Moon in Virgo

No old text read for this site gives a dedicated portrait of the Moon in Virgo, so the reasoning has to be built. Ptolemy (Ashmand's 1822 translation) counts Virgo bicorporeal and lists variable and versatile tendencies for such signs. Lilly 1659 makes it cold and earthy, close to the Moon's own cold nature on one count and unlike her on moisture.

Virgo is the double holding of Mercury, house and exaltation. Ptolemy's reading of the Moon concerns the feeling mind while his reading of Mercury concerns the reasoning mind, so a Moon in a Mercury sign puts the two faculties in one room, at least on paper. Lilly gives her the earth signs by night, which is her one listed share here.

Modern writers often speak of care shown through small practical acts and a habit of worry with this Moon. That portrait is a modern construction, drawn from the sign's reputation for detail.