Virgo 24th August - 24th Sept

Over the last 12 months all Virgo's born up until 7 September have probably experienced a challenging period in your life. Saturn the taskmaster provides a reality check and it may have been a time of hard work and additional responsibilities. Alternatively, some of you may have found that certain areas of your life required a spring clean to get rid of the dead wood and some people or situations made an exit.

Now it is the time for Virgo's born after 7th Sept to step up to the mark, become more efficient, make better use of your time and reorganise your life. If you experience some setbacks or problems, Saturn is just putting you on the right course as you need to realise things can't carry on as before. You may find life quite restricting as your desire for freedom is strong, but at the same time you are required to live up to your responsibilities.

For some of you unexpected changes which challenge the structure of your life are possible, but with expansive Jupiter is moving into your work zone from January 2009, opportunities may arise that provide an improved or new job situation. Your workload may also increase, but if you get your head down and work hard you can achieve a lot.

You are entering a period of self examination and introspection as you are trying to discover who you really are. Although this requires a rather more serious and mature approach, it is a time to reinvent your self - out with the old person and in with the new! Certain relationships will require some form of adjustment in order for them to continue, as they cannot remain the same. So this means that you need to foster change in your patterns of relating with your partner. Romantic attachments are likely to be complex.

With the move of Pluto into your creative zone, children may become a greater focus as they force major readjustments in your life. Some of you may get pregnant and have a baby, whilst others find their children a challenge, as issues to do with control arise. Any personal creative endeavours or hobbies can be pursued with a lot of determination.

For those born after 12 Sept you have Uranus challenging your sign, so you may be feeling restless and want to make some changes externally but also within your self. There is a feeling that you want to break away from many of the things that your life has been structured upon as they feel oppressive and this can result in changes at home, work or in relationships.

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