Virgon.
/ˈvəːɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈvərɡoʊ/ Astronomy and Astrology.
1. (a) The zodiacal constellation lying between Leo and Libra; the Virgin. (b) The sixth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about August 20–3.
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a1000 in Saxon Leechd. III. 244 An þæra tacna ys gehaten aries,..fifta leo; syxta uirgo, þæt is mæden.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 121 After Leo Virgo the nexte Of Signes cleped is the sexte.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §28. 38 Alle signes in thy zodiak fro the heued of aries vnto the ende of virgo.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iii. 65 Titus. Good boy in Virgoes lappe... Marcus. My Lord, I aime a mile beyond the Moone, Your letter is with Iubiter by this. View more context for this quotation
c1600 W. Fowler Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 269 Leo [may] lye of al the beastes forlorne, as virgo may with gemini bewar.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 169 Quoth Wizard, So! In Virgo? Ha! quoth Whachum, No. Has Saturn nothing to do in it.
1697 T. Creech tr. Manilius Five Bks. ii. xxviii. 70 Against the Crab and Bull the Goat declares, And Virgo too, and Libra feels his Wars.
?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 469/2 In 14 days afterwards, the moon comes to Virgo and Libra, which are the opposite signs to Pisces and Aries.
1787 R. Burns Let. 2 Aug. (2001) I. 140 Yet I went on with a high hand with my Geometry till the sun entered Virgo, a month which is always a carnival in my bosom.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 373/1 Virgo,..the sixth constellation in the zodiac... It is best known by two remarkable stars: the first, Spica (α Virginis);..the other, Prævindemiatrix, or Vindemiatrix (ε Virginis).
1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 395 This zone..is known under the name of the nebulous regions of Virgo.
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a. attributive or as adj. , born under or ruled by the sign of Virgo.
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1894 ‘E. Kirk’ Influence of Zodiac xiv. 121 With proper training these Virgo people may grow into the most powerful spiritual healers.
1928 E. Adams Astrol. 74 The mercurial type of Virgo native is a very different object.
1964 L. MacNeice Astrol. i. 16 ‘Are you Virgo?’ ‘Oh, no, I'm Leo.’
1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird ii. 15 I..said to Austin, ‘When is your birthday?’.. We got it worked out that he was Virgo.
b. A person born under the sign of Virgo.
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1917 H. T. Waite Compend. Natal Astrol. 45 The good type of Virgo is the most conscientious, methodical..man.
1924 C. E. O. Carter Conc. Encycl. Psychol. Astrol. 114 Virgo, however, is frequently extremely given over to foibles and personal idiosyncrasies which warp the mental outlook.
1938 D. Anrias Man & Zodiac vii. 82 Virgos are often witty but seldom positive.
1968 T. Wolfe Electric Kool-aid Acid Test xxi. 294 ‘When were you born?’.. ‘I'm a Virgo.’
1976 Reader's Digest June 75 I don't believe in this astrology business. We Virgos aren't easily taken in.
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ˈVirgoan n. = 2b.
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1946 ‘Stella Coeli’ Your Fate xi. 70 The high type of Virgoan makes a good statistician, efficiency expert, [etc.].
1960 E. Chatelherault You & Your Stars ii. 16 Virgoans are among the most fascinating of the Zodiac tribes.
1978 TV Times 28 Jan. 69/3 There may be a special link with a Virgoan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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