If you have Virgo in the 1st house in your natal chart you are walking on the path to improve the life of others, or the environment in some way. This path might be not the easiest one but it can be the most beautiful one.
Keywords for Virgo
Work, health, daily routine, diet, being modest and humble, service, helping others, health care, order, organizing, cleaning, purifying something, tidying, attention to details, perfectionism, employment, people with problems: sick, abused, victims, in debt, poor, marginalized, slaves, conflicts, situations out of balance, poverty, arguments, knit-picking, fault-finding, being a narrow-specialist or expert at something
More to read: All About Virgo Zodiac Sign
The 1st house keywords
The body, head, appearance, the look, identity, path of life, destiny, point of incarnation, purpose of incarnation. It shows the health, the vitality of the native. Also, it can show fame and what the native identifies with. It shows the first impression the native has. And the aura of the person.
What does it mean to have Virgo in the 1st house? Virgo Zodiac Sign gives the ‘flavor’, the ‘how’ to the 1st house. You can use Virgo as an adjective and it shows the house as ‘how’ the associated subjects of life are happening. If a planet is there it shows ‘what’ is happening.
Regardless which House Calculation system you use, if you have Virgo in the 1st house or on the 1st house cusp it means that you are a Virgo Ascendant
The perfect state of being
Let’s begin with the well-known cliché. The cliché that everyone knows about Virgo people is that they arecritical. But why is that?
They strive for perfection. The sign’s symbol is a young girl, or a virgin young girl, in a ‘pre-sin’ conditions. She is in a perfect or perfected state of being. Who hasn’t done anything wrong or hasn’t committed any sin. A pure and “untouched” state of being, figuratively speaking.
Virgo’s main mission in life- Ascendant, Sun or Moon in Virgo- is to find faults, find the imperfections and improve them.
That is the reason Virgo people have God-given talent for details to find flaws that need to be perfected and purified.
Virgo recognizes flaws and spots much easier than other Zodiac signs. They just have the skills to identify what needs to be improved, fixed, cleaned, or purified.
In truth, this “skill” of theirs can be used for a good cause. For example, having attention to detail is beneficial in the medical field or can be beneficial as an engineer or in any other job requiring a lot of attention to detail and ability for fault-finding.
Path of Virgo
The path of Virgo is a tough one. Other planetary positions can make it a more manageable path (but what is an easy path anyway?); however, they all go through some purification at least once in their lifetimes.
They are on the path to mature, being humble, modest, and selfless, improving the lives of others, and improving the condition of their environment. And these are their mission in life.
People ruled by Virgo
Working-class, the exploited, servants, slaves, disfranchised, abused, sick, poor, vulnerable, victimised, people who are lower on the social ladder, employees, doctors, healers, accountants, assistants, nutritionists, and dietitian.
The Sign before harmony and balance
Virgo is the 12th sign from Libra. Libra is all about harmony, balance, equal relationship fairness, and justice, while the 12th house is the dissolution of the 1st house, the dissolution of the harmony, the agreements, the balanced situations.
Ruled by Mercury
It’s an earth sign but ruled by Mercury, the ruler of Gemini too- an air sign. Mercury is all about thinking, communicating, gathering information, the lower mind, business matters, social media, documents, etc.
So how can it be the ruler of Virgo? It has a different side in Virgo. In Gemini, it collects and gathers data, while Virgo stores them, organizes them, and uses them.
Only Mercury has good dignity in Virgo, and no planets are in exaltation in this sign.
Those with Mercury in Virgo in their natal chart are brilliant people who can learn languages quickly, with ease, and have a fair share of stored knowledge in some topics. Logical and critical thinking is their strong suit.
Workaholics
One of these Zodiac signs’ main domains is work, and work environment. But why are Virgo people, workaholics?
The reason is Mercury rules their 10th house. The 1st house – the self, path of life- and the 10th house- the house of career and worldly achievements- are connected through their ruling planet. Therefore, Virgo people identify themselves with their job, accomplishments, reputation, vocation, and social status. All of them are 10th-house matters. And they put in a lot of energy. In other words, they make an effort to fulfill the promise of their 10th house.
The other reason Virgo people are one of the best employees is because they don’t stop working until the task is done. Being a humble and modest sign, Virgo has a good work-ethic too.
Difference between Capricorn and Virgo
The sign Virgo rules work and service. The work is when you put your head down and get the job done in a humble, modest way. While Capricorn, the other workaholic sign, is slightly different. Capricorn isn’t afraid of hard work and making all the required effort either. However, their motivation is different. Capricorn people work to climb up the social ladder, be on top, and be an authority.
Virgo is the working class, the servants, slaves, and employees, While Capricorn is the authority figure.
Virgo ruled jobs and occupations.
All sorts of jobs that is to be of service are under the rulership of Virgo. Or being a missionary or a social worker who helps others. Their work might be connected to helping the sick people, abused, victims, poor people, or people with other heavy problems.
Also, working in the medical field, health care, being a healer, or being an engineer. Any job that requires ability to pay attention to details, to work long hours, and to be an employee.
Virgo people might choose an occupation as dietarian, nutritionists, health coach, scientists, accountant, assistant, secretary or a lawyer.
Issues with self-confidence
Have you ever met a Virgo who doesn’t have issues with their self-confidence and had insecurities? Neither do I.
The reason is Leo- the sign which rules self-confidence is in their 12th house from Virgo. And the 12th house is what the native doesn’t have access to or is hard to access. So that is the reason they have constant self-doubts, and also one of the reasons for being critical and judgmental with others- sort of a defensive mechanism.
However, once Virgo overcomes these issues, they develop healthy self-confidence, and becomes a more calm, relaxed person.
It is a hard path to walk on…
Being a Virgo is a hard path, but it can be beautiful if the native uses their skills to be of service of sorts.
For example, just to mention the most famous Virgo Ascendant people. Freddie Mercury, who is long gone but safe to say, still entertains millions of people. Or Valentino Rossi, who teaches kids, and teenagers skills, how to ride a motorbike and makes them champions. Same for Mother Theresa, whose life was all about serving the poor, the sick, etc. Or Steve Jobs made our daily life better with his dedication to improving our lives by having well-designed good quality gadgets. And the countless doctors who save lives daily.
What is the repeating pattern? All of them had tangible results; they improved the lives of others or improved their environment. And that is the ultimate mission for Virgo people.
Virgo and Health
The other heavy topic or domain that belongs to Virgo is health, disease in general, and being sick.
The body organ that Virgo rules are the intestines. The majority of the disease are said to be caused by not having clean, detoxified intestines, not having healthy intestines.
What can help them to keep their health?
Those who were born under this sign benefit the most from keeping a plant-based diet and fasting regularly in order to keep the digestive system clean and healthy. Fasting and different detoxing make the intestines clean and purified. Having healthy intestines’ side effects makes the native less worried, as it directly influences the mind. But, on the other hand, not having clean intestines can cause unnecessary worrying and mental health problems.
The 1st house shows the appearance of the native.
Virgo people have a typical Mercurial-shaped face. If you observe a few of them, you can find some similarities. And they often have a smaller and narrow nose. They often wear glasses, and have a clever look, or even a nerd look.
Virgo people appear as well-kept, clean and organized people, in clean and neat clothes.
They can look youthful, especially if they keep a healthy diet and lifestyle.
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Sylvia says
Agree with every word! Virgos really appear as clever folks, and I like their grounding energy.