Libra

Libra, the 7th sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus with themes of relationship, harmony, cooperation, diplomacy, compromise, justice, adjustment and peace. Home to my Saturn, Pluto, Part of Fortune, Vertex, Pallas and Ceres.

Libra

~Sept 23 - Oct 22

Libra

~Sept 23 - Oct 22

Libra, the 7th sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus

Themes

Relationship, harmony, cooperation, diplomacy, compromise, justice, adjustment and peace.

Symbol

Libra Symbol

The Scales

Modality

Cardinal

The cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

The cardinal houses are the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th.

Qualities

Initiating, action-oriented, enterprising, leading energy

Element

Air

Element associated with Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

Themes

Yang, the mind, thinking, communication, movement, insight, planning, intellect

Glyph

Libra Glyph

Intentionally Styled

Background = Modality
Glyph color = Element

Libra

Dignities Icon

Icon Anatomy

Modern Planetary Dignities

Essential dignities for a planet/point include:

Domicile (or rulership)
Detriment (opposite sign of Domicile)
Exaltation (place of awareness or strength)
Fall (place of weakness,

opposite sign of Exaltation)

adobe mission uses modern dignities including some not yet widely accepted proposed co-rulers.

Venus

Values and relating

Personal Planet

225 day orbit
retrograde ~7.3%

Themes

Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts

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Modern / Traditional Ruler

of Libra

Mars

Drive and exertion

Personal Planet

687 day orbit
retrograde ~9.5%

Themes

Ambition, will, action, assertion, aggression, self-preservation, yang, passion, energy, vigor, and drive

Go to Mars

in its Detriment

in Libra

Saturn

Structure and discipline

Social Planet

29.4 year orbit
retrograde ~36.6%

Themes

Reality, structure, boundaries, control, the rules, conservation, strength, discipline, direction, wisdom, resilience, time keeper, hard work, responsibility, mentor

Go to Saturn

in its Exaltation

in Libra

Sun

Identity and being

Personal Point

The star at the center of our solar system.

Themes

Yang, consciousness, essence, life force, personal power, creation, identity, ego, the father, individuation, self-expression, vitality.

Go to Sun

in its Fall

in Libra

Astrology Decans

Each sign holds 30° of the zodiac that can be split into three distinct 10° sections called decans (or decantes). Knowing which decans points are in opens the door to deeper understanding of their energies.

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Libra Decan Rulers

Chaldean Decans

Chaldean rulers are based on the Golden Dawn system of correspondences which uses only "old planets" (prior to the discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto).

Mars rules both the 1st and last decan of the zodiac. Rulers are assigned to the 36 decans in this order:
Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter.

adobe mission uses Chaldean rulers in its sign icons as they are used often in the tarot community.

Moon

Emotions and instincts

Personal Point

~28 day orbit

Themes

Yin, emotional reactions, adaptation, feelings, instincts, fluctuation, receptivity, reflection, habits, childhood, cycles, the mother, sensitivity, the subconscious

Go to Moon

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 1 of Libra

Saturn

Structure and discipline

Social Planet

29.4 year orbit
retrograde ~36.6%

Themes

Reality, structure, boundaries, control, the rules, conservation, strength, discipline, direction, wisdom, resilience, time keeper, hard work, responsibility, mentor

Go to Saturn

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 2 of Libra

Jupiter

Expansion and faith

Social Planet

12 year orbit
retrograde ~30.4%

Themes

Expansion, optimism, good fortune, growth, philosophy, ritual, learning, ideals, knowledge, abundance, luck, rewards, seeking and faith

Go to Jupiter

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 3 of Libra

Triplicity Decans

Triplicity decan rulers (used often by astrologers) are assigned by giving the first decan the same ruler as the sign. The second and third decan rulers are the rulers of the next 2 signs that share its triplicity (element). In this way, all signs sharing an element have the same 3 decan rulers, just shifted.

adobe mission does not use triplicity decan rulers in its sign iconography.

