This article is about why lesbians love Virgos. This is not a series. I will not be doing an article about why lesbians love each of the twelve zodiac signs. No—this is for Virgos only. Because lesbians have a special affinity for Virgos.

I’ve noticed this. You have probably noticed this. Virgos are very popular amongst lesbians. I know someone who has, until recently, dated only Virgos. And I don’t think that person’s dating pattern is especially rare amongst the lesbian community where Virgos are and remain extremely popular.

Why not? Virgos are cat-like. They are efficient, deft, and skilled. Lesbians love cats too.

When I think about Virgo as lesbian bait, several different faces of Virgo stick out to me. Let’s go over each of them in detail.

First, consider Gerri from Succession. I’m talking about Mommy who knows exactly what you need but doesn’t give it to you. In Succession, we get to see Gerri strike up a kinky but asexual relationship with Roman. She tears Roman down emotionally. “You’re such a pathetic little slimeball.” She calls him disgusting. She makes him jerk off in her bathroom. When he proposes to her, she doesn’t say yes but she also doesn’t say no.

Virgo is the sign of the virgin. Gerri never touches Roman. She doesn’t marry him. Oh, but how she toys with him. Gerri is unobtrusive during work hours but sadistically hot when she gets a chance. No one notices Gerri which is why she is able to rise so deftly in the corporate power games. When she leaves Roman for the last time, she reminds him that she could have made him CEO. She could have. Gerri is the smartest person in the room. Virgos often are.

We talk about Virgo as the helpful archetype. Yes, Virgos are helpful. They know exactly how to help you. Virgos know how to improve you. Many of us are waiting in line to be educated by the right Virgo. Mommy who gives you a cutting assessment of your deviant behaviors because she really cares about you and just wants to see you improve?

The other face of Virgo is Hange Zoe from Attack on Titan. Virgos are huge nerds. They are also unashamed about just how fucking weird they are.

Hange is a bit cold. They are a ruthless scientist who is always conducting medical trials on Eren. I actually find Hange terrifying. Virgos are terrifying. For most of the anime, Hange is actually torturing Eren by making him transform and cutting him up. But Hange doesn’t care. They only care about understanding titans better. They love titans more than humans. They’re absolutely obsessed.

If a Virgo likes you, they become absolutely obsessed. If they like something, they obsess over it. And they really don’t care if no one else understands them.

I find this aspect of Virgo really sexy. They just go on and on and on about something. They study it. I think there is something terrifying about Virgo obsessiveness. When they study a person, they go all in on that person. They are able to describe that person in such an uncanny way. They know exactly what makes that person tick. The reason why Virgo obsession feels so dangerous is because you really fear becoming the specimen that catches their eye.

Eren was absolutely eviscerated by Hange. What does it feel like to be so thoroughly studied by someone you feel almost cut open?

The third face of Virgo that I always think about is also an anime character. This anime character was my first crush. Yes, I am also one of those lesbians who gave their first love to a Virgo. The third face of Virgo I’ll mention in this article is Ryou Bakura.

God—Ryou Bakura. Ryou Bakura is the reason why every single Yu-Gi-Oh fan I know has turned out to be a lesbian.

Ryou is quiet. He’s the quiet white haired bishounen who no one talks to at school. He’s that impossibly shy person with beautiful wrists who you sneak glances at as he neatly writes down notes in class. His character was probably based on Rei Ayanami from Evangelion. Ryou is like the crush who feels like a ghost. He’s the person who you never quite get to see enough of because they’re always disappearing whenever you want to see them the most.

Ryou has a double personality. He has a sadistic side but a shy-boy side. He’s extremely intelligent and good at card games but he rarely plays with other people. No one really knows Ryou’s true self.

Which is hard! Virgo knows so much about you. They can see you with exact assessment but you can’t really see them. You want to see them but they always seem to elude you.

I object to all of the sterile descriptions of Virgo. Virgo is not a helpful servant who lives to clean the house. No. Lesbians know that Virgo has a very particular spice, one that many enjoy. Virgos are popular for a reason.