The author’s use of Blanche and Stanley’s astrological signs and the meanings of their names helps to define their characters in “Streetcar Named Desire”.
Stanley’s astrological sign is Capricorn which is the sign of the goat. Blanche’s sign is Virgo, the sign of the virgin. Appropriately, both signs are sex symbols.
Virgo is the only zodiacal sign represented by a female. Virgo implies and stands for virginity. Sometimes thought of as an older woman delicately lovely with refinement, a fastidious love of cleanliness and make few relationships with an aristocratic attitude of reserve. In contrast, Capricorns are independent rocklike characters who are strong willed, hardworking, unemotional