Libra

The Scales of Balance

(September 23^rd — October 23^rd)

by Elikozoe

Represented by the only inanimate figure of the Zodiac, the constellation of Libra (from Latin balance) is a rather discrete one. Without stars of major magnitude, it was the last to appear on the Zodiac.

In fact, in Antiquity it probably had been a part of the claws of the Scorpion’s constellation which is lying next to it, as the latin name of its main stars hints at.

Symbolically, the fact that it doesn’t seem to stand on its own (either linked to the scales of Virgo, or the claws of Scorpius) echoes the deep communicative, social nature traditionally associated to individuals born under this sign.

In the Northern hemisphere the period of the year of Libra is seen as the pinnacle of the year, the beginning of autumn were all the work of the Earth is harvested.

In 2004 the first Earth-like planet lying within the human-habitable part of its sun’s orbit was found in the Libra constellation.