Each sign of the zodiac has it’s guideline-oriented gifts as well as it’s “watch outs”. The gifts are often ignored in poor Virgo, so today we are going to explore them and give them there full dues!
Always smart to begin in the body.
Virgo is associated in the small intestine (the gut). This is the central location of the MICROBIOME, a truly fascinating subject.
These microbial cells even outnumber our human cells, so we might be MORE microbe than we are human!
We are covered head to toe with these microbes, but the vast majority of them are in the gut. The gut-brain is truly a second brain as it’s many neurons that are embedded in the lining of the gastrointestinal system are influenced by the same neurotransmitters of the brain itself. The brain influences the gut-brain and vice versa.
For example a nervous though that arises in the brain can cause butterflies in the gut. On the flip side the gut will majorly influence the brain’s mood as it’s microbes produce many neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine and GABA.
The word “diet” is derived from the Greek word “diaita”, which means “way of living“. It points more towards a daily way of life than a strict code of food groups. Hence, Virgo is also associated with daily work and routine.
Here is what I find interesting:
Most people are familiar with probiotic foods such as yogurt and sauerkraut that encourage gut health, but less familiar is the very important prebiotic food group.
Prebiotic foods, like bananas, onions, leeks and asparagus, are a type of starch that doesn’t break down as quickly and thus survives further down the digestive track to nourish the beneficial bacteria.
Interestingly enough, wheat, the grain always depicted with the Virgin, is a prebiotic food.
With wheat feeding the microbes and the microbes being what we mostly ARE, the phrase “staff of life” begins to take on a deeper resonance.
The Greeks and the Romans knew Virgo as the goddess of wheat, or the harvest. This is a humble goddess who dutifully tends to the needs of the land.
What needs to be tended in order to grow good crops? The soil of course! And what do we find in the soil?
There is a saying that real farmers grow soil and not crops. The microbes in the soil help decompose organic plant matter and then recycle them to be used as plant energy with nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen.
Chemical fertilizers cause bacteria to die and supply the nitrogen and phosphorus directly. Biofertilizers, as used in organic farming, do not supply chemicals in favor of using our live microbial friends to do natures work.
With modern agriculture techniques such as chemical fertilizers and genetic engineering, the healthy microbes of our soil has taken a beating. The soil of the earth is the same concept of the lining of our guts. Both need healthy microbes to be honored as they truly do run the show.
The grains that used to be the staff of life are turning on some of us (myself included!) and causing all sorts of immune issues.
But we can still turn to the Virgin for guidance in these matters.
So for those of us who seem to react poorly to modern wheat we must strive a little harder to incorporate the dietary lessons of the Virgin.
Virgo needs us to respect and nourish our humble microbes!
A little food each day that nourishes are microbes. A little prebiotic food everyday goes a long way to improving our health.
Improving the gut improves our mood and improves our brain which improves our decisions which improve our lives!
Virgo takes small steps.
Until next time!
Visit my website for a reading!
Toroidal Zodiac 