No. 07 of 12 · Air · Ruled by Venus

Libra

Sep 23 – Oct 22

Libra weighs things, and weighs them beautifully. It would rather hold two truths a little longer than break one — and the room often ends up level because of it.

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Worn
The other eleven
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More about Libra

Ruled by Venus · Air
Venus

Venus in her second house — light balanced, evenly given.

Element & mode
Air · cardinal — the equinox, day equal to night.
Dates
Sep 23 – Oct 22
Metal it suits
Gold
Opposite sign
Aries
Birthstone
Peridot
Also born under Libra
John Lennon
Serena Williams
Mahatma Gandhi
The constellation

A quiet quadrilateral between Virgo and Scorpio — the only zodiac sign named for an object.

Wearing it
Balanced by a second pendant of equal weight.
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Libra,
in short

The things people ask most about Libra — dates, ruling planet, birthstone and the rest.

Libra runs Sep 23 – Oct 22. If your birthday falls within a day of either end you're on the cusp — order either sign and mention the date, and we'll check the exact ingress for your birth year before it ships.

Libra, at length
Sep 23 – Oct 22

Libra opens at the equinox, day equal to night, and never really leaves that position. It is the only sign in the twelve named for an object rather than a creature, and the object is a set of scales.

Venus rules it, so the balance being sought is partly an aesthetic one. Libra wants the room level: the conversation fair, the light even, nobody left outside the joke. It would rather hold two true things a while longer than break one to resolve the tension, which reads as indecision to people in a hurry and as generosity to everyone else.

There is real strength in that patience. Libra arbitrates without appearing to, and situations tend to settle in its presence. The charm is genuine; so is the fairness underneath it.

Worn, this sign likes symmetry — a pendant balanced by a second of equal weight, or a single piece hanging exactly centre.