"A flag at half-mast in front of a public building."

Meaning

Flag at half-mast — moment of public loss. This degree emphasizes Virgo's public-service dimension. People here are civil servants, public-health workers. Personal mourning becomes collective; individual service turns into public responsibility. Virgo's detail here works on the ledger of a nation; each number is a life.

Shadow

Carrying collective responsibility as individual guilt.