Free Virgo SVG files: the glyph, the constellation and the maiden

Virgo in the zodiac

Virgo is the sixth sign of the zodiac and its figure is the maiden. By the usual tropical dates the Sun is in Virgo from 23 August to 22 September; the first and last day can move by one from year to year. Astrology counts Virgo as an earth sign, and its ruler is Mercury.

The glyph is three arches whose last stroke loops back across itself. The constellation here is Virgo, drawn from the catalogue positions of 13 of its stars on a map centred on the figure, so its proportions are those of the sky. The brightest of them, Spica, is shown as a five-pointed star and the others as discs sized by brightness.

Cutting the Virgo maiden

The maiden is a tall, narrow figure: at the library’s size she is 100 mm tall and about half as wide. The gown is one broad shape, so the only fine parts are the stalk of the wheat, which is about 3 mm wide, and the grains at its tip. In vinyl and card she cuts well from about 80 mm tall. For plywood or acrylic go to 150 mm or more, or use the head in profile, where the wheat is cut into the hair as holes and nothing stands free.

The Virgo glyph has one closed loop, where the last stroke crosses back over itself. On the badge and the celestial card a small bridge holds the middle of that loop in place; on the plain glyph and the ring it is simply an open window.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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