Venus

Values and relating

Personal Planet

225 day orbit
retrograde ~7.3%

Themes

Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts

Go to Venus

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 1 of Libra

Uranus

Innovation and freedom

Transpersonal Planet

84 year orbit
retrograde 41.2%
Higher octave of Mercury

Themes

Individuation, chaos, sudden change, unpredictability, originality, non-conformity, revolution, the future, higher mind, liberation, genius, invention, technology, freedom

Go to Uranus

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 2 of Libra

Mercury

Communication and thinking

Personal Planet

88 day orbit
retrograde ~19.2%

Themes

Communication, the mind, thought, logic and reasoning, restlessness, correspondence creation, travel, coordination, intellectual energy

Go to Mercury

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 3 of Libra

Element

Air

Element associated with Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

Themes

Yang, the mind, thinking, communication, movement, insight, planning, intellect

Tarot Astrology Correspondences

Tarot-astrology correspondences based on the Golden Dawn system which uses Chaldean decans.

See Tarot page for more detailed correspondence explanations.

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Libra Tarot Correspondences

Sign Major

Modern / Traditional Ruler Major

Libra Decan 1

Major

Court

Minor

Libra Decan 2

Major

Court

Minor

Libra Decan 3

Major

Court

Minor

Sabian Symbols

Symbols for deeper study of the 30 degrees of a sign.

Symbols channeled by Elsie Wheeler with astrologer Marc Edmond Jones.

Artwork for each Sabian by Ruby Fumizki.

Scenes and levels attributed to Dane Rudhyar.

Expression names attributed to James Burgess.

When working with Sabian Symbols, you need to know both the degree and minute of your point. Then round UP. For example:

Venus is at 0°4' of Aquarius which has the Sabian for Aquarius 1

Sun is at 16°48' of Sag which has the Sabian for Sagittarius 17

Ascendant is at 29°13' of Taurus which has the Sabian for Taurus 30

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Sabian Scenes & Levels

Dane Rudhyar in his must have An Astrological Mandala: The cycle of Transformation and its 360 Symbolic Phases (A reinterpretation of the Sabian Symbols, presenting them as a contemporary American I Ching), split the Sabians into 24, 15-degree Scenes. Each scene contains a set of 3 repeating Levels as follows:

Scene

Degrees 1-5 Actional

Degrees 6-10 Emotional-Cultural

Degrees 11-15 Individual-Mental

Scene

Degrees 16-20 Actional

Degrees 21-25 Emotional-Cultural

Degrees 26-30 Individual-Mental

5-Degree Expression Pattern

Sabian Mysteries curator James Burgess assigns themes to each Expression Degree within the repeating pattern 5-degree groups of Sabian symbols as follows:

Expression Degree (5°, 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, 30°)
Assimilation and Progression
Expression Degree (4°, 9°,14°, 19°, 24°, 29°)
Technique or Method

Expression Degree (3°, 8°, 13°, 18°, 23°, 28°)

Reconciliation of Two Polarities

Expression Degree (2°, 7°, 12°, 17°, 22°, 27°) Challenge or Contrast

Expression Degree (1°, 6°, 11°, 16°, 21°, 26°)

New Initiative

Libra Sabian Expressions

Scene 13: Transfiguration

Libra

Sabian Expression 1

(Actional)

Libra

Sabian Expression 2

(Emotional-Cultural)

Libra

Sabian Expression 3

(Individual-Mental)

Scene 14: Reconstruction

Libra

Sabian Expression 4

(Actional)

Libra

Sabian Expression 5

(Emotional-Cultural)

Libra

Sabian Expression 6

(Individual-Mental)

Libra Sabian Symbols

Scene 13: Transfiguration

Expression 37: Learning (Actional)

Expression 38: Reflection (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 39:Light-heartedness (Individual-Mental)

Scene 14: Reconstruction

Expression 40: Modesty (Actional)

Expression 41: Charm (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 42: Understanding (Individual-Mental)

The I Ching

I Ching hexagram-astrological correspondences derived from Fu Xi's seasonal-based arrangement.

This same order is used by Human Design and Gate Keys practitioners.

Knowing which hexagram AND line is associated with a point gives you two hexagrams to study!

The hexagrams associated with this sign are shown below and when clicked the image will show each hexagram's line change detail.

I like to study point's individual hexagram, then study its specific line (your Human Design chart will give you this), then study its evolved/changed hexagram pair (if that line changes from yin to yang or vice versa, a new hexagram is formed).

There are so many ways to work with the I Ching and this association is just one such way.

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