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Virgo   /vˈərgoʊ/   Listen
Virgo

noun
1.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo.  Synonym: Virgin.
2.
A large zodiacal constellation on the equator; between Leo and Libra.
3.
The sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22.  Synonyms: Virgin, Virgo the Virgin.






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"Virgo" Quotes from Famous Books



... moon was only six days old. Brand[82] quotes from The Husbandman's Practice, or Prognostication Forever, published in 1664, the following curious passage, "Good to purge with electuaries, the moon in Cancer; with pills, the moon in Pisces; with potions, the moon in Virgo; good to take vomits, the moon being in Taurus, Virgo, or the latter part of Sagittarius; to purge the head by sneezing, the moon being in Cancer, Leo, or Virgo; to stop fluxes and rheumes, the moon being in Taurus, Virgo, or ...
— Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing • George Barton Cutten

... should waft me from my sorrow, Where peace dwells in bowers above. Upon one with woes o'erladen, Kneeling lowly at thy shrine; Sainted virgin! martyr'd maiden! Let thy countenance incline! Mei miserere Virgo, Requiem ...
— Rookwood • William Harrison Ainsworth

... aphelium of Mars, who is the generall significator of England, will be in Virgo, which is assuredly the ascendant of the English Monarchy, but Aries of the kingdom. When this absis, therefore, of Mars shall appear in Virgo, who shall expect less than a strange catastrophe of human affairs in the commonwealth, monarchy, and kingdom ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, - Issue 368, May 2, 1829 • Various

... omnia virgo venena domat: tractibus anguis inexplicitis virus inerme piger revomit, gramine concolor ...
— The Hymns of Prudentius • Aurelius Clemens Prudentius



Words linked to "Virgo" :   star sign, mansion, zodiac, soul, mortal, person, star divination, constellation, sign of the zodiac, planetary house, Spica, sign, astrology, house, individual, someone, somebody



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