by Matt Savinar

Some Scorpio/Virgos will apply their intense (Scorpio) astuteness (Virgo) to cracking the code of physical wholeness. Fitness guru Vince Gironda is a Scorpio Sun, Virgo Moon. (Chart) If Jack Lalanne was the movie star celebrity of the 20th century health & fitness industry Gironda was its maverick technician. Astrologer Carolyn Reynolds says of the Scorpio/Virgo male, “He will tell you when your dieting has gone to far, and puts his foot down that you have forgotten your vitamins again”. (Source) That’s definitely a good description of Gironda. He was advocating organic foods, raw vegetables, digestive enzymes, and his own line of natural supplements at a time when people were still decades away from questioning the chemical based theocracy of industrial food conglomerates. His philosophy of functional “Stone Age Fitness” predated the current “Paleo” and “Cross Fit” crazes by a good 60 years.

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Pictured Above: Legendary Fitness Guru Vince Gironda (Source: IronGuru.com)

Scorpio/Virgos are passionate helping others but they have next to no patience for overgrown egotistical bullshit from those who seek their help. For instance, when a young Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into Gironda’s gym around around 1979 Gironda asked him who he was. Schwarzenegger announced that he was “Mr. Universe”. Gironda replied “Well you look like a fat f*** to me” and then booted him out of his gym. Arnold was at the peak of his bodybuilding career and possessed no shortage of ego so Gironda’s frank evaluation of his status likely came as quite a shock. Fortunately for the future “governator”, he was later allowed back where he flourished under Gironda’s tutelage.

Strange coincidence #1: actress Jenny McCarthy is a Scorpio Sun, Virgo Moon. (Chart) She’s best known for hosting MTV’s mid-1990s dating show “Singled Out” but more recently has made a radical break with what’s “socially sanctioned” by the pharmacological-financial complex. McCarthy, whose son was diagnosed with autism in 2005, has been very vocal about her belief that mercury in vaccines is the true cause of the condition. According to McCarthy, holistic modalities such as chelation therapy have helped her son recover from the condition far more so than protocols put forth by the corporate medical establishment. Whether one agrees with her beliefs or not, she is certainly taking a Gironda-like approach to health-and-wellness that fits the intensely (Scorpio) health conscious (Virgo Moon) nature of her astrological pedigree:

wiss herbalist Alfred Vogel, sometimes referred to as the “Father of Natural Healing”, is also a Scorpio Sun, Virgo Moon. (Chart) You may not have heard of Vogel but you quite likely have ingested a herbal remedy he helped bring to the western masses. The plant Echinacea was brought to his attention by a medicine man while traveling among the Sioux Indians. He took some seeds with him and begun cultivating the planet upon his return to Switzerland. The herb can now be found on the shelves of pretty much every health food store on the planet. So next time you feel a cold coming on and you pop some store bought Echinacea just remember that you have a Scorpio/Virgo to thank for that.