Most likable trait: Charm
Duality: Masculine
Element: Air
Quality: Cardinal
Libra is active, artistic, easygoing, peaceable, prizes beauty and harmony, is diplomatic, polished, and very socially inclined.
Ruling planet: Venus
Goddess of love and beauty. In astrology, Venus rules pleasure, social pursuits, art, and adornment. Its influence also inclines toward self-indulgence and love of luxury.
Symbol: The Scales: Signifying balance, equilibrium, order, and justice.
Dominant keyword: I BALANCE.
Polarity: Aries
Libra is the sign of marriage and partnership. Its natives are happiest functioning within a union, and often lost their equilibrium and positive outlook when forced to be alone. Aries, Libra's opposite sign, is the sign of ego, personality, and self. Aries people tend to put themselves first, and selfishness is one of their negative traits.
Part of the body ruled by Libra: The lower back and buttocks, and the kidneys
Librans suffer from lower back strain and problems in the lumbar region. They are also subjects to kidney infections.
Lucky day: Friday
Lucky numbers: 6 and 9
Magical birthstone: Opal
Brings financial success, frees its wearer from jealousy and greed, and imparts clear insight.
Special colors: Blue and Lavender: The colors of romance, harmony and refinement.
Cities: Vienna, Copenhagen, Charleston, Lisbon
Countries: Burma, China, Tibet, Argentina, Japan
Flowers: Rose, Cosmos, and Hydrangeas
Trees: Almond, Cypress, and Ash
Metal: Copper
Animals ruled by Libra: Snakes and lizards
Danger: Libra people tend to stir up ill feelings from others in situations having to do with love. Because they are indecisive and sometimes make a declaration of love too easily, Librans both anger and disappoint lovers. They also have a tendency to be fickle and faithless.
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Librans are easy to like, for you have a captivating charm, possess elegant taste, and are usually beautiful to look at. In addition, you have the gift of making others feel important, for you are a superb listener and instinctively know how to draw out another person. Ruled by Venus, goddess of love and beauty, you admire loveliness in all its forms, in music, art decoration--and people. Your home will always have a touch of elegance, and you love to entertain in style. You enjoy the comforts of life--a, the things that money can buy. A narcissist at heart, you expect admiration. You wish to be the jewel in the center of any setting, and you have a computer memory for any compliment ever paid to you. You tend to judge other by outward appearances. If someone has a charming facade, you won't look any deeper. As a result you may become easy prey for a sophisticated schemer with an affable manner. Libra is the zodiacal sign of Partnerships--in psychological terms the sign is outer-directed. Your energies are focused on melding and combining with other people; you are at your best in personal relationships. However, your main interest is on yourself within the relationship. You deal intuitively with other people's emotions, and no one is better at understanding and taking in consideration another person's point of view. Yet all too soon that outside viewpoint will be lost or subsumed within your own subtly self-centered concerns. Born under the sign of the Scales, you strive for balance and harmony and are happiest when your environment is ordered and serene. Peace is worth any price to you and usually you will go a long way out of your way to avoid friction and dissension. Because you see clearly every side of an argument, every possibility of a given course, you have the tact and ability to smooth over disputes. You are a born diplomat. In order to avoid an unpleasant scene, you will even stifle your own true feelings. In fact, far too often you are not sure what your true feelings are. Because you try to be all things to all people, there is a general impression that you are indecisive. You appear to be constantly poised on an edge, seemingly unable to move one way or another, balancing pro with con, advantage with disadvantage, risk with gain. Underneath your genial, calm surface, you have to struggle in order to make decisions. Although you have superb instincts, you don't trust them enough. You are likely to be an underachiever because of your easygoing, even-tempered attitude. For the most part, you don't want anything badly enough to fight for it. The exception is when you're denied a privilege to which you feel entitled. That ruffles your fur. Librans have a reputation for stubbornness, but that's because you are sticklers for fairness. You resent being treated unfairly and become upset at inequity in the world at large. You get along harmoniously with people who are even-tempered, particularly those who can laugh in the face of difficulties. You are particularly appreciative of talent in any field, whether art, literature, or music, and if you lack talent yourself you often indulge in artistic hobbies. Money has a way of slipping through your fingers because it isn't money you love, it is the things money can buy. Essentially frivolous, people born under this sign dislike hard work--unless someone else is doing it. A love for beauty leads many natives of this sign to careers in art, decorating, the theater, and composing, but the approach often remains that of a dilettante who enjoys the reward but avoids the effort needed to attain it. You are an incorrigible idealist and quintessential romantic. Affectionate, warmhearted, sentimental, naturally optimistic, you do everything in your power to please. Your stock-in-trade is charm.</div>
