Virgo (Kanya)

Date 20 Jan 2023

TAGS virgo, kanya, jyotish, vedic astrology, hinduism, astrology of hinduism, zodiac sign, dhana-yogas, nakshatras, lagna

Rising sign — Virgo

Virgo — is a sign connected with the element of earth, ruled by Mercury, symbolised by a maiden. People born under this sign have practical abilities — for example, keeping accounts or making things with their own hands. They have a weak body and a calm character. They dress well and win people over by the unconditional purity of their character. They are quick to understand, fortune accompanies them in commercial activity, and they experience an interest in the most varied kinds of knowledge. They love to talk, and are very curious. In their character there is present an impulsive, emotional streak, they often occupy themselves with art, music, play musical instruments, engage in drawing, sculpture, design, and also work requiring attention to detail.

If this sign is the rising one, this indicates a pensive, receptive, careful and punctual person, restless or nervous. They are economical, methodical, capable of performing hard work. They lack self-confidence, and they are inclined to experience hesitation over some decision of theirs if the heart does not tell them directly that it is a good one.

Their nature is religious, but their cast of mind is analytical. My experience tells me that they love nature very much. They suffer from anxieties in their family and from hostile relations with relatives. These are influential people, capable of judging things correctly, but inclined to be carried away by mood. Their life is usually long, and its end — peaceful, calm.

Outwardly they are, as a rule, of average height, with long arms and legs, an attractive face, chestnut-haired or dark-haired, with large cheeks.

The sign of Virgo indicates a person who is pleasant, sensitive and creative, pure, innocent, or else naive by character. They can labour persistently, earning money, but they feel better when their freedom of action is not restricted by an established, dull routine.

Tom Hopke — «Vedic Astrology»

Indubala — Virgo: Meditation on the symbol of the sign

Lagna in Kanya, or the ascendant in Virgo

People whose lagna is in Virgo are quiet, pensive, careful, not too sure of themselves, punctual, restless and nervous. It is sometimes hard for them to take a decision if it does not come from the heart. They are religious, but their cast of mind is practical, analytical. Success accompanies them in commercial activity, and they experience an interest in every kind of knowledge. They are talkative, curious, impulsive, they love the arts, music. In the family disagreements are possible, and with relatives relations may even be hostile. Their life is usually long, and its end — quiet, peaceful. Virgo natives are creative, sensitive people, pleasant to associate with, pure, sometimes naive. They can labour persistently, earning money, but monotony and routine oppress them. (Indubala)

Vrajendra Kumar — Key characteristics of the sign Virgo

The key phrase of Virgo: «I analyse». The main talent of Virgo is a systematic, methodical approach; the main weakness is doubtfulness and pedantry. The goal of Virgo is stability and clarity (utmost concreteness — as opposed to the «abstract» Pisces)

Characteristics of the sign Virgo (Kanya) in Vedic astrology

Ruler: Mercury

Symbol: a virgin, a maiden

Favourable: Venus, Mercury

Unfavourable: Moon, Mars, Jupiter

Neutral: Sun, Saturn, Mercury

Maraka: Mars, Venus, Moon, Jupiter

Badhaka-sthana: Pisces (7th house)

Badhakesha: Jupiter

Yoga-karaka: Mercury, Venus

Exalts: Mercury 15°

Debilitates: Venus 27°

Mulatrikona: Mercury 15-20°

Suitable signs: Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn

Favourable degree of the Moon: 9°

Unfavourable degrees of the Moon: 1°, 11°

Lucky scents: narcissus

Lucky numbers: 7, 4, 9

Lucky days: Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday

Gemstones: emerald, pearl, diamond, yellow sapphire. To be worn in a gold setting on the ring finger of the right hand

Colours: yellow, white, emerald, green; avoid red, blue and black

Fasting days: Friday

Responsible for: the skeleton, the body, the abdomen

Positive qualities of Virgo: intelligent, quick-witted, analytical thinking, a good memory, modest, methodical, circumspect, pedantic, precise, prudent, discriminating, diplomatic, truthful, economical, loves order and quiet, devoted, kind, warm-hearted, pleasant, speaks calmly, witty, charming, has a weakness for women and sex, is keen on art and music.

Negative traits: fussy, unsure of themselves, bashful, vindictive, an egoist, impractical, has their head in the clouds, gives in to impulses, fault-finding, pedantic, prim, too demanding, restrained in emotions, cynical, dogmatic, capricious and irritable, slovenly, weak-nerved, restless, eccentric.

