Normally, astrologers assign the subject of health to Virgo, but it is really Leo or the Sun to which this function belongs. The Sun or Leo is the greatest giver or maintainer of life and not Virgo or Mercury or whatever Virgo's true ruling planet is. While the higher principles of Virgo(purity, order, and cleanlines) are certainly important to maintainig health, the principles of Leo(love and creative self-expression) are the very source of it. Love, energy, expression. and vitality are fire sign principles. The earth signs can help or hinder these principles. Virgo is actually the sign of dirt and disease -which is why it is so pre-occuppied with cleaning or statying healthy.

Contrary to previous scientific assumptions, the Sun's UV and other rays are actually beneficial to health when taken in moderate amounts and can practically cure almost any illness. The body part ruled by Leo, the back, is the greatest natural solar panel or collector for the Sun's rays or energies -which are the true givers of our life and health. The air or atmosphere filters out the dangerous rays and distributes the others safely.

Science has recently admitted that it has exaggerated the dangers of Sun exposure, and has confirmed that the Sun is our greatest source of vitamin D, which we need daily to stay healthy. An hour of light per day, even if it is not sunny, is recommended. Light coming through windowas or sunglasses is not the same as direct sunlight, so go out there and remove those glasses. Your eyes literally "drink" light as does your pineal or "third eye" master gland situated in your lower forehead.

Thanks to the distributive and retaining effects of our air and atmosphere we even get some of the sun's benefits at night. The air itself is a waste product. It is what the air carries that gives us our life. Oxygen is not air -it is fire or energy. Air is extremely fine matter.

In summary, it is the Sun or Leo and the fire element in general which gives us our life and our health, rather than Virgo or the earth element. The earth signs use or control this life force for better or worse.