Earth with air highlights the contrast between these two signs. The combination of your respective rulers -- Mercury and Uranus — emphasizes a mental and intellectual affinity, rather than a deep emotional bond. Virgo sensible, rational, analytical and some-times cool while Aquarius can be dispassionate, detached, uninvolved. Virgo is careful, self controlled and orthodox but Aquarius can be unconventional temperamental and unconventional at times. Virgo's logical mind cannot begin to decipher the enigma that is Aquarius.