Venus in the signs - Virgo

In order to feel balanced, the Virgo-Venus needs to have an orderly and neat environment. Virgo is ruled by Mercury so everything has to be in its right place whether this is physically or, more crucially, mentally. If any of these aspects are out of balance, this Venus comes across as petty, small-minded and prude. Nevertheless, the contradiction with a Venus in Virgo sometimes can be that she flees into the opposite direction and ‘does the Pisces thing’. Suddenly, her house is a mess, the garden needs weeding and the cat litter emptied. As a Mercury-ruled sign, the Virgo-Venus can place more emphasis on mental orderliness than her actual surroundings.

In Virgo, there is also a need to be needed and to serve others. Modest and restraint, this Venus likes feeling useful. However, instead of enjoying life to the full, Venus in this sign can easily resort to criticising people and focuses on unimportant details when she is unhappy with herself.

Venus as a natural lover of everything sensual in the sign of Mercury which represents everything mentalised and critical does feel too comfortable here. Venus is debilitated in this sign. As such, there may be a certain imbalance in relationships marked by self-criticism and a low self-confidence compounded by the typical Virgo perfectionism that is directed at herself.