Appearance of those born under the sign of Virgo: a pale complexion, short, a proportional slender figure, very attractive, relaxed, looks young, regular facial features, a shy and languid gaze, beautiful eyes, a straight and pointed nose, a broad face, high cheekbones, drooping shoulders and arms, a broad chest, a quick gait.

Characteristics of the sign of Virgo

An earthy sign.

A dual, mutable sign (Dvisvabhava).

Barren.

Shirshodaya.

South.

Dry.

Female gender (feminine).

Negative.

A two-footed creature.

Active by day.

A sign of slow ascension.

Dakshina-ayana.

Vata-dosha.

The month of Ashvin (from 15 September to 15 October). Sees nothing at midday. Sector of the Sun.

A favourable (saumya), even, nocturnal sign.

Jiva (living beings).

The merchant caste (vaishya).

An intellectual, humane, medical, dissolute sign, a sign of the mind and the psyche.

A rajasic sign.

Traits of Virgo natives

The key characteristics of Virgo natives: analytical and critical thinking, responsibility.
They bore those around them with their heightened attention to detail.
Meticulous, they quickly notice the shortcomings of those around them.
A combination of Saturn, Venus and Mercury forms an exceptional Raja-yoga.

Body parts: the intestines, the abdomen, the area below the navel and above the sexual organs.

Glands, nerves and blood vessels: the lower dorsal nerves, the solar plexus.

Likely diseases: appendicitis, intestinal disorders, intestinal infections, indigestion, digestive disorders, flatulence, constipation, cholera, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, problems of the anus, exhaustion, anorexia, masturbation, arthritis, diseases of the spleen, diseases of the veins, hernia, deafness.

Fields of activity (recommendations for choosing a profession): intellectual activity, mental work, accountancy, auditing, management, business administration, office workers, statisticians, mathematics tutors, teachers, scholars, the humanities, writers, professional critics, doctors, dentists, nurses, transport, jewellers, work with precious stones and gold, actors, singers, the sphere of art, astrologers.

Dhana-yogas for Virgo Lagna

Venus and Ketu in the 2nd house.
Jupiter in the 7th.
The dispositor of Mercury in exaltation.
The Moon and Venus in Taurus.
Jupiter in the Lagna functions as a good yoga.
Mercury in the Ascendant in conjunction with Jupiter and Saturn, or under their aspects.
Mercury in the Lagna, and the Moon, Mars and Jupiter in the 11th.

With Ascendants in dual signs all the kendras are ruled by benefic planets — Jupiter and Mercury. Taking into account the fact that these planets additionally acquire the statuses of Badhakesha and Maraka, they suffer most of all from Kendradhipati-dosha. Jupiter for the Lagna of Virgo and Gemini, and Mercury — for the Ascendant in Pisces and Sagittarius produce the effects of Kendradhipati, Badhaka and Maraka and become extremely dangerous. If they are badly placed, debilitated or deprived of strength (because of combustion, defeat in planetary war or poor Shadbala indices), the consequences can be fatal.

Some observations concerning the Ascendant in the sign of Virgo

If the Sun has a connection with the Moon or Venus, then the dasha of the Sun will be profitable, and the period of Venus or the Moon — not.
A conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in the 4th house forms a Raja-yoga which bears good fruit in the period of Jupiter, and better still — in the dasha of Venus.
Saturn in the 11th bhava is generous with gifts in its dasha.
Mercury shows itself to best advantage in the 1st or 10th house, provided that Mars or Saturn do not afflict it.
Mercury and Venus in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th or 10th houses form a magnificent Raja-yoga.
The influence of Mars or Saturn can spoil any Raja-yoga.
When a debilitated Saturn falls into the 8th house and receives cancellation of debilitation, its results will be satisfactory.
The position of Saturn in the 12th house has its pluses.
Jupiter in the 4th gives an excellent education, especially in the field of law.
A conjunction of the Moon with Venus is extremely favourable.
The Sun in the Lagna opposite Saturn in the 7th creates an Alpayu-yoga.
A person with Jupiter and Saturn in the 4th house of the horoscope is predisposed to productive work for the good of society.
The Sun is never a maraka for rising Virgo natives.
Jupiter in Pisces in the 7th house becomes a dangerous maraka.
When Mars, Venus, the Moon or Jupiter possess the powers of a maraka, their actions can be fatal for the person. The behaviour of the Sun depends on its connections with other planets.
The lord of the 7th house, Jupiter, being in Virgo, foretells a long life and marriage to a self-willed woman.
The position of the lord of the 5th house in the nakshatra Hasta of the constellation of Virgo creates difficulties with the birth of a child.
Ketu with Mars in Virgo is an indicator of problems with the spine or the teeth.
The Sun in the Lagna of Leo can indicate rheumatism.
If the sign of Virgo falls into the 7th house, the person possesses feminine qualities, loves money and a comfortable life, and is distinguished by good fortune and egoism.
Jupiter acquires the status of Badhakesha, of a maraka and of a bearer of Kendradhipati-dosha, and therefore represents a serious threat.
The traits of a person born in a particular drekkana:

