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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Signs · Beginner

Libra

Also called Libra sign

The seventh sign, beginning at the September equinox; astrologers associate it with balance, fairness and partnership.

Astrologers associate Libra with diplomacy, taste, relationships and indecision. Saturn is traditionally exalted here and the Sun in fall. In the tropical zodiac the Sun is in Libra from about 23 September to 22 October, the exact moment varying by a day from year to year.

How it is worked out
Tropical longitude 180° to 210°; element air, modality cardinal, polarity yang; traditional ruler Venus.
  • Kind: Tradition, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Air signs, Cardinal signs, Polarity, Zodiac sign, Venus, Equinox, Fall

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