Arcanaia
VirgoAugust 23 to September 22Earth · Mutable · Mercury
AquariusJanuary 20 to February 18Air · Fixed · Uranus and Saturn

Virgo and Aquarius

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Challenging match · Quincunx

Virgo and Aquarius are two bright minds that run on very different logic. You respect and even admire each other, but feeling close doesn't come easily. This pairing asks for effort from both of you.

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.

Virgo and Aquarius in love

What brings you together is the mind. You're both rational, you like understanding how things work, and you'd take honesty over grand gestures any day. Aquarius brings original ideas and a different way of seeing the world, and Virgo brings method and both feet on the ground. In a good conversation, you feel very in sync.

The trouble is everyday life. Aquarius needs freedom, a flexible schedule and time for their causes. Virgo needs routines, to know what's coming, and clear signs that the relationship is serious. Virgo can read Aquarius's independence as detachment, and Aquarius can read Virgo's attention as control. If you don't talk about it, you drift apart without noticing. The good news is that neither of you runs from an honest conversation, and that's your best tool.

The attraction starts mostly in the head. For it to grow, Aquarius has to come down from ideas into the body a bit, and Virgo has to stop thinking about everything that could go wrong.

As friends

You do better as friends than as a couple. You enjoy odd conversations, share a low-key eccentric streak and help each other out with practical solutions.

At work

If you divide the roles well, you make a good team. Aquarius innovates and Virgo checks that everything works. Mixing methods without agreeing on them first ends in chaos.

What brings you together

  • You respect each other's intelligence.
  • Straightforward honesty.
  • Stimulating, out-of-the-ordinary conversations.

Where you clash

  • Aquarius wants freedom and Virgo wants routine.
  • You can both come across as cold.
  • Virgo criticizes Aquarius's less practical ideas.

Your elements

Air thinks and earth does. They complement each other very well if there's respect, though now and then it seems they speak different languages.

Your modalities

One brings firmness and the other brings flexibility. The fixed sign offers security and the mutable sign brings fresh air.

Spell out in words what each of you needs to feel safe with the other, because you won't guess it.

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

Virgo with other signs

Aquarius with other signs