1st drekkana (00° –10° 00′ of Virgo): tall stature, swarthy skin, smooth speech, obedient, not popular.
2nd drekkana (10°01′ –20°00′ of Virgo): manly, a jack of all trades, likes vulgar talk, lives far from their native places.
3rd drekkana (20°01′ –30°00′ of Virgo): average height, a connoisseur of art and music, is friends with highly placed people, usurps the property of others.
Shri Govind Swarup Agarwal — «Vedic Astrology»

Nakshatras in the sign of Virgo

	0°-10° of Virgo male gender	10°-23°20′ of Virgo female gender	23°20′-30° of Virgo female gender
Ruler	Sun	Moon	Mars
Name	Uttara- phalguni	Hasta	Chitra
Padas	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2
First syllable	to	pa	pi	pu	sha	na	tha	pe	po

Lagna in Virgo. Virgo in Vedic astrology.

The symbol of Virgo is a virgin, which indicates modesty, a striving to keep oneself in purity, and also a certain share of inexperience in practical matters, even in the case of great general wisdom. In one hand Virgo holds an ear of wheat and a lit lamp — in the other; these symbols may signify food and hospitality (the service sphere and so on), but she does not offer progeny, since she is a virgin. Since Virgo is the sixth house of the natural zodiac, indicating illnesses, and since the Sun rules the 12th house with this lagna (hospitals), Virgo natives are deeply interested in questions of hygiene and health care, which, incidentally, also belongs to the service sphere.

Venus, which is in a relationship of mutual friendship with the lord of the lagna — Mercury, rules both the 9th house (higher education) and the 2nd house (classical education). Those born with the lagna in Virgo usually gravitate towards classical culture and education, all the more so since Jupiter, which is in charge of education, rules their 4th house (also connected with learning). Many Virgo natives specialise in the field of crafts, and most often those connected with the making of small objects (the lord of the lagna — Mercury, which loves to go into details, and it is also the ruler of the 10th house, the house of profession). As the 6th house in the natural zodiac, Virgo also symbolises crafts.

Mercury, the analysing and calculating planet, is exalted on the ascendant, and this, taking into account the fact that the sharp Mars is the lord of the third house, which rules the intellect, gives native Virgos an inclination to analysis and calculation. Aries, representing the head, is for Virgo the eighth house, and Mars, the ruler of Aries, owns in a chart with the lagna in Virgo both the 8th and the 3rd houses at once. Such a connection between the 8th house and the head leads to unusual thoughts visiting the head of a Virgo. The stubbornness of Mars («the Crooked», «the Bent») is manifested in the character of Virgo also in that they do not like to walk the beaten paths and avoid banality.

The above circumstances, supplemented by the fall of Mercury in the seventh house, create difficulties for Virgo natives in forming marital relations. In addition, since the 5th and 6th houses of Virgo are under the rulership of Saturn, a graha which does not promote childbearing and does not feel any particular love for children in view of its aged years, many Virgo natives experience difficulties of various kinds connected with children. Venus, the ruler of the 2nd and 9th houses, is in fall in the 1st house, which makes Virgo natives extremely pedantic with regard to food (the 2nd house, ruled by Venus). Like those born with the lagna in Gemini, the other rashi under the rulership of Mercury, Virgo natives are also inclined in matters of religion (the 9th house) to be guided rather by the head than by the heart, among other reasons because Venus, responsible for emotional life, is in fall in this lagna.

Mars, the enemy of Mercury, the lord of the lagna, is the worst graha for persons with the ascendant in Virgo, since it rules both the 3rd and the 8th houses, the houses of longevity and death, both of which are dusthanas. Under the rulership of the 8th house are accidents, on the one hand, and surgical operations — on the other, and since both these houses are coloured by the influence of Mars, the significator of violence (aggression, accidents, wounding by sharp objects); native Virgos are strongly subject to accidents and often become the patients of surgeons.

Robert Svoboda

Virgo — is the negative sign of Mercury, the mutable sign of earth, the intestines of the Cosmic Man (the Universal Form of the Supreme Lord — personified time). Its symbol is a young girl. As sign number six (6 = 2×3) it expresses a need for the balancing of energy and above all for the establishment of equilibrium between body and mind.

