Vacation
Tips Suggestions on how and where to enjoy your
precious time off.
Virgo: Get Organized and Mobilized
Your biggest talents are masterminding
organizations that would overwhelm anyone else and concentrating
no matter what distractions come your way. Highly goal-oriented,
few things will deter you from finishing what you've started--you
are no quitter. Still, be sure the things you devote yourself
to are worthy of your hard work. You may get so involved in
detail that you miss the long view of things. Step back now
and then and reassess your assumptions. See if you can delegate
some of your work. This is often hard for Virgo to do, but
you will free up lots of time, as well as off-load some daily
pressure! Simply because you are able to stand a great deal
of tension doesn't mean you ought to live with it!
When stress strikes, Virgo feels a need to
be in control of their overall physical environment. You'll
want to burrow inside yourself to brainstorm, weigh the options,
and plot your course (Virgo is nothing if not analytical).
A worrier sign like Cancer, Virgo can often chew on problems
too long and too much. But, unlike Cancer who will rely on
intuition, earth-sign Virgo prefers to rely on logic and practical
solutions. You'll go to extreme lengths to be thorough, investing
considerable time studying your problem, and leaving no stone
unturned. Both Virgo and Gemini are ruled by Mercury, and
therefore highly communicative and intelligent. Gemini will
ask questions of people around them to get an empirical feel
of the situation and to assemble their plan of action. Virgo
prefers to rely on documented studies and facts. Virgo is
more pragmatic than Gemini but less flexible.
While your nerves are on edge, you may want
to stay indoors more, working on projects that need attending.
Your very best course of action is to clean out the closets,
files, and rid yourself of niggling old paperwork. It could
be a beautiful day outside, and your friends and family will
scream for you to leave the house, but you know better. Get
the physical environment under control and you'll feel enormously
better. Organizing is therapy of the highest order to you.
Your environment (and the contents of your handbag too) is
always an accurate reflection of your inner state of mind.
Toss out old junk, outdated records and clothing, reorganize
your possessions, get new boxes to store things. You need
to feel productive, and you like being physical (lifting boxes,
filing, reaching, and so forth) as you think. Just the picture
of your organized living and working space makes you breathe
easier!
The lower stomach (intestines) are ruled by
Virgo and receive the most tension when you are anxious. Since
your sign will find digestion difficult when under stress,
eat lightly. Unlike Cancer who will crave childhood foods,
you will want to eat more leafy green vegetables and fruits,
and perhaps even decide to be a vegetarian, at least for a
while. A diet light in fats, which are hard for your body
to break down, would be best when you are tense.
Keep a journal, write your thoughts down on
paper. Like Gemini, which is co-ruled by Mercury, you can
use your distress to create a moving literary effort, whether
it be a short story, novel, hard-hitting documentary, or a
poem. Virgo is very precise and your sign produces excellent
writers.
Using your hands (another part of the body
your ruler Mercury rules) in a variety of hobbies will relax
and soothe you. Sewing, sketching, piano playing, or anything
else which uses your fine motor skills would be a restorative
activity now. While you work, you'll be able to think more
clearly.
Crossword or jigsaw puzzles might appeal to
you too, since Virgo is a sign that enjoys mental challenges.
Try board games such as Monopoly, Scruples (moral or ethical
battles fascinate you), Scrabble or complex card games like
bridge, poker, or pinochle, to distract you--never an easy
task for diligent, conscientious Virgo! Finally, your sign
rules small animals and most Virgos make loving pet owners.
If you have a pet, play with them. This could be the time
to adopt a new puppy or kitten.
As a Virgo, luckily you are the sole mutable
sign of the four earth signs, and therefore the most adaptable,
versatile and best able to weather change. Throw away your
worry beads Virgo! Ditch that work-first attitude for now,
and relax. Better days are in store!
