Sign 7 of 12 · Tropical zodiac
Libra
Libra is a cardinal air sign, traditionally ruled by Venus. Initiative through relationship. The emphasis is on establishing agreements and considering another point of view.
Find Libra in my chart- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Traditional ruler
- Venus
- Zodiac longitude
- 180° to <210°
Read Libra through the planet
A sign describes a style of expression. The planet supplies the subject. A Sun reading concerns identity; a Moon reading concerns emotional needs and familiar responses.
Sun in Libra
Sun in Libra is associated with developing your own judgment through relationships. Negotiating an agreement can clarify what matters to you as well as the other person. Keeping the peace becomes costly when your own preference stays unspoken.
Read the full Sun in Libra guideMoon in Libra
A Libra Moon is associated with feeling settled when a relationship feels fair and connected. Talking through a disagreement can restore reassurance that both people have been heard. Agreeing too quickly can leave your actual feelings unresolved.
Read the full Moon in Libra guideLibra rising
The Ascendant describes the zodiac degree rising at the eastern horizon. In a reading, it concerns personal presence and the approach to unfamiliar situations. A birth time and location are needed to calculate it.
With Libra rising, Venus is the traditional chart ruler. Its sign and house connect the rising-sign interpretation with another part of the chart.
Find my chart ruler and its placementA worked comparison
The same sign, different questions
A Libra Sun concerns the place of cooperation and judgment in a chosen identity. A Libra Moon concerns the emotional effect of an interaction. A person can make an independent decision and still need to discuss how it affects a close relationship. Neither factor cancels the other.
These are illustrative interpretations, not facts inferred about you.
Every planet in Libra
Choose the placement listed in your birth chart. Each guide explains its meaning and how houses or aspects change the reading.
Find the rest of the context
A sign label is one part of a placement. Read it alongside the planet, house and aspects. These describe different chart relationships.
The degree range, with an example
A longitude of 195° is 15° Libra. At exactly 210°, the next sign, Scorpio, begins.
Every tropical sign spans 30°. The signs are equal coordinate divisions; the astronomical constellations have different boundaries.
Read the calculation methodsPlacidus houses with Libra rising
The Ascendant degree in Libra starts the 1st Placidus house. Its end and the remaining cusps depend on the exact birth time and location.
Read the calculated house list rather than counting one sign per house. A sign can appear on consecutive cusps or sit inside a house without starting one.
Read Placidus boundaries and house topicsRelated signs and chart angles
Gemini and Aquarius share the air element. Aries is opposite Libra in zodiac order.
Matching degrees in opposite signs are 180° apart. Exact degrees and the permitted orb decide whether two placements form an aspect.
Sign categories do not provide a relationship score. A two-person comparison needs the placements in both charts.
Understand aspects and orbs · Compare two chartsWhen a birth time or sign boundary is uncertain
Calendar date lists are approximate. Near a Sun-sign boundary, the year and birth time can change the answer. If an uncertain birth period includes a sign change, Astriel shows the alternatives.
Unknown birth time leaves the Ascendant and houses unavailable. The available planetary signs remain in the result.
Calculate my Sun, Moon and rising signSources and reading limits
Elements, modalities and rulers are astrological conventions. They do not establish a measured personality profile or predict an event.
The symbolic explanations follow Astriel's editorial astrology reference and the linked placement guides. Worked comparisons illustrate the reading method.
Classification references: elements, modalities and traditional and modern rulerships. Degree examples follow the tropical zodiac. House teaching uses calculated Placidus cusps.
Sky calculation: apparent geocentric ecliptic of date; tropical zodiac. Ephemeris: astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Computed 2026-11-03T13:27:51.771Z.