Libra
The Scales · Sep 23 – Oct 22
- Graceful
- Fair
- Social
- Diplomatic
- Element
- Air · Ideas, language and connection.
- Modality
- Cardinal · Begins the season: initiative.
- Ruled by
- Venus
- In 2026
- Sun enters Sep 23 2026, 00:05 UTC, leaves Oct 23 2026, 09:38 UTC
- Brightest star
- Zubeneschamali (β Librae), magnitude 2.61. The northern claw, once counted as part of Scorpius; some observers see it as faintly green.
- Real sky
- The IAU constellation Libra spans 538 square degrees; the Sun actually crosses it Oct 30 – Nov 23. Best seen on June evenings.
The scales of justice held by Astraea; the only zodiac figure that is not a living creature.
