August 23 to September 22. Earth sign. Analytical players who keep records of their games and may offer to teach you.
Virgo is analytical like Gemini, but takes the study deeper and aims at near perfection. Virgo players keep records of their games so they can review them and find their own weaknesses. Watch them closely, because they will outmaneuver you into a worse position while you are still comfortable.
They are critical of others and harder on themselves, and they hold themselves to proper play. If they touch a piece they feel compelled to move it. They are difficult to unsettle, and their thoroughness makes games run long.
Virgos tend to begin around age seventeen and continue for roughly twelve years, playing twice a week, often with a family member who plays too. They prefer slow games and are strongest in the middle game. They may join clubs, but they prefer playing face to face over playing by mail, and they seldom get nervous.
They start with the queen and bishop, then learn to use the rook, knight, and pawns. They fear an opponent queen, rook, and knight, and are cautious about losing their own queen and bishops. On promotion they trade for a queen, rook, or knight depending on the position.
Criticism backfires here, because a Virgo will take it and use it to improve. Try being fidgety, noisy, or fast instead. Talk about something irrelevant, or compliment their skill while playing unorthodox moves. The one thing that genuinely threatens a Virgo is another Virgo, or a Gemini, whom they read as competition and try to control mentally.
Two Virgo players are not the same player. The rising sign changes the piece preferences, the temperament, and the way the game is lost. AstroChess breaks Virgo down across all twelve Sun and Ascendant combinations, which is where the reading gets specific enough to use against someone.
Virgo brings recorded games and calculation close to perfect. Sagittarius answers with sweeping attacks and cheerful risk.
Virgo takes it if the game stays quiet enough to think in. Sagittarius takes it if the game holds their attention all the way to the end.
Virgo brings recorded games and calculation close to perfect. Pisces answers with doubt said out loud and a move already played in their head.
Virgo takes it if the game stays quiet enough to think in. Pisces takes it if you believe they are unsure.
Virgo brings recorded games and calculation close to perfect. Gemini answers with constant chatter and moves you did not notice.
Virgo takes it if the game stays quiet enough to think in. Gemini takes it if the game stays fast and nobody makes them slow down.
Virgo is analytical like Gemini, but takes the study deeper and aims at near perfection. Virgo players keep records of their games so they can review them and find their own weaknesses. Watch them closely, because they will outmaneuver you into a worse position while you are still comfortable.
Criticism backfires here, because a Virgo will take it and use it to improve. Try being fidgety, noisy, or fast instead. Talk about something irrelevant, or compliment their skill while playing unorthodox moves. The one thing that genuinely threatens a Virgo is another Virgo, or a Gemini, whom they read as competition and try to control mentally.
Virgos tend to begin around age seventeen and continue for roughly twelve years, playing twice a week, often with a family member who plays too. They prefer slow games and are strongest in the middle game. They may join clubs, but they prefer playing face to face over playing by mail, and they seldom get nervous.
AstroChess walks through all twelve signs, the habits each one brings to the board, and how to work with your temperament instead of against it.
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