LIBRA
Libra
in a birth chart
Libra is a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus. In a birth chart it describes the part of a person that relates and balances: socially fluent, fairness-minded, and unwilling to decide without weighing the other side.
- Dates
- September 23 – October 22
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruler
- Venus
The sign itself
Libra begins at the September equinox, the second moment of equal day and night in the year. The sign is literally the balance point, and it behaves like one.
Cardinal air initiates through ideas and contact: Libra starts things with other people. Venus rules it, so harmony, grace, and mutual pleasure are the measure of whether something is working.
Where Libra shows up in a chart
Libra marks where a person works through others.
- Sun in Libra — purpose pursued in partnership, and a life organised around fairness.
- Moon in Libra — comfort through company, pleasantness, and resolved tension; conflict is genuinely unsettling.
- Rising in Libra — a gracious, accommodating first impression, and a chart run by Venus.
- Libra on a house cusp — that area of life is negotiated rather than decided alone.
At its best and at its cost
At its best: diplomacy, real fairness, charm, and the ability to hold two positions at once. At its cost: indecision, conflict avoidance, and agreeing in order to keep the peace.
In a child's chart, Libra reads as a child who is acutely aware of fairness and upset by arguments in the house.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions people ask
- What are the Libra dates?
- The Sun is in Libra from about September 23 to October 22 each year, beginning at the September equinox.
- What planet rules Libra?
- Venus rules Libra. Where Venus in Taurus is sensory, Venus in Libra is social — harmony, fairness, and relationship.
NEIGHBOURING SIGNS
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