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Libra personality, love and compatibility The sign that seeks balance.

Libra is the seventh sign of the zodiac, a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus. It usually runs from 23 September to 22 October. By the zodiac's geometry, its easiest matches are Gemini and Aquarius, and its hardest are Cancer and Capricorn.

Libra people want fairness, beauty and peace in the room, and they will work hard to get all three. They are the zodiac's diplomats, and sometimes its most reluctant decision-makers.

Dates
23 September to 22 October
Element
Air
Mode
Cardinal
Ruler
Venus
Symbol
The Scales
Opposite
Aries
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Libra on the zodiac wheelLibra sits at the top of the wheel. Trines, the easiest angle, run to Gemini and Aquarius; sextiles to Leo and Sagittarius; squares, the friction, to Cancer and Capricorn; and the opposite sign is Aries.ARITAUGEMCANLEOVIRLIBSCOSAGCAPAQUPIS
Libra and the other eleven signs. TrineSextileSquareOpposite

Compatibility

How Libra gets on with each of the twelve signs

Libra's easiest matches are Gemini and Aquarius, the other two air signs, which sit in trine. Leo and Sagittarius, a sextile away, come next. Aries, directly opposite, is the classic pull of opposites. The hardest angles are the squares to Cancer and Capricorn.

  1. GeminiTrine, 120°Easy flow

    Gemini's wit and Libra's charm make a light, talkative, sociable couple that rarely runs out of goodwill.

  2. AquariusTrine, 120°Easy flow

    One of the best matches Libra has. Aquarius shares Libra's ideals and interest in people, and gives Libra space to think.

  3. LeoSextile, 60°Open door

    Leo shines and Libra admires. A stylish, generous, romantic pairing, and one of the most flattering matches either sign can have.

  4. SagittariusSextile, 60°Open door

    Sagittarius brings adventure and honesty, Libra brings charm and ease. A cheerful couple who enjoy the world together.

  5. AriesOpposition, 180°Opposites attract

    Aries says what it wants and Libra considers what everyone wants. The attraction is strong, and each teaches the other the missing half.

  6. LibraSame sign, 0°Mirror

    Two Libras build a beautiful, peaceful, polite life, and can spend a whole evening deciding where to eat. Someone has to choose.

  7. VirgoSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Virgo brings practical care and Libra brings grace. Virgo's frankness can bruise Libra, and Libra's vagueness can frustrate Virgo.

  8. ScorpioSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Scorpio is intense and private, Libra light and social. Libra is fascinated by Scorpio's depth, and Scorpio can find Libra's diplomacy evasive.

  9. TaurusQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Venus rules both, and both love comfort and beauty. Taurus is steadier and more possessive, Libra more social, and they have to agree on how much company to keep.

  10. PiscesQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Both are romantic, gentle and inclined to avoid conflict. Sweet together, and prone to leaving the hard conversations for later.

  11. CancerSquare, 90°Friction

    Cancer wants emotional depth and Libra wants things kept pleasant. Both care about harmony and disagree on what it looks like.

  12. CapricornSquare, 90°Friction

    Two cardinal signs who both lead in their own way. Capricorn wants structure, Libra wants harmony, and they meet in shared ambition and good taste.

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Love

A Libra in love is at their best in a pair

Libra is the sign of partnership, and most Libras feel more themselves as half of a couple. They court with charm and good taste: the right restaurant, the thoughtful gift, the compliment that lands. They fall for grace, intelligence and good manners, and they notice how you treat the waiter.

The risk is losing themselves in the relationship, bending to keep things pleasant until they no longer know what they want. Libras do best with partners who ask them directly and wait for the real answer. A Libra who feels safe enough to argue with you is a Libra who is committed.

Personality

Libra keeps the peace and struggles to take a side

Libra is a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus, and its symbol is the only object in the zodiac: a pair of scales. Libras weigh everything, from arguments and outfits to restaurants and people. They are charming, sociable and genuinely interested in how others see things, which makes them excellent mediators and good company.

The weighing has a cost. A decision that looks simple to others can keep a Libra up at night, because every option lets someone down. They also dislike conflict enough to keep quiet about what they want, and resentment can build under the pleasant surface. The Libras who flourish learn that saying no is also a way of keeping balance.

CardinalFixedMutable
FireAriesLeoSagittarius
EarthCapricornTaurusVirgo
AirLibraAquariusGemini
WaterCancerScorpioPisces
Libra sits where air meets cardinal. It shares its element with Gemini and Aquarius and its mode with Aries, Cancer and Capricorn.

