♎Libra

Quick facts

Dates

September 23 – October 22

Element

Air

Modality

Cardinal

Ruling planet

Venus

Polarity

Masculine / Yang

Season

Early autumn (N. Hemisphere)

Traits

Libra is fairness as a personality trait. Charming, diplomatic, aesthetic, partnership-oriented — also indecisive, conflict-averse, prone to telling people what they want to hear. The classic Libra failure mode is trying so hard to be fair to everyone that they're vague about what they themselves want.

Compatibility

Easy with Gemini and Aquarius (Air signs think alike). Strong with Leo and Sagittarius (Fire makes Air feel alive). Hardest with Cancer and Capricorn (different needs around emotional/material structure). Aries is the opposite — magnetic, taught how to want things directly.

Mythology

The scales of justice — the only zodiac sign represented by an object, not an animal or person. The sign of the perfect mean, the just measurement, the relationship between things. Ruled by Venus, in its more cerebral mode (vs Taurus's earthy Venus).

In love

Libra is genuinely happiest in partnership — it's literally the sign of relationships. Romantic, attentive, loves the rituals. Hurt by a partner who lets the connection get out of balance.

In work

Law, design, diplomacy, mediation, anywhere balance is a deliverable. Struggles in environments where someone has to make the final call alone — Libra wants a committee.