it's equally possible

that she'll supply the excitement and the zest for living that this man desires so

wistfully and needs so very much - whereas he'll supply the stability of purpose

she's seeking, even though she's not aware she's seeking it.

Gemini is Air, Virgo is Earth, and these two elements have little in common.

But this is a 4-10 Sun Sign Pattern, and mutual respect may, therefore, be the

magnet that brings them together, while duty or responsibility of some kind, related

to family ties or career, may hold them together.

A Virgo man is more truthful than a Sagittarian man, more basically honest

than even the Archers. To him, telling the truth saves a great deal of trouble.

His grandmother used to singsong, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first

we practice to deceive," and he decided way back then that deception was an

unnecessary burden. In no way does he wish to become tangled up in any sort of

web. Certainly not one of his own making. And so, the typical Virgo will place

the straight facts of any situation right on the table, with no hedging. It's not a

habit designed to endear him to anyone, but one of his most admirable qualities

is that he doesn't much care if he endears himself to everyone - just to a few

close friends. If

that's enough for him. He doesn't need to win popularity contests to be contented

with things the way they are, and make the best of Life. In fact, he often

makes much better than the best of Life - and of love - if he's handled gently,

softly - and not engulfed in waves of emotion that cause his quiet charm and

beautiful manner to retreat into a self-made cave to avoid conflict. When the

conflict is something other than emotional, however, he'll press ahead and will

rarely turn back from what he believes is the right course.

The path of the Virgo male is seldom strewn with flowers, nor does he stop

on the way to pluck posies of praise for his services. Still, his heart will be lighter,

and his spirit brighter, if he allows a Gemini girl to dance along beside him

and fill those lonely moments with her lovely laugh, her way of catching a breeze

in her hands, and phrasing the sound of a cool woodland stream in her voice,

even when she's only saying "Good morning, darling." The word "impossible"

doesn't exist for her. If something can't be accomplished one way, then she'll

think of a new way, a better way. It's a talent he should find beautifully helpful.

She's incorrigible, irrepressible - but also irresistible. With a harmonious Luminary

exchange between their horoscopes, they can, perhaps, find a familiar

country in each other's smiles that will be a wonderful adventure to explore together.

But the Gemini girl is Twins, sometimes even triplets. And a Virgo man

has enough trouble coping with just one woman. He wasn't born to be able to

handle a harem - or a mate with a multiple personality. To achieve happiness

with him, the Gemini girl must first decide who she is, then forever after remain

indivisibly his.

VIRGO WOMAN AND TAURUS MAN

Virgo girls turn up their pretty noses at messes. Most of them are as neat as

pins. There may be a Virgin here or there whose surroundings are a little cluttered.

But her mind is always well dusted, and sliced into precise thoughts -

and there's probably no loose tobacco in the bottom of her handbag.

In August of 1974,1 was having lunch with a Virgo newspaper reporter. We

were discussing her Sun Sign, and she remarked, "I'm not at all hooked on that

Virgo neatness compulsion. I let my trash can overflow for days before I get

around to emptying it."

"Sure," I told her, "that's because you don't like to get your hands dirty."

Then I stared pointedly at her fingers, and her poise shattered like fragile glass.

"Why are you staring? Oh, this smudge? That isn't dirt. It's my ring. I

have a lot of acid in my system, and gold turns my skin green when I get nervous.

I thought I got it all off when I washed my hands an hour ago, but - well.know it looks like dirt, but it isn't, and - uh, waitress! Where is your powderLittle Women. The Virgo puritanicalfeels what is

TAURUS:

You'd think it was only discovered yesterday, the way it's headlined as

news continually.

Sex, sex, sex, I'm so tired of hearing about it, and reading about it.

VIRGO:

it would help.

(musing thoughtfully) Maybe if prostitution were legalized everywhere,

TAURUS:

Help what - the prostitutes?

VIRGO:

serve a useful purpose for their customers.

Well, sex isn't going to disappear, and it's possible that these women

TAURUS:

"customers" are buying a lie.True. Nevertheless, a lie may be just the fantasy needed by the emotionally

TAURUS:

toward morality before I married you.

(beginning to paw the ground) I'm sure glad I found out your attitude

VIRGO:

then condemn or punish them, will never change anything. If you

must be so judgmental, try to learn to hate prostitution,

Direct your anger toward the

with your attitudes is that they're always so dogmatic, and you

never attempt to exercise

(still cool and unruffled) To accuse human beings of wrongdoing, andnot the prostitute.crime, not the criminal. The problemdiscrimination (Virgo's favorite word).

