Libra rising
Its own mind
Libra rising gives an easy-going, kindly and sympathetic mind, though one that finds the hard demands of life difficult to grasp and to cope with.
Libra
Rising
The Libra ascendant
Libra was coming up over the eastern horizon when you were born. The old books call it the sign of the scales: an elegant, graceful presence, a kindly courtesy and moods that swing from one side to the other.
Libra rises today
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Libra rising
at a glance
RulerVenus
Element and modeAir, cardinal
Symbolthe scales
Opposite, on the seventh houseAries
Time to rise each day in London
Your rising sign is the sign that was coming up on the eastern horizon at the minute and place you were born. Astrologers read it as the way you meet the world: the first impression, the manner, and in the older books the look of the body too.
With Libra there, the chart starts in a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus. Aries, its opposite, sits on the seventh house, the house of partners.
How Libra
rising looks
After Max and Augusta Foss Heindel, The Message of the Stars, 1918
- The build
- Slender and graceful in youth, growing fuller as the years pass while keeping its ease.
- The skin
- Smooth and clear.
- The eyes
- Soft and blue, with a kind expression.
- The face
- The mouth is unusually well shaped.
- The hands
- Usually well shaped, like the feet, and Librans tend to be proud of both.
These are types, written a century ago. Planets close to the ascendant, and where Venus stands, change the picture, and pure types are rare.
Libra rising
personality
After the Heindels, chapters V and XIX
People with Libra rising love partner and home so strongly that it outweighs everything else. Where Leo's heart takes in the whole world, theirs stays close: they will make any sacrifice for the comfort of their own household, even at the expense of other families.
True to the scales, their keyword is change. They are people of moods, and the moods come suddenly and swing far. They may take up an interest as if their life depended on it, then drop it without warning for its very opposite. There are no half measures.
Because change comes naturally, they adapt well and do not brood over setbacks, but set to work with energy to rebuild. The Heindels credit Saturn, exalted here, with their gentle politeness, so unlike the brusque Aries manner. With Venus rising they show artistic gifts; with Saturn, a scientific bent.
The Libra rising
mind
The Heindels read the rising sign as the shape of the mind, first by the sign itself and then by the group it belongs to.
The cardinal signs
Its group
Like all the cardinal signs on the angles, it points to a mind that is alert, quick to grasp an idea and keen in whatever it takes on. It has a gift for organising and the bold spirit to carry what it starts through to success.
Questions
It depends on where you were born, because signs take different lengths of time to rise. In London Libra takes about 2 hours 50 minutes of every day to rise, more than the two-hour average, so it is a little more common there. In Sydney it takes about 1 hour 20 minutes, less than the two-hour average, so it is rarer there.
No. Being a Libra usually means the Sun was in Libra, which happens from late September to late October. Libra rises every day of the year for a few hours, so a person born in any month can have it.
Venus. The ruler of the rising sign is called the chart ruler, and where it stands in your chart colours the whole reading.