VIRGO HOROSCOPE

It’s a good idea to not take things at face value when Mercury, the planet of inquiring minds, forms a sextile to Pluto, the planet of hidden agendas. This brings out all of your investigative tendencies because the pieces to a puzzle just aren’t fitting together in the way that they should be. This could pertain to a work situation, a financial transaction, or even your date’s flimsy excuse for canceling last minute. Indeed, the more you push for answers, the more question marks fly up instead. Follow these inconsistencies wherever they may lead, and you will surely get to the bottom of the situation.

A forlorn friend or clueless colleague is taking up a lot of time and attention these days. As a Virgo, you're always willing to help out in a pinch, but the situation is becoming draining and tedious. The problem is you tend to attract people who get considerably more than they give when it comes to the balance of your relationship. It won’t be easy changing the dynamic, but Mars traveling through the zodiac sign of Aries provides the perfect occasion to do it. Remember that you've always preached the gospel of self-sufficiency, and if there was ever a time to practice it, it's now.

A lot of people get out of the kitchen if they can’t take the heat… and quite frankly, you’re one of them. What’s the point of staying in a situation where you're feeling stressed out… not to mention used and abused by a superior who doesn't appreciate you? But there’s something to be said for staying put. Present circumstances may be onerous, yet you are being made to grow in ways you wouldn’t have otherwise. These sorts of challenges force you to draw on strengths you didn't know you had. Leave now, and you would interrupt a creative process right when it’s about to deliver.

Why does it feel like you're not getting something that's perfectly accessible to everyone else? For some reason, they're able to breeze through obstacles and reach their goals with all the speed and ease of a CLEAR membership pass while you're left languishing in a line that isn't moving. The reason you're at a standstill isn't because they know something you don't; it's because you're trying to make something work that doesn't anymore. What's needed now is a change in your approach, and if that doesn't work, then a change in your destination. Embrace the spirit of exploration and discovery and you'll get things moving again.

The Sun sextiles Uranus in Taurus for the last time in a very long time on March 18th. This is when you'll see the pieces of your life cohere again into an organic whole. They won't fit together like they used to, but they will in a way that's much better… although it may take you some time to get used to it. They say that more tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones, but those tears aren't always bitter. Sometimes they truly are tears of thanks and relief. In any case your life is your own again to live as you please.

You’ve collected all the information you can regarding a big business decision. In fact, your “research” is starting to look like an elaborate form of procrastination. Virgos are proud of their scrutiny and exhaustive examination of every possible worst-case scenario, but there comes a time when breaking things down into their components leaves you at a loss for putting them back together again. Review your process step by step and you will reacquaint yourself with the thread that runs through all your contingencies. This will put you back on track and help you to move forward with that decision that you’ve likely already made.

As a Virgo, you can become resentful around situations where you feel beholden to someone else. It's why you keep one foot out the door. This pops up with job situations where you don't want to be taken for granted, family interactions where you feel like a modern-day Cinderella, or relationships where it's your partner — and not you — who holds the purse strings. Well, just about anything that could rattle your cage has rattled your cage recently, and you're still here. So what does that say? Now that you've exhausted all of your reasons for leaving, you might want to switch your focus to staying.

Mercury retrograde in your opposite sign is always a befuddling time for you. Not only are you off your game, but your judgment is questionable. Are you familiar with that warning label on certain medications that advises against operating heavy machinery if you take them? This same advice holds true for making important decisions now, finalizing big purchases, or annexing Greenland. You'll have quite a time of it between the Lunar Eclipse on March 4th and the new moon in Pisces on March 18th, but if you play it safe then you should emerge from all this unscathed when Mercury resumes direction on March 20th.

You have friends in high places, and now's the time to contact them. Ruling Planet Mercury trine Jupiter on February 16th shows that circumstances couldn’t be more opportune to ask them for a favor, recommendation, or valuable introduction. They can open doors for you. Moreover, you want to do this when you’re riding a wave of good fortune and not when you’re down on your luck. People are more likely to back someone who makes them look good, which is why they say that success has many friends. A trump card isn't any good if it's never played, so get out there and make the rounds.

Dramatic changes in your partner’s life are going to have a powerful impact on you. In the past, you would have sucked it up and quietly put their needs ahead of yours, but you have a lot of things going for you right now and you’re not that into sacrifice. Sit down and talk about what’s at stake for both of you. You’ll find that your partner is not insensitive and wants to find a way to make things work so that nobody loses out. Work with developments as they unfold and you will certainly wind up with the best of all possible worlds.