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The Sun in Libra

Libra is cardinal air, ruled by Venus. This page covers what that means for the Sun, how often it happens, and when.

  • Sun
  • Libra
Element
Air
Modality
Cardinal
Ruler
Venus
Dignity of the Sun
Fall (opposite its exaltation)
In Libra now
since 23 September 2026, 00:05 UTC
Last in Libra
until 23 October 2025, 03:50 UTC
Next in Libra
from 23 September 2027, 06:01 UTC
Next visit lasts
about 30 days

How common

1 in 12

8.52% of 2,000,000 simulated births have the Sun in Libra.

5th most common of 12signs

In plain words

  • Sun in Libra

    In Libra, the Sun expresses itself in a balanced, relationship-minded way.

Generic readingA generic description in the style of modern astrology, the same for everyone who has this placement. Not a prediction.

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What does the Sun in Libra mean?

  1. What the Sun governs

    The Sun expresses itself

    Astrologers treat the Sun as the body that expresses itself. It does that in every sign; the sign changes only the manner.

  2. What Libra adds

    In a balanced, relationship-minded way

    Libra is a cardinal air sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; air is classically hot and moist. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: cardinal signs open a season. Its ruler is Venus. Traditional astrology calls Libra the Sun's fall, the sign opposite its exaltation.

  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 12

    Sun in Libra: 8.52% of simulated births, about 1 in 12; 5th most common of 12.

How common is the Sun in Libra?

How common is the Sun in each sign?

An even split of the 12 signsBars start at zero.Share of simulated births with the Sun in each of the 12 signs. Share of 2,000,000 simulated births (1950–2024), tropical zodiac.

When is the Sun in Libra?

Sun in Libra, now
since 23 Sept 2026
23 September 2026, 00:05 UTC to 23 October 2026, 09:37 UTC (about 30 days)
Sun in Libra, last pass
ended 23 Oct 2025
22 September 2025, 18:19 UTC to 23 October 2025, 03:50 UTC (about 30 days)
Sun in Libra, next pass
from 23 Sept 2027
23 September 2027, 06:01 UTC to 23 October 2027, 15:32 UTC (about 30 days)

Last, current and next passes

  1. Sun in Libra

    22 Sept 2025 → 23 Oct 2025 · about 30 days

    last pass

  2. Sun in LibraNow

    23 Sept 2026 → 23 Oct 2026 · about 30 days

    now

  3. Sun in Libra

    23 Sept 2027 → 23 Oct 2027 · about 30 days

    next pass

  • Each year the Sun is in Libra from about 22–24 September to 22–24 October (UTC dates, 1900–2050).

As of 16 October 2026, 13:26 UTC. Dates are UTC, tropical zodiac, read from the ephemeris's table of sign entries. This page refreshes hourly.

How do different traditions read the Sun in Libra?

AI-written text that an AI research review then checked against sources. No person has reviewed it; the notes and references behind each check are under its label.

Hellenistic

The astrology of the Greek-speaking Mediterranean from roughly the 1st century BCE to the 7th century CE, as recorded by authors such as Vettius Valens, Dorotheus and Ptolemy.

AI-written, checked by AI

1 Oct 2026

The tradition lists Libra as the Sun's fall, the sign opposite its exaltation in Aries. The