Libra zodiac sign: dates, traits, love and career

Libra begins at the September equinox, when day and night are about equal. People born under Libra are often polite, fair-minded and sociable, and they look for balance in people and things.

Libra at a glance

The dates follow the Western (tropical) zodiac. The Sun changes sign at a different hour each year, so if you were born around 23 September or 22 October, the exact sign depends on your birth year, time and place.

Libra traits and nature

In short: Libra people often value fairness, harmony and good company. Making a decision and holding to it is where they need practice.

Libra people usually see both sides of a question and want everyone to be treated fairly. They are good company, enjoy art and beauty, and often smooth over tension in a group.

Because they weigh every side, choosing can take them a long time. They also tend to keep the peace at their own cost, so learning to say what they want is part of their growth.

Strengths

• Fairness
• Charm and tact
• Working well in pairs and teams
• Sense of beauty
• Calming a conflict

Things to watch

• Indecision
• Avoiding hard talks
• Wanting to be liked by everyone
• Losing themselves in a partner

Element, modality and ruling planet

Libra is an air sign. Air signs are commonly linked with ideas, conversation and people. The other air signs are Gemini and Aquarius.

It is a cardinal sign. Cardinal signs start each season and are said to like beginning things. The other cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer and Capricorn.

Its ruling planet is Venus, on which traditional and modern Western astrology agree. Its opposite sign is Aries, often read as its complement.

Libra in love and compatibility

In love Libra is often romantic and attentive, and does best in a real partnership of equals. They value good manners, shared time and kind words. Open conflict upsets them, so a partner who can disagree calmly suits them.

The table reads the match with all 12 signs by a common rule: the same element and complementary elements (fire with air, earth with water) read as easy, signs a square apart as tense, and signs that share nothing as mixed.

This is a general guide from the sun signs alone. How two people get on shows in their full birth charts; in India, marriage matching uses the Moon sign and nakshatra in Kundli milan. Kundli matching by date of birth · Love calculator

Libra career themes

Fields commonly linked with Libra: Law and mediation, Design and art, Diplomacy, Human resources, Counselling, Beauty and fashion.

These are tendencies of the sun sign as commonly described, not predictions. Your rising sign, Moon and the other planets shape each person far more than the sun sign alone.

Western Libra and the Vedic sign

Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac, tied to the seasons: Aries always begins at the March equinox. Indian astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, tied to the stars, which now sits about 24° behind (the Lahiri ayanamsa). That is why most people’s Vedic sun sign is the sign before their Western one.

In 2026 the Sun enters sidereal Tula rashi on 17 October. So of the people born 23 September to 22 October, those born 23 September to 16 October have the Sun in Kanya (Virgo) in Vedic astrology, and those born 17 October to 22 October have it in Tula. These are the Sankranti dates.

Your Indian rashi (janma rashi) is a third thing: the sign the Moon was in at your birth. The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days, so it needs your date, time and place of birth: use the rashi calculator.

More on this site

• Libra horoscope: today, weekly, monthly and yearly
• Zodiac sign calculator: by date of birth, with cusp days flagged
• Rashi calculator: your Vedic Moon sign
• Tula rashi (the Vedic Libra)
• Libra tarot card

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