Libra is an astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Libra. Under the tropical zodiac, Libra is occupied by the Sun from September 23 to October 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently from October 18 to November 16. The opposite sign to Libra is Aries.
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| Duration (tropical, western) | March 20 – April 19 (2025, UT1)[1] |
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Libra is the seventh sign of the Zodiac and associated with justice. Individuals born under this sign are thought to have a pleasant, charming, fair, perceptive, idealistic, refined, and diplomatic character, but one which is also prone to frivolity, flirtatiousness, indecision, deceitfulness, and insecurity. In terms of anatomy, Libra is said to rule the excretory functions via the kidneys, skin, lumbar region, buttocks, adrenals and vasomotor system, and lumbar vertebrae. In terms of geography Libra is linked with China, Japan, Denmark, Austria, Argentina, Tibet and South Africa.
In mythology Libra is often associated with the Greek mythological figure of Atalanta. Libra is also associated with the Greco-Roman goddess Aphrodite/Venus and sometimes also the goddesses Hera/Juno, Ishtar, Freya and Frigg and the gods Xolotl and Quetzalcoatl.
Notable persons born under the Sign of Libra include: Avril Lavigne, Julie Andrews, Matt Damon, Eminem, Black Thought of The Roots, Ayumi Hamasaki, Christopher Reeves, Jason Alexander, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, Carole Lombard, Truman Capote, Bonnie Parker, Bruce Springsteen, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon, Virgil, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, Chuck Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Harvey Oswald, Brigitte Bardot, Aleister Crowley, Lotte Lenya, Anne Rice, Bela Lugosi, Evel Knievel, Sigourney Weaver, Luciano Pavarotti, Groucho Marx, Lizabeth Scott, Miriam Hopkins, Rita Hayworth, P. G. Wodehouse, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Divine, Dawn French, James Tissot, Klaus Kinski, Lindsey Buckingham, and Arthur Rimbaud.