TAURUS:

is that you don't know how to be

about anything, including your opinions. You can't place a financial

value on emotion. It's less than human. I never thought you would defend

such a thing. I thought you were a nice, decent woman. What's

wrong is

(now aroused to the full fury of the Bull) The problem with your attitudesfirm (the Bull's favorite word)wrong. And it's wrong to sell love. So that's that.

VIRGO:

emotions" away, free of charge, rather than

It's only natural that men would prefer to have women give their "humansell them.

TAURUS:

Don't give me that feminist double-talk.

VIRGO:

are quite permissive regarding sexual promiscuity. The very ones who

despise prostitutes (excluding you, of course, dear) are the same ones

who believe that casual sex, without commitment, is very glamorous

and "in," and anyone who doesn't go along is hopelessly straight and

square. That's disgustingly hypocritical. I still say that prostitution

exists because it treats an illness of society itself, the

condemns the prostitutes.

I think it's curious that most people who are so critical of prostitutionsame society that

TAURUS:

It treats a symptom.

VIRGO:

Then, like I said, why not treat the cause?

I'm sorry I can't tell you the final outcome of their argument, because my

taxi came, and I had to leave before it was resolved. However, that brief (and

actual) portion of their conversation should clear up any muddy, preconceived

astrological notions that every female Virgo Virgin is a nun-like Miss Innocent

- and every male Bull is a coarse, erotic creature of lust, snorting in passion

at all the cows in the pasture.

If Carrie Nation reincarnated today, and began waving her hatchet at prostitutes

on street corners, there might well be more "sensual" Bulls and "sexy"

Scorpions following behind her and yelling "Right on!" than supposedly "puritanical"

Virgos - which would surprise everybody but astrologers. The Virgins

would probably be eloquently urging Carrie to use her hatchet on the porno theatres

and newsstands where the concentration on sexual excess is first encouraged

- to attack the root of the matter, not its branches - with the typical Virgo-

like ability to

emotional attitudes.

It takes Virgo to figure out that the massive rise in sexual abuse of children,

venereal disease, abortion, and the great increase in rape the feminists are so

outraged about, is not the fault of the prostitutes. Prostitution has always been

around - as an outlet for the emotionally deprived and disturbed. Virgo calmly

comprehends that the true guilt for deliberately arousing the emotionally

healthy to join and increase the ranks of the disturbed lies

other than the brothels.

After a while, the Taurus man will grow to appreciate his Virgo girl's own

special brand of honesty, and realize that her tendency to avoid labels, and to

analyze things before hastily judging them, is a definite virtue, not a vice. It believed the manhim, if he

takes time. She might even someday cause her affectionate Bull to admit that a

woman who was once a prostitute was the only one who really

who promised her he would conquer death - the only one of all his fervently devout

apostles and followers to go to his tomb on Easter morning to seek him -

while all the hypocrites were either weeping in lack of faith, or running around

trying to figure out how to escape the wrath of the Roman soldiers, some even

going so far as to deny they ever knew him.

A Virgo girl who's in love with a dogmatic-type Bull may have to convince

him that her views on public morality don't necessarily reflect her private code

of behavior. Like Caesar, a Taurus man expects his woman to be above reproach.

She probably is, although she may not be above reproaching

turns sex into a subject for humor. To her, sex is a beautiful, pure emotion that

deserves respect - and a good deal of concentration and practice to make it perfect.

Her cool, analytic approach may initially chill the Bull's more direct and

sensual lovemaking attitudes, but they'll probably find a way around such a

temporary impasse between them. As with the other 5-9 Sun Sign Patterns, romantic

love and sentimental affection will play equally as important a part as

passion in their sexual union. Most of the time, this man and this woman will be

wonderfully able to fulfill each other's silent needs, through the rare intimacy of

understanding common to all 5-9 vibrations, especially to those of the Earth

Element.

