Libra Moon sign
A Libra Moon sign means the Moon was in Libra when you were born. It crosses the sign in about two and a half days, roughly once a month. This page says what the tradition makes of it, how it mixes with each Sun sign, and when the next six crossings are.
- Ruled by Venus
- No dignity for the Moon here
- About two and a half days a month
The Moon in Libra
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899. Public domain, and the full text is readable online.
Libra Moon personality
A life arranged around other people, and usually around one person.
- GiftsSociableAffectionate, good natured and kind in manner, and makes friends easily. A real fondness and ability for music, poetry and the fine arts.
- StrugglesSwayedGreatly influenced by other people, usually by one person, and leans on someone else in almost everything it does.
Leo says this position favours general popularity, gives a fondness and a real ability for music, poetry and the fine arts, and makes the native affectionate, good natured and kind in manner, so that friends come easily.
Then he says something sharper. Much of the fate and many of the events of the life come about through association with other people, and the native is greatly swayed by them, generally by some one person. It tends strongly to partnership, not only in business but in nearly everything, and works best alongside someone rather than alone.
The Moon is one placement among many. See your whole birth chart, free, on Natal Chart Maker.
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899, the chapter on the Sun and Moon combined
A Libra Moon with each Sun sign
Alan Leo read the Moon together with the Sun. Find your Sun sign below.
Aries Sun, Libra Moon
The Moon opposite the Sun, bringing balance to the Aries drive. Sensitive and receptive, with a love of recognition and of the arts. Leo sees good counsellors and fair judges here, and some fame.
Taurus Sun, Libra Moon
An inharmonious pair. Feeling over reason, one-sided judgment and decisions often swayed by others. Pleasant and polished on the surface, stubborn underneath, and capable of jealousy towards strangers and opponents.
Gemini Sun, Libra Moon
A very good air pair: refined, sympathetic, intuitive and perceptive, with foresight and a gift for public writing. Likely to become popular, and successful in artistic work.
Cancer Sun, Libra Moon
Brings balance to the sensitive Cancer nature and warms the affections, especially at home. Gives ability for writing and a wish to come before the public.
Leo Sun, Libra Moon
A very harmonious and successful pair. Strong intuition, spiritual leanings and a love of order and harmony. Warm affections, compassion and a wish to do some public good.
Virgo Sun, Libra Moon
Independent thinking and ability for philosophical and scientific writing. Sharpens perception and judgment, strengthens intuition, imagination and ambition, and keeps the mind very clear.
Libra Sun, Libra Moon
Clear perception, foresight and a courteous, obliging manner, but Leo does not count it a good pair: it leans too much on others. Dreams and visions, and ideals that tend to stay dreams.
Scorpio Sun, Libra Moon
Drawn to the occult, the mystical and the wonderful, with a tendency to second sight. Leo notes that in some charts this turns instead into business foresight.
Sagittarius Sun, Libra Moon
Steadies the Sagittarius impulse and awakens ambition. Quick, accurate perception, a sense of balance, some refinement, and artistic and musical ability.
Capricorn Sun, Libra Moon
A balanced mind with careful thought behind it: splendid intuition, foresight and a love of the metaphysical. It wants popularity and fame.
Aquarius Sun, Libra Moon
A very fine air pair: splendid judgment, remarkable perception, strong intuition and foresight. It awakens the spiritual side, and Leo reads success in marriage here.
Pisces Sun, Libra Moon
An even temper, drawn to inspired and spiritual things. It helps Pisces weigh and balance what it senses within, and sharpens its perception.
Alan Leo wrote this in 1899, and a whole chart says far more than two placements. See your Sun and Moon together, free.
The doctrine of dignities, standard in Western astrology since the Hellenistic period
Where the tradition places it
The tradition gives the Moon no special strength or weakness here.
There are only four signs where the Moon has a formal dignity. It rules Cancer, is exalted in Taurus, is in detriment in Capricorn and is in fall in Scorpio. In the other eight, including this one, the tradition treats it as a guest that takes the colour of the house it is standing in.
So the reading of these days comes from the sign itself rather than from the Moon's standing in it, which is what the section below sets out.
The doctrine of the elements and the modes, and habit built on top of it
What these days are used for
Agreements, company and repair of a relationship.
- AirBetween peopleAir moves between people. The tradition gives these days to talking, writing, arranging and deciding, and warns that nothing feels settled while they last.
- CardinalOpeningA cardinal sign opens a season, so the two and a half days are read as an opening: the impulse is to begin.
The tradition gives these days to meeting and to settling, and warns that a decision made alone now tends to be made twice.
This is tradition and habit, not a measured effect. It is here because it is what the sources say, and each part carries the name of the source it came from.
The next six Libra Moons
| Enters Libra | Time | Leaves for Scorpio | Time | Stays |
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The three that come up most
Questions people ask
What does a Libra Moon sign mean?
That the Moon was in Libra at the moment you were born. In astrology the Moon stands for feelings and instinct, so a Libra Moon is read as an affectionate, sociable and artistic emotional nature that does its best alongside someone else.
How long is the Moon in Libra?
About two and a half days each month. The exact length changes a little because the Moon's speed changes, and the table above gives the real figure for each crossing.
Is a Libra Moon the same as being a Libra?
No. A Libra Sun means the Sun was in Libra at your birth, which is late September to late October. A Libra Moon can happen in any month of the year.
Does the Moon sign depend on where I was born?
The sign itself is the same everywhere at the same moment, because it is measured from the centre of the Earth. What changes with your place is the local clock time it starts and ends, which is exactly what decides your sign if you were born near a crossing.
Positions and times are calculated in your browser with an open astronomy library and match published ephemerides to the minute. The birth chart reading is written from Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899, which is in the public domain. The dignities and the doctrine of the elements are standard traditional astrology. Tradition is labelled as tradition throughout, and the sources page sets out what is calculated and what is not.