♎ Libra – Air • Cardinal • Positive / Yang / Masculine
♎ Libra – Air • Cardinal • Positive / Yang / Masculine
✧ Basic Information
Symbol: ♎
Dates (Tropical): September 23 – October 22
Dates (Sidereal): October 16 – November 15 (Fagan/Bradley)
Ruling Planet: Venus
Exalted Planet: Saturn
Detriment Planet: Mars
Fall Planet: Sun
Element: Air
Modality: Cardinal
Polarity: Positive / Yang / Masculine
Associated Body Part: Lower Back, Kidneys, Skin
House Association: 7th House – thematic overlap
🗣️ I AM Statement
“I relate, therefore I am.”
This encapsulates the sign’s core existential function.
🔑 Core Traits
- Charming
- Diplomatic
- Balanced
- Idealistic
- People-Pleasing
🌿 Strengths
- Fairness
- Aesthetic Sense
- Cooperation
🜄 Challenges / Shadow Aspects
- Indecision
- Avoidance
- Dependency
🜚 Behavioral Patterns & Archetype
Keywords: Harmonizing, Romantic, Graceful
Archetype: The Lover
The sign of Libra often acts from a place of instinct and expresses its energy through practical, grounded means.
🌌 In Relationships
- Compatibility: High with Gemini, Aquarius, Leo
- Learning from: Aries, Capricorn
- Love Language Expression: Words
🪷 Spiritual Pathways
- Associated Chakras: Heart, Throat
- Esoteric Function: Harmonization
- Soul Work: Maintaining individuality in connection
✍🏼 Journal Prompts
- How do I embody the essence of Libra in my daily life?
- What triggers the shadow expression of this energy in me?
- Where do I resist or over-identify with this sign?
🛠️ Use in Practice
This sign brings its qualities to any planetary body or point it touches.
Examples:
- Mars in Libra (Mars + Libra) → Action takes on a tone of charming, diplomatic, balanced — drive expressed through The Lover.
- Moon in Libra (Moon + Libra) → Emotional world feels harmonizing, romantic, graceful; needs are met in the manner of The Lover.
🌠 Fixed Stars & Notable Degrees
| Degree | Fixed Star | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 20° Libra | Spica | Gifted articulation and divine grace |
🕯️ Affirmation
“I embody harmony and truth. My relationships reflect the peace within me.”
🔖 Tags
ZodiacSign #Air #Cardinal #AstrologyArithetic
🧮 Zodiacal Arithmetic
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Sign number | 7 of 12 |
| Ecliptic longitude span | 180°00′ – 209°59′ (tropical: 0° Aries = March equinox point) |
| Glyph / Unicode | ♎ (U+264E) |
| Element · Modality · Polarity | Air · Cardinal · Masculine / diurnal (odd sign) |
| Ptolemaic class | equinoctial |
| Domicile ruler | Venus |
| Exaltation | Saturn at 21° Libra |
| Detriment (ruler of opposite sign) | Mars |
| Fall (opposite of exaltation) | Sun (Aries exaltation opposite) |
| Triplicity rulers (Dorothean) | day Saturn · night Mercury · participating Jupiter |
| Decans / faces (Chaldean order) | 0–10° Moon · 10–20° Saturn · 20–30° Jupiter |
| Opposite sign (180°) | Aries |
| Square signs (90°) | Capricorn, Cancer |
| Trine signs (120°) | Aquarius, Gemini |
| Sextile signs (60°) | Sagittarius, Leo |
| Quincunx / inconjunct signs (150°) | Pisces, Taurus |
| Semisextile signs (30°) | Scorpio, Virgo |
| Natural house | 7th House |
Longitude conversion: a body at d° of Libra has absolute ecliptic longitude λ = 180 + d. Conversely, sign index = ⌊λ / 30⌋ + 1 and degree-in-sign = λ mod 30.
🌠 Vault Fixed Stars in Libra (computed)
| Star | Designation | λ J2000.0 | λ 2026.0 | Ecl. lat. | V mag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gienah | γ Corvi | 10°43′ Libra | 11°05′ Libra | -14.50° | 2.58 |
| Algorab | δ Corvi | 13°27′ Libra | 13°48′ Libra | -12.20° | 2.94 |
| Spica | α Virginis | 23°50′ Libra | 24°12′ Libra | -2.05° | 0.97 |
| Arcturus | α Boötis | 24°13′ Libra | 24°35′ Libra | +30.73° | -0.05 |
Positions precess ≈ 50.3″ per year (≈ 1° every 71.6 years). The table above in “Fixed Stars & Notable Degrees” is the author’s interpretive list and is kept as written; use this computed table for exact degrees.
Classical dignities, triplicities and decans are offered as optional correspondences beneath this vault’s own sign definition above.
Sources (sign arithmetic)
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I.12–I.17 (signs: tropical/equinoctial/solid/bicorporeal, masculine/feminine, triplicities, exaltations): https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ptolemy/Tetrabiblos/1B*.html
- Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum (1st c. CE), Book I — triplicity rulers (trans. D. Pingree 1976; B. Dykes 2017)
- William Lilly, Christian Astrology (London, 1647), Book I (houses, orbs p. 107, essential dignities table p. 104) — public domain; orb table transcribed at https://www.renaissanceastrology.com/aspects.html and https://www.skyscript.co.uk/aspectorbs.html
- Swiss Ephemeris fixed-star catalogue
sefstars.txt(ICRS/Hipparcos-based positions, proper motions, magnitudes): https://github.com/aloistr/swisseph/blob/master/ephe/sefstars.txt — ecliptic longitudes computed for this vault with Astropy 8.0 (GeocentricMeanEcliptic, mean equinox of J2000.0 and of 2026-01-01) - Unicode Consortium, Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–26FF) and Alchemical Symbols (U+1F700–1F77F, incl. Unicode 15.0 dwarf-planet glyphs) code charts: https://www.unicode.org/charts/