Practicality may not sound like a romantic word. Yet, with these two, it can

form a deep and comforting bond between them, a strong cord to encircle their

love. Neither Virgo nor Taurus is the kind to indulge in passionate emotions for

no reason, or to become enraged over things that can't be helped by anger. He

may brood a little - and she may have some mild attacks of indigestion - but

on the whole, they'll both agree with the alcoholic's creed: "Give me the grace to

change the things I can, to accept the things I cannot, and the wisdom to know

the difference." (It's doubtful, though, that they heard the words at an AA

meeting. It takes tremendous pressure and unbearable anguish to drive a typical

Earth Sign to either drink or drugs.) When the rest of the world seems to be

crazily dipping back and forth, she feels safe only with him - and should he

happen to bump into the uncontrolled, abrasive emotions of a stranger, he'll run

back to the security of her arms, the refreshing, quiet stream of her controlled

feelings. He'll say something richly humorous that strikes her funny, she'll

laugh her little Virgo silver bell laugh and then "practicality" can become

a very romantic word. She may be finicky, yes - but unreasonable? Never.

There's a chain of sympathy, bright and golden, connecting the Virgo girl's

obsession for "little things" with the Taurus man's enjoyment of the senses. He

likes the way new pencils smell like cedar. She adores sharpening them to a fine

point. He likes the crisp, clean, cold feel of falling snow on his cheeks . . . . she's

fascinated by the tiny, glittering stars it makes on the sidewalk. He likes to chew

pine needles, to taste their fresh, green, spicy Christmas smell. She loves to pick

them up and place them in neat stacks, one by one.

The Virgin and the Bull can spend their lives together drenched in the ecstasy

of contemplating all the small and ordinary wonders around them. It's

such a fiercely gorgeous (and natural) "high" - if only they don't smother it by

expecting too much. The eternal perfection she seeks is a mirage. The eternal

security he seeks - likewise. They're both looking for a sure thing. But the

nearest they may ever come to a sure thing is each other.analyze and discriminate, while remaining cool to misleadingelsewhere - in places

VIRGO:

crippled, and these women could be providing a sort of physical

therapy for such men.

(his neck turning bright red, and bristling in anger) Yeah? Well, their

I

room please?"

One of the barriers between a Virgin and a Bull is that a Taurus man is inclined

to be a teeny bit untidy. Some of them are downright sloppy. And a few

Bulls are just plain slobs. They love beauty and luxury around them, but

they're too busy making the bread that buys it to be bothered picking lint off

their trousers, combing their forelocks into neat curls, sweeping up their crumbs

and ashes, draping their sweat shirts on satin hangers, or polishing their shoes to

a high gloss. The practical Bull may worship currency, but not to the extent

where he feels compelled to launder all his bills and press them with a hot iron.

To Taurus, wrinkled money is still money, as good as gold. Just like a man with

a wrinkled shirt is still a man (perhaps more so than those chaps with their ruffled

cuffs and velvet lapels) - and also as good as gold. An occasional Taurean

will place an emphasis on grooming, but he won't make a fetish of it. As long as

he's scrubbed and clean, he's not going to worry if his shoelaces aren't tied in

neat bows or one sock dips down a quarter of an inch lower than the other.

There's a misconception about Virgo girls which may shock the Bull who

discovers it. Naturally, all Virgos aren't Virgins, but it goes deeper than that.

Her love of order and her sharp foresight, based on a highly developed critical

sense, make her seem conventional to the point of being puritanical. But she is

not necessarily Beth, of Louisa May Alcott's

morality is an astrological myth. After all, you can be courteous, gracious

and discriminating without being a prude. She investigates the facts, observes

the action, works it all through her mathematical thought processes, and forms a

clear opinion (usually unspoken) of what's best for everybody. However, what

her acute observations have led her to believe is best for everybody can be anything

from building more convents to encouraging more nude group therapy. It

depends. Her moral attitude is intellectual, and her emotions are seldom involved

(unless she has the Moon in a more sensitive Air or Fire Sign). Virgos are

as curious as they are critical. How can you correct a flaw if you haven't examined

the vase? So, this girl is often accused of (or given credit for? ) a stuffy

sort of morality she doesn't possess.

The Bull doesn't talk much about his ethics or morals. He

right or wrong, then acts with blind determination, and very little reflection on

the intricacies of the issues. When their different methods of arriving at the

truth lead them to the same conclusion, things are pink and rosy. But when

they take a mental detour, these earthy lovers can bury each other in frozen silence

and unbending stubbornness.

I was once a helpless bystander during a quarrel between two friends, a Virgo

girl and her Taurus lover. We had all three been rapping about the Aquarian

Age sexual revolution, its implications and various by-products, from the vulgarity

on the newsstands to capitalizing on sexual lust and violence in films, all

in the name of glorious freedom from censorship. Before I had a chance to air

my personal views, these two began to challenge each other.