Virgo Sun, Virgo Moon

Both your lights are in Virgo, which means nobody has ever been harder on your work than you have, and that includes the person you dated who told you so.

Nothing to soften the standard

Doubling Virgo means there’s no other sign in your two main placements to say “that’s good enough.” Intellectual interests tend to run your life. Your taste is very good and easily offended. You’d rather not upset anyone, and you tend to keep within the accepted way of doing things, partly out of real courtesy.

The Sun and Moon in one sign often means you were born close to a new moon, and that can show up as a very self-contained way of being. You may not need much from outside to know what you think. You may need rather more than you admit to feel you’re allowed to stop working.

Actions, then more actions

Your love is kind, discreet and practical. You might be an excellent cook or a dedicated home improver, and you can become quite lyrical about a vitamin or a type of grout. If you’ve noticed how someone takes their tea, that’s as good as a sonnet to you.

If you feel hurt, though, you can freeze. And there’s a subtler trap. You don’t fall for people you don’t respect, yet you may stay a very long time with someone who needs your help. Being the capable one lets you skip your own feelings of not being enough. It’s also hard for you to break an established routine, even a poor one.

This pairing doesn’t come with a lot of emotional heat on the surface. In love you can feel rather nervous about saying so, and nerves can make you talk too much.

Good enough is a kind phrase

You’re good with words, so use a few of them plainly: “I like you. I’m nervous.” Don’t let anyone rush you, and don’t use careful assessment as an excuse to avoid deciding. The hard one is leaving your partner uncorrected. Pick one small thing a day that you could fix and don’t. If you notice that you’ve become someone’s unpaid manager, ask yourself who’d be looking after you if they got better.

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