Pisces with Virgo Rising -- A Grand Realization

I was responding to a commenter on my Seduction Central blog -- we both have Virgo Rising yet seem to hate some Virgo characteristics -- and I finally understand how my Sun sign and Rising sign interact.

I've been living with my Venus-in-Virgo, packed-6th-house girlfriend for over 14 years, and her need for order and cleanliness around the house sometimes drives me crazy. I'm not offended if the apartment is clean, but it's not a priority. She, on the other hand, can't function properly when the place is messy.

I could easily walk over cat fluff and hair bands, ignore the piles of unopened mail on a computer chair. (You should see my desk at work!) However, I am obsessive-compulsive about cleanliness and order during one hour of my day, and that is when I do yoga in the early morning. I have to sweep the living room floor, and line up my yoga mat so that the end is exactly aligned with the floorboards. If I sit down and see some debris on the floor, I feel compelled to get up and throw it in the trash.

Why? Because I'm a Pisces! My hour of yoga is the one time during the day when I can truly devote myself to spiritual concerns, and since I am very in tune with my immediate environment at that time, I need it to be orderly so that I can truly let go.