The sixth sign of the Eastern zodiac is the characterand is pronounced “Si.” The symbolic animal of this sixth earthly stem is the serpent and is represented by the character
. It is a yin symbol of the second trine, and its fixed element is fire. Its assigned realm on the heavenly ecliptic consists of the portion that lies between the 150th and the 180th degrees, and it is the lord of the fourth lunar month, which lasts from May 5 to June 5. The hours of the serpent are from nine to eleven in the morning.
The sixth sign of the Western zodiac is the symbol
that is commonly known as Virgo. This sign is symbolic of a virgin. Like its Eastern counterpart, this symbol is a negative yin symbol of the passive nocturnal feminine. Its elemental designation is earth and its quality is mutable. It possesses the same coordinates of the ecliptic as does the Eastern sign of the serpent, and its yearly domain of influence is from August 23 to September 22 in the tropical system and from September 16 to October 15 in the sidereal system.
