What animal is Virgo?

Virgo is the Maiden rather than a single animal. Babylonian AB.SIN ('Furrow'). Greek Astraea. Secondary animal-associations include the dove (Mary), bee (Demeter), and butterfly.

Virgo · Zodiac Spirit Animal

Virgo Spirit Animal

Virgo the Maiden: Babylonian AB.SIN ('Furrow'), Greek Astraea (Ovid Met. 1.149–150), Demeter-Persephone, and the Christian Virgin Mary identification.

Published 2026-04-24

Engraved illustration of the Maiden (Virgo) from Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1908. — Virgo the Maiden, from Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908). Identified with Demeter or Persephone in Greek tradition, and with Astraea (goddess of justice) in Roman; Eratosthenes's Catasterismi (c. 3rd century BCE) is the primary source. *Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.*

Virgo is the Maiden (August 23 – September 22, Earth). Babylonian AB.SIN ('Furrow'). Greek Astraea (Ovid Met. 1.149–150), Demeter-Persephone. Christian identification with the Virgin Mary. Animal-associations are secondary; dove (Mary), bee (Demeter), butterfly.

Virgo is the Maiden. Babylonian AB.SIN. Greek Astraea, Demeter-Persephone. Christian Virgin Mary. Secondary animal-associations: dove, bee, butterfly.

Frequently asked

What animal is Virgo?: Virgo is the Maiden rather than a single animal. Babylonian AB.SIN ('Furrow'). Greek Astraea. Secondary animal-associations include the dove (Mary), bee (Demeter), and butterfly.

Sources

PRIMARYMUL.APIN (AB.SIN) — Hunger & Pingree, 1989.
PRIMARYOvid, Metamorphoses 1.149–150 — Loeb Classical Library.
PRIMARYHesiod, Works and Days 256–265 — Loeb Classical Library.
PRIMARYPtolemy, Tetrabiblos — Loeb Classical Library.