Phase 14 Refinement

You always try to do the best job you can. It's your sense of values and commitment that drives you, to go that extra mile, getting everything just right, and making sure that what you are doing lines up with what people really need. This will take much more than a casual familiarity with the people you're involved with. You need to ask the important questions, listen to their feedback, and reevaluate until you're crystal clear. It's only then that you can start to feel comfortable about the role you want to play. You can become quite an expert in any area you choose, not only in the sense of knowing all the facts and latest thinking, but also in knowing how to put those facts to work to improve people's lives.

Learning to work as a member of the team often involves tradeoffs and sacrifice for the good of the group. Learn to look for opportunities to strengthen your relationships with partners and peers. By facing the everyday reality of your own limitations and improving upon them, you can find new avenues for personal growth and satisfaction and support other people as well. Making the most of small things can pave the way for greater things later on. Be confident in letting the universe guide you at this time.

You regard yourself as a student, but truth be told, other people see you as the local expert, the one who has done the legwork and can make life easy for them. They see you as the seasoned pro, acting as their mentor, quietly sharing your experience, generously giving your time and effort when asked. You earned your way through all of this, often working as a member of a team that involved tradeoffs and sacrifice. You place a high value on the support you get from your teachers and peers, and regard yourself as one of them. This inspires you to to your best, and will go out of your way to be loyal and tolerant when cooperation is running low and nerves are on edge.

You can be awfully tough on yourself at times. Learning to temper your own ambitions is often a huge lesson. That's why looking for opportunities to strengthen your relationships with partners and peers is so important. You can't do everything on your own. More importantly, you can't expect any group of people to work together without making a conscious effort to establish roles and responsibilities. You're often at the center of that, making sure that the lines of communication are open and the right people are engaged, doing the things that build positive working environments. But just being a good anchor is not enough. You also need to take your own aspirations and needs into consideration. By facing the everyday reality of what you are doing to take care of yourself and exploring ways to improve and develop, you can find new avenues for personal growth and well deserved satisfaction.

Making the most of small things can pave the way for greater things later on. This often requires you to put aside methods that worked in the past, but need revision and the sort of common sense you bring. Don't underestimate what's involved. It can drain you to the point where you could find yourself mindlessly going through the motions, just to keep up. Your sense of responsibility could get in the way of expecting the best for yourself, and feelings of discouragement and disillusion can become overwhelming. Excessive idealism or living in the past is not going to empower you to excel at what you do. If you want to be a productive force in other people's lives, you've also got to take care of your own needs. Doing right for them means doing right for yourself as well.

Virgo 7 - 12 Gemini sub-period - Youthful. Intelligent and Adaptable. Willing to Explore any Avenue.

Virgo 7Outspoken. Passionate and impulsive. Very conscientious. Introduces improvements. Eager and Opportunistic.
Virgo 8Love of beauty and the arts. Purposeful and keenly aware of self limitations. Strength and power.
Virgo 9Powerful intellect. Many involvements and excursions into life. Curiosity. Broad perspectives.
Virgo 10Common touch. Sympathetic and sensitive. Supports other people's efforts. Caring. Strong emotional life.
Virgo 11Not afraid to promote self interests. Persistent. Powerful self image. Sociable. Responsive. Seeks recognition.
Virgo 12Analysis and objective understanding. Very particular. Skilled. Strives for excellence. Independent. Actualizes potential.

  • Intelligent. Bright. Witty. Curious. Inquisitive. Alert. 
  • Taking other people’s influence into consideration when promoting your own agenda
  • Finding a way to be true to oneself and be true to other people as well
  • Learning the necessary skills to get your point across
  • Discrimination. Service. Logical. Literary. Fluent 
  • Everyday reality of dealing with one's limitations and trying to improve upon them. 
  • Dealing with other people's demands and needs. 
  • Sensitivity and the experience of giving concrete form to one's creative expressions.

It doesn't take you long to figure things out. Your mind is very active and quick to notice that something missing that creates a gap you need to focus on. You come on as happy go lucky, but your nervous system is so sensitive that overload and moodiness can be a real problem. Your real talent lies in coming up with fantastic ideas and insightful approaches that can really make a difference and keep things running smoothly. People know you as original, very smart, and extremely witty. The trouble comes when routine and inertia threaten to take the glitter out of your world, and you become bored and uninterested. Deep concentration over the long haul is not your strong suit. You need to be moving and changing, keeping up with the times, and offering your services to people you work closely with. You're a master at being able to adjust to changing conditions, and get tackle problems that other people don't even think about. Your inquisitive nature enjoys exploring anything that promises to be interesting, as long as you can find some practical use of the experience later on. You believe in the value of people working together and exchanging ideas and experiences. However, your idealism can become top-heavy. Learning to deal with the complexity and sheer power of the emotional dimension of life will not happen without a conscious effort on your part. It's there that your logic and vast knowledge stops working, and all your good will and natural earnestness won't help. In the end, opening your heart to your own youthful and unique nature paves the way for you to share a deeper part of yourself to the people you know and evokes the best in you.

