Arcanaia
AriesMarch 21 to April 19Fire · Cardinal · Mars
VirgoAugust 23 to September 22Earth · Mutable · Mercury

Aries and Virgo

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Challenging match · Quincunx

Aries and Virgo don't speak the same language, but they can learn to translate. Aries acts first and thinks later, and Virgo analyzes every detail before lifting a finger. There's more learning here than love at first sight.

How you fit together

You're very different and it's hard to fit together. There are no huge clashes, but there are lots of small adjustments. It works when you both do your part.

Aries and Virgo in love

The difference shows from the first day. Virgo organizes, plans and takes care of the little things, while Aries improvises, forgets the little things and wants to go big. The chaos Aries leaves behind makes Virgo anxious, and being corrected makes Aries feel boxed in. Even when Virgo criticizes with good intentions, Aries hears a brake, and Virgo reads Aries's impatience as carelessness.

If you give it time, you meet in getting things done. You're both hard workers who want things to turn out well, each in your own style. Virgo can help Aries finish what it starts, and Aries can convince Virgo to stop overthinking and just go for it. For that, Virgo has to criticize less and thank more, and Aries has to hear advice without taking it as an attack.

It's slow going at first, because Virgo needs trust and Aries goes straight for it. With patience, Virgo shows a more devoted side and Aries discovers that details matter in intimacy too.

As friends

You complement each other in practical things. Aries cheers and Virgo solves. It goes well as long as Aries doesn't make fun of Virgo's plans and Virgo doesn't lecture Aries.

At work

You can be a good team if you split the phases, with Aries launching and Virgo reviewing. If you both want to control the whole process, you'll clash every day.

What brings you together

  • A strong work ethic and a real sense of responsibility.
  • With Virgo, Aries finishes what it starts.
  • With Aries, Virgo dares.

Where you clash

  • Aries experiences criticism as a brake.
  • Mess and improvising make Virgo uneasy.
  • One decides in a second and the other needs days.

Your elements

Fire brings the enthusiasm and earth brings the consistency. Together they build a lot, although fire may feel earth is holding it back, and earth may feel fire is moving too fast.

Your modalities

One sets the course and the other adapts. The arrangement is comfortable as long as the mutable sign doesn't feel they're always the one giving in.

Where you were about to say 'this is wrong', try 'what if we did it this way?'

The cards above are the ones tradition gives each sign: The Emperor for Aries and The Hermit for Virgo. To see how your story is going right now, try the love tarot.

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