Sign of the zodiacKeyword: "I balance"11 Signature slots
Libra is the Scales, Cardinal Air ruled by Venus: balance, justice, partnership, and beauty. It begins autumn, when day and night are equal. In the Arkedalia its Prime Element is Lightning, the flash of understanding behind fair judgment.
Work with Libra for
- Balance and harmony
- Justice and fair outcomes
- Partnership and love
- Beauty and art
Working with Libra
Work with Libra at the autumn equinox or on a Friday. Place two candles, one for each side of a situation, and light them together. Write what each side needs, then what would be fair to both. Libra magic seeks the balance point.
The Signature
What to reach for
★ = Signature pickChosen from the traditions below
Explore deeper: what each tradition says
| Attribute | Tradition | Says |
|---|---|---|
| Element | Common practice | Air |
| Modality | Common practice | Cardinal |
| Ruling planet | Traditional astrology | Venus |
| Exalted here | Traditional astrology | Saturn |
| In detriment here | Traditional astrology | Mars |
| In fall here | Traditional astrology | Sun |
| Magical intent | Common practice | Balance, Justice, Partnership, Harmony |
| Day | Common practice | Friday |
| Metal | Common practice | Copper |
| Color | Common practice | Pink, Light Blue |
| Color, King scale | Golden Dawn | Emerald green |
| Color, Queen scale | Golden Dawn | Blue |
| Color, Emperor scale | Golden Dawn | Deep blue-green |
| Color, Empress scale | Golden Dawn | Pale green |
| Stone | Common practice | Opal, Rose Quartz, Lapis Lazuli |
| Golden Dawn | Emerald | |
| Plant | Agrippa | Mugwort |
| Common practice | Rose, Violet, Yarrow, Thyme | |
| Golden Dawn | Aloe | |
| Perfume | Common practice | Rose, Vanilla |
| Golden Dawn | Galbanum | |
| Animal | Golden Dawn | Elephant |
| Body | Common practice | Kidneys, Lower Back |
| Tarot card | Golden Dawn | Justice |
| Minor arcana | Golden Dawn | King of Cups, Two of Swords, Three of Swords, Four of Swords, Queen of Swords |
| Hebrew letter | Golden Dawn | Lamed |
| Early Kabbalah (Sepher Yetzirah) | Lamed | |
| Angel of the sign | Agrippa | Zuriel |
| Apostle | Agrippa | Bartholomew |
| Tribe of Israel | Agrippa | Issachar |
| Place on the Tree | Golden Dawn | Path 22 |
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