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|Box title = Virgo
 
|Box title = Virgo
|Image file = Virgo.png
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|Image file = VirgoCon.png
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|Row 1 info = Virgo
 
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|Row 6 info = August 21 - September 21
 
|Row 6 info = August 21 - September 21
 
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'''Virgo''' is the 6th Zodiac sign.
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'''Virgo''' is the sixth Zodiac sign.
   
== Myth ==
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==Myth==
=== Erigone ===
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===Erigone===
 
[[Erigone]] was the daughter of [[Icarius]]. She was a virgin, and would be forever. [[Dionysus]] favored her, and taught her the secret of wine making. She happily went back to her masters house and made some for him. He drank and drank, and was very drunk. The next morning, he became hungover. Because of this, he thought she poisoned him. He then killed her. Do to her innocence, she was placed in the sky.
 
[[Erigone]] was the daughter of [[Icarius]]. She was a virgin, and would be forever. [[Dionysus]] favored her, and taught her the secret of wine making. She happily went back to her masters house and made some for him. He drank and drank, and was very drunk. The next morning, he became hungover. Because of this, he thought she poisoned him. He then killed her. Do to her innocence, she was placed in the sky.
   
=== Astraia ===
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===Astraia===
In another myth, Virgo was [[Astraia]], goddess of justice and daughter of the Titaness, Themis. She typically stayed on earth to try and keep order, but was driven away by man's ruthlessness and evil. She was later put up in the heavens as a constellation.
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In another myth, Virgo was [[Astraia]], goddess of justice and daughter of the Titaness, Themis. She typically stayed on earth to try and keep order, but was driven away by man's ruthlessness and evil. She was later put up in the heavens as a constellation.
   
== Gallery ==
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
 
VirgoSymbol.png|Virgo's astrological symbol
 
VirgoSymbol.png|Virgo's astrological symbol
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Virgo.png
VirgoCon.png|Virgo's constellation
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
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Revision as of 08:49, 23 January 2019


Virgo is the sixth Zodiac sign.

Myth

Erigone

Erigone was the daughter of Icarius. She was a virgin, and would be forever. Dionysus favored her, and taught her the secret of wine making. She happily went back to her masters house and made some for him. He drank and drank, and was very drunk. The next morning, he became hungover. Because of this, he thought she poisoned him. He then killed her. Do to her innocence, she was placed in the sky.

Astraia

In another myth, Virgo was Astraia, goddess of justice and daughter of the Titaness, Themis. She typically stayed on earth to try and keep order, but was driven away by man's ruthlessness and evil. She was later put up in the heavens as a constellation.

Gallery

Zodiac Constellations
Constellations : AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces