Virgo in love

If you’re in love with a Virgo, go and give ’em a hug, and whisper sweet something’s in their shell-like ears. See them turn pink and look surprised but pleased!

To all outward appearances, Virgos can seem matter of fact, and rather remote. In fact, there are more single souls under this sign than any other, and lots of Mercurially motivated men and maidens enjoy living alone. It means they can get on with thinking, and pursuing intellectual objectives, without feeling guilty at ignoring their other halves. Even a Virgo who’s happily married will want to explore new horizons alone, even if that’s just spending every Sunday peering at paintings in the National Gallery, or driving along the highways and byways of the countryside in their car.

You must recognise and respect this intellectual independence if you’re to get past the starting-post in the race of romance. Otherwise, you don’t stand a chance.

When a Virgo falls in love, he or she really means it. The trouble is, though, that the Virgo knows it, but you don’t! Sometimes trying to extract wooing words and courting couplets out of these folk is like getting blood out of a stone, only more difficult. Say you’ve set up the scene soft lights, sweet music, the champagne on ice and the sardine sandwiches on a plastic platter. You’ve spent hours at the hairdressers and you’re wearing your best frock, and have smothered yourself in scent. Finally, your heart-throb hums and haws, and you think your moment of glory has arrived. ‘I like you’ mutters your heart’s desire. Don’t stand up and shout ‘Is that it?’ or you’ll have havoc on your hands, and a miffed Mercurial.

Virgos shy away from supercharged sentimental scenes; the slightest suspicion of one makes them break out in a cold sweat.

These funny old folk really do find it an effort to express an emotion. They’re frightened by feelings, and their natural reserve means they’re loathe to let themselves go and this is where you come in. Where there’s a will there’s a way. Remember that your restrained Romeo, or jittery Juliet, may well love you underneath that calm exterior. As long as you lavish love and affection on your Virgo partner, and make it obvious you’ll never let them down, love will find a way. All Virgos are intensely insecure, so you must entice their egos to blossom forth in a delicious display of devotion.

Before you set about this tricky task, though, examine your IQ. You’ve got to be a match for their mental manoeuvrings. Think you’ll do? Well, on your first date, do something intelligent together, even if it’s just seeing a schools’ programme on the telly. Be prepared to answer a host of questions about yourself. Rock them with rhetoric and stun them with unforgettable verbal sallies. Don’t lunge across the lounge at your would-be lover.