You can cover a lot of ground in very short order. This can result in having such a scattered perspective that you don't have time for the deeper subtleties and the quality of your work can suffer. Your trusting nature often results in you life being completely open ended, but having a conscious plan about where you are going is more important than just good intentions. You need to work on seeing the big picture and being objective to balance your talent for solving immediate and local problems. That's why engaging with people from all walks of life is so important. It's here that you get a sense of priorities and agendas other than your own which will help you stay relevant and indispensable to your many collaborate efforts. Being productive is very high on your list, which explains why you place such a high value on team efforts. You often develop a deep respect for working people and a reformative social side to your nature.

You can easily get to the point where you think you covered everything and start to feel superior. Self-righteousness and smugness are not going to help you reach your goals or aspirations. Developing a positive image that is not afraid to deal with resistance and pushback will require you to know how when to offer suggestions and when to let someone else take the lead. It's all part of the socialization of your talent. As you become more certain of yourself and your skills, you will come to a better understanding of how to put them to use to improve other people's lives.

You are a romantic person in relationships but can overintellectualize your feelings. You can become a workaholic, which is not good for long relationships. One of the best things that can happen is to find a mate who intrigues you and demands respect. This has the effect of grounding you, which helps you to focus on the basics and makes for a more solid relationship. Learning the necessary skills to ask for support and be able to talk about how you feel is critical. 

Virgo 13 - 18  Cancer sub-period - Emotional. Supportive and Reflective. Committed to Improvement.

Virgo 13Very emotional and sensitive to judgement. Experiences resistance to being accepted for who you are. Compromising. Social.
Virgo 14Intense struggles with treachery. Lover of the arts. Deep experiences and unions. Seeks to transform life.
Virgo 15Allegiance and loyalty. High ideals. Enthusiastic and well-connected. Relies upon the status-quo.
Virgo 16Obligations challenge inner life. Intuitive grasp of authoritative motives. Desire to be recognized as authentic and supportive.
Virgo 17Seeker of the truth in all its various forms. Pattern breaker. Innovator. Focused on results and innovative improvements.
Virgo 18Imagination and broad social concerns. Interest in spiritual development. Service and insight into human nature and the influences that impact people.

  • Gentle. Tender. Vulnerable. Sympathetic. Protective. 
  • Taking in account emotional environments and attachments while making a sense of self
  • Concerned. Domestic. Retiring. Tenacious
  • Coming to grips with emotional compromises and control required to be effective in other people’s lives

You're caring and intuitive, a bit shy and timid during your youth and will go through some tremendous emotional growth by the time you reach adulthood. Your emotions can provide you with a strong base of power, but only after you have learned to learned to accept them as part of yourself and honor them unconditionally. Your perceptions of life and people are keenly accurate. You need to be careful not to overdo criticism or constant complaining. You are supportive and take other people's feelings into consideration, even though not everyone will or is able to reciprocate. You dislike feeling vulnerable and defenseless and will work hard to maintain control over your life. You value your own freedom and will defend individual rights over the demands of the collective, when those rights are being threatened unjustly.

It's not enough for you to conform to people's expectations and refrain from making waves. Underneath that hard-working exterior is a sensitive and emotionally alive person who can understand what people are feeling and knows how to address their needs and concerns. Just as you have come to realize how important it is to acknowledge your own personal feelings and express them openly, so also can you show support by encouraging people to say what they feel and feel positive about what they do. Your intuition about what motivates people is strong. Your ability to influence people is often centered around building confidence and rapport, rather than taking an authoritative role. By anticipating what people will want, you can take a proactive role in dealing with them, coaxing the best from their talents, putting their special strengths to work where they are needed the most. This is exactly what you do with yourself. Your strong work ethic and confidence in people are reflected in how you create environments that encourage excellence and above average performance. People will go out of their way if they feel supported and respected. Your presence in any initiative can often make the difference because you will take the time to listen and respond in a way that lets people know they are appreciated and welcomed.

In love and relationships you are loyal, sweet and amiable, and need attention plus an understanding mate. Acquire the social graces as early as possible. You are caring and kind but naturally very shy as a youngster. Your emotions and sensitivity need to be asserted with others. Learn to stand your ground when you are right. But first make sure your right. Although self-confidence grows as you mature, your probably never going to be clamoring for attention. Insist upon emotional reciprocation and life will be very good to you.