At their best

Fair, diplomatic, charming, cultured, and brilliant at helping two people understand each other.

Under pressure

Indecisive, conflict-avoidant, and inclined to please people at their own expense. A stressed Libra says 'I don't mind' and minds a great deal.

What they need

Harmony, beautiful surroundings, a partner, and permission to disagree without the world falling apart.

From the book

What the reading says when Libra turns up in a chart

Chapter 2Sun in Libra

You weigh both sides so well that choosing feels like betrayal.

You make things fair and beautiful, often at your own expense. You can see every side of an argument, which makes you the best mediator in the room and the slowest to order at a restaurant. You need harmony the way other people need food, and you will smooth, soften and reframe until the tension leaves.

People feel at ease near you. They rarely know what you actually want.

Your growth is a decision made without asking anyone first. Not a big one: which film, which paint colour, which weekend. The Libra who practises small unilateral choices builds the muscle for the large ones, and discovers that the world does not end when someone disagrees. Fairness to everyone else is only fairness if it includes you.

Chapter 3Moon in Libra

You need peace in the room, and you will pay for it with your own truth.

Conflict costs you sleep. You feel the temperature of every relationship and adjust yourself to keep it pleasant, which makes you wonderful company and a mystery to the people who want to know what you actually feel. You need beauty and fairness the way others need rest, and an ugly argument in an ugly room can ruin your week.

The skill this Moon asks for is disagreeing while staying in the room. You can say no and still be loved; the evidence is all around you and you have never trusted it. Practise on small things. The relationships that survive your honesty are the only ones worth the peace.

Chapter 6Venus in Libra

You are made for partnership, and you know how to be loved.

Venus rules Libra, and here it is graceful: charming, fair, attentive to beauty and to the other person's comfort. You are better in a pair than alone, and you know it. You bring harmony, taste and a genuine interest in making the other person happy. People fall for you easily and you are rarely single for long.

The risk is losing your own outline in the effort to keep the peace, and choosing partners for how they look beside you rather than how they hold you. Say what you actually want, out loud, early. The partner who stays after that is the real one.

Printed word for word from the Skyprint reading. A chart with the Sun in Libra gets the first page. The Moon and Venus pages appear only when those planets were in Libra too, and your own chart decides which of the twelve versions you read.
What else is in the reading

Libra dates

Born on 22 or 23 September? The year decides

Horoscopes round the dates. We measured the moment the Sun entered Libra in every year from 1940 to 2030 with Astronomy Engine, the engine behind every Skyprint reading.

The Sun entered Libra on

  • 22 September26 of 91 years
  • 23 September65 of 91 years

It moved on into Scorpio on

  • 22 October4 of 91 years
  • 23 October75 of 91 years
  • 24 October12 of 91 years
Dates are in UTC, so your local calendar date can differ by one. If your birthday is one of these days, your birth time and place settle it: check your exact Sun sign, free.

Your whole sky

Libra is the Sun, and your Moon and rising have a say too

The Sun sign comes from your birth date alone. The Moon changes sign every two to three days and the rising sign roughly every two hours, so two people born under Libra a week apart can read very differently. Your birth date, time and place draw the whole sky, computed to the arcminute.

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Questions

Libra questions, answered

When are the Libra dates?

Libra usually runs from 23 September to 22 October. The start moves by a day: between 1940 and 2030 the Sun entered Libra on 22 September in 26 years and 23 September in 65 years, in UTC. If you were born on one of those days, your birth time and place decide your sign.

Who is Libra most compatible with?

By the geometry of the zodiac, Libra's easiest matches are Gemini and Aquarius, the other air signs, followed by Leo and Sagittarius. Aries, the opposite sign, brings the strongest pull and the most work, and the squares to Cancer and Capricorn are the hardest angles. A real match also depends on the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising sign in both charts.

Why are Libras so indecisive?

Libra's symbol is the scales, and the sign weighs every option for fairness. Libras see the merit in each choice and dislike disappointing anyone. They decide faster when someone asks a clear question and gives them a deadline.

What does a Libra look for in a partner?

Grace, fairness, intelligence and good company. Libras want an equal: someone who will talk things through, share a social life and treat other people well. Rudeness is one of the fastest ways to lose a Libra's interest.

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All signs and the compatibility chart. How this page was made: Skyprint is built and edited by Khalil Yazouri. The text was drafted with AI assistance. The sign dates were measured with Astronomy Engine for every year from 1940 to 2030, the compatibility follows the angles between the signs, and the sample pages are printed word for word from the reading's own library.