I have found that the pure of heart have some sort of “fixedness” about them, at times bordering on, or entirely meaning, a certain mental rigidity.

I do believe that, in order to maintain a purity of heart in a world so awash with outside influences that could lead one astray, perhaps such a rooted disposition of character is necessary. Perhaps it allows one’s innermost, truest center to remain, making one less easily influenced/generally susceptible to the environment in which they find themselves. 

I have, of course, also found this character to be utterly in need of release, of generally “letting go.” Sometimes, I’ve observed it to be existing almost entirely in the mind, forgetting to put its feet in the proverbial — or, quite honestly, literal — grass, and just be, in the beautiful simplicity of life.

It does appear to have correlations with OCD. The fixation on purity, when without the tempering force of surrender (Virgo-Pisces axis), has inevitably appeared to lead to neurosis — and what is neurosis but a reflection of the brain’s inability to deal with the natural forces that are? An unintegrated psyche is one that cannot meet certain essential truths and demands of all that is. Life demands our surrender — chaos is an essential fact of life. A mind so stuck on perfection, order, and the pursuit of some ideal of purity and “rightness” will always meet the challenges of life’s essential inability to be controlled. The less the mind can cope with this fact, the deeper the neurosis will be. 

Balance, as always, is the way. We must be versatile and adaptable enough to be both a tree with our roots planted in the goodness our hearts are ever in pursuit of, while also being the bird who can both perch upon that tree and embrace life’s ever-changing — and at times chaotic — winds. We venture safely away from that center to experience the wild beauty of life and its infinite variety of potential experiences, while always returning home at the day’s end, perching once again.

Virgo remains virgin through the ability to say “no,” of course. Virgo is a lover of none but herself, and perhaps the immaterial Spirit. However, Pisces is a lover of all, who says yes to all, somehow also having a purity of heart so great that the whole of mankind can be loved and totally embraced.

Both are pure. One gives themself away freely and gladly to all as one — Pisces — and one withholds themself from all but one or none — Virgo.