Like its kindred Gemini — another mutable sign under the rulership of Mercury — Virgo is endowed with outstanding mental abilities and heightened nervous sensitivity, and easily expresses its thoughts in words. Such people make good teachers. Besides, they have a powerfully developed sense of reality. Being an earthy sign, Virgo also transmits to humanity the healing ray of Mercury. Therefore people with a pronounced sign of Virgo in their horoscope become good doctors and healers and can achieve notable successes in hatha-yoga. They are more attached to the material world and to their own body than Gemini natives, and therefore they engage in sport with pleasure and can prosper in this sphere, especially in their young years. The knowledge of a Virgo is either very practical or extremely informative and concrete. Usually a Virgo is attentive to details and possesses a good memory for facts. Many of those born under the influence of this sign strive to be useful and to serve other people. They make excellent workers, however not infrequently they suffer from overwork or do not receive sufficient recognition for their labours.

Virgo natives are good craftsmen, draughtsmen and artists, since they are endowed with a precise sense of form, line and detail. They also make quite good actors, since a Virgo easily subordinates self-expression to strict discipline and quickly learns to convey to those around them precisely the emotions that the role requires. Then again, Virgo actors captivate the public not so much by personal charm as by high technical mastery.

Heightened sensitivity and instability of the mind and the nervous system not infrequently turn Virgo natives into neurotics. They often suffer from disorders of the digestive or excretory organs arising on nervous grounds. Virgo — is the physically weakest of the signs of the Zodiac. People under its influence often suffer from chronic illnesses that are hard to cure, above all those connected with disorders of the nervous system. In many Virgo natives the coordination between body and thought is poorly developed. In their youth they are very shy, but at a more advanced age an urge to excessive sexual activity arises in them, although they rarely attain genuine openness and freedom in sex.

Virgo natives are discriminating and fastidious, very demanding about trifles, and love cleanliness and order. Therefore many find it hard to get along with them: a Virgo is eternally dissatisfied with something. However their demandingness may turn towards the spiritual sphere, and then a Virgo will become an outstanding connoisseur of philosophical teachings founded on the ideals of purity and requiring great attention to detail — such as, for example, Vedanta.

David Frawley — «The Astrology of the Seers»

RESULTS OF BIRTH IN KANYA LAGNA [Virgo]

«Jataka-Bharanam» 13:6. A person whose birth occurred in Kanya Lagna will be lustful (voluptuous), endowed with virtues, education and wisdom, skilful and experienced in affairs, of a cheerful heart and will always receive profit (wealth) from Lakshmi.

Commentary: The primary element of the Rashi Kanya |the sign Virgo] is Earth. This is a Rashi of dual nature. Its ruler is Budha [Mercury]. A person born in Kanya Lagna will be talented, possessing a refined power of reason (intellect) and a rich memory. Such a person is extremely careful and vigilant in all respects. They have a good command of language, of speech. Such a person possesses important real knowledge about any thing in which they are interested or with which they are connected. They will be very skilful (experienced) in the deep analysis of any problem on the basis of their power of intellect, knowledge of facts and language (speech). They will advance towards their goal with enthusiasm and equanimity. By their character they are industrious (they work a lot). Because of the qualities of their mind they are suspicious and will get nervous illnesses.

Those born with other Lagnas cannot explain something as thoroughly and practically as a person born with Kanya Lagna [Virgo] can. For their friends one born under Kanya Lagna brings benefit <help>. They will without fail gather all the information about whatever work it may be before performing it. Since they respect laws (rules and instructions), then before getting involved with an organisation or before beginning any work, they will without fail find out all the information concerning it. In their free time they are very interested in the lectures of good orators. They will always want to receive knowledge. The secret of their success consists in persistent labour, foresight and the ability to do something without making mistakes. But it is also true that primacy in their sphere of activity will be somewhat delayed for them. But whatever unfavourable circumstances they may encounter, they will continue to advance towards their goal, thanks to great will-power. They are progressive in their ideas, realistic, peace-loving, their mind is steady, they are loving by nature and steadfast in their intentions.

According to the author of the Jataka-Parijata a person born in Kanya-Lagna will be skilful in affairs, rich, reasonable and wise, they will be a Pandit (a scholar), possess great power of mind, enjoy pleasures with the opposite sex (flirt), will be Sattvic and loving of their close ones.

In the opinion of the author of Man-Sagri a person whose birth occurred in Kanya Lagna [Virgo] knows the essence of the Shastras, will be very fortunate, will possess all virtues and love to engage in sex.

Dhundhiraj — «Jataka-Bharanam»