Virgo

Virgo is the sixth astrological sign in the Zodiac, following Leo, and preceding Libra.

It spans the 150th to 180th degrees of the Zodiac, between 152.75 and 180 degrees of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area on average between August 23rd and September 22nd, however, the Sun currently transits this area from September 17 to October 17 in the sidereal zodiac.

Individuals on these days, can call themselves Virgos or Virgoans, depending on which system of Astrology they subscribe to.

Decans
In Astrology, a decan is said to be the ensign for a set of days within the heliocentric phase of Virgo. Each paradigm has its own planetary liaison. All of this has to do with what planet is affecting the Sun's path at the time.

Associations

 * The Homestuck character, Kanaya Maryam, is the Virgo Troll.
 * In Astrology, a planet's domicile is the zodiac sign over which it has rulership. The ruling planet of Virgo, or those associated with Virgins, is Mercury. The exaltation of the planet Pluto is in Virgo. The planet Mercury also has exaltation in Virgo, making it the only planet to have both domicile and exaltation in the same Zodiac sign, and making Virgo the only zodiac sign in which the same planet has both domicile and exaltation.
 * The constellation of Virgo is representative of many identities, all related to maidens, purity and fertility. She was originally associated to Dike, also known as Justice, daughter of Zeus and Themis, who was once the Mistress of All-Divine Order and Law prior to the Olympians. Dike initially lived among mankind but withdrew when they no longer upheld justice.
 * In Greek mythology, too, there is a similar theme. Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, had been abducted and taken to the underworld by Hades. In revenge her mother ruined the harvests, the earth became infertile and the people were starving. Zeus was forced to issue a decree stating that Persephone should spend only a short time each year in the underworld, and when she was released Demeter permitted Nature to resume its natural course.
 * Demeter's Roman counterpart is Ceres, both being the goddess of the Harvest and of motherly nurturing. Spica, literally ear of grain is the alpha star of the constellation Virgo. This star is a binary, brilliant flushed white star marking the Ear of Wheat shown in the Virgin's left hand. The Greek astronomer Aratus, (circa 270 B.C.) and later the astrologer Manilius, (1st century AD) referred to Ceres as the Virgin who holds the sheaf in her hand. Modern astrologers such as John Atkinson, seeing this connection, consider Ceres the ruler of Virgo rather than Mercury.