Libra: Personality and Compatibility
A cardinal air sign that begins at the autumn equinox. Like the equinox, when day and night are equal, Libra values balance and harmony.
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- Dates (approx.)
- 23 September – 23 October
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruling planet
- Venus
- Keywords
- harmony, beauty, partnership
- Body
- Lower back and kidneys
- Lucky colors
- Pink and light blue
- Ecliptic longitude
- 180° – 210°
1.The Libra personality
Strengths
Sociable and graceful, you are good at bringing people together. With a fine sense of beauty, you judge fairly.
Things to watch
You try to please everyone and can be indecisive. Avoiding conflict, you may not say what you really think.
2.Love and work
Love: You like refined romance and value an equal partnership.
Work: Design, fashion, law, diplomacy, HR and hospitality: work where harmony and taste count.
3.Signs that get along with Libra
The other air signs (Gemini and Aquarius) share your values, while the fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) bring out the best in you.
4.The dates shift a little each year
A sign begins at the moment the sun reaches 180° of ecliptic longitude, so the boundary moves by about a day from year to year. Exact dates in Japan Standard Time:
| Year | Libra (JST) |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 9:05 – Oct 22, 2026 |
| 2027 | Sep 23, 2027 15:02 – Oct 23, 2027 |
If you were born on a boundary day, check with the Sun, Moon and Rising sign reading.
5.Not just the Sun sign: the Moon sign too
Horoscope columns use your Sun sign, but the sign the Moon was in when you were born shows your private face and how your feelings move. See also the basics of Western astrology.
6.One sign earlier in Indian astrology
Indian astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which sits about 24° behind the tropical one, so most people born as Libra are Virgo there. Read more in What is Indian astrology?