The Sun is given the most credit when it comes to the zodiac. It is the information people give out when someone else asks "what's your sign?" But the other planets of the zodiac have importance that shouldn't be thrown away. Mercury influences how a person thinks and how that is portrayed to the outside world. Learning, communication and expression are all housed here. It also dictates whether a person moves through life with a strong sense of direction or a tendency to detour.

A person who has their Mercury in Virgo is logical, critical, practical, and detail oriented. They catch on quickly and manage their life in an organized fashion. Analytical and efficient, they plot out a task ahead of time and work through it step by step. There is no disorder or chaos surrounding this person. Their manner of speech, dress and surroundings will be well organized and tasteful. They can operate well as a team leader but their need for things to be exact might drive the other team members crazy. A solo job that requires detailed, methodical work would keep this person quite content and have fantastic results. Bookkeeping and financial work would be a match made in heaven.

It can seem as though they do not have confidence but that is an optical illusion. They do hesitate before making a decision on how to proceed because they like to ensure that they are correct by checking that list two or three times for errors. They hold themselves up to a high standard of accuracy to the point that they can become perfectionists. They can nit pick at the flaws within themselves and others. Romanticism and emotional outpourings are not likely to flow out of a person with their Mercury in Virgo. They would show those around them that they care through practical means- paying bills, taking out the garbage, showing up on time for meetings. To them, poetry is just empty, fanciful words and flowers weeds that are about to die. Real love is shown through the proof of dedication.

This sign is likely to have a great deal of professional and financial success due to a high level of education and highly specialized skills. There is also a communications aptitude that can express itself orally or through writing. Their meticulous nature will be applied to their proper use of language and grammar. They can become obsessed with their work to the point that they withdraw from every other aspect of their lives. It is essential that they find a way to balance this out or they will tire to the point they begin to question themselves. A Virgo that is questioning them is like a Leo forced into a cage- it is not a natural feeling state and will be met with a fight.

If life is indeed like a long, winding and obstacle strewn path this person is the one drawing out the maps and plotting the best way through to the end. It isn't that they can predict the future. They have merely run through every possible situation so many times that they have an idea in mind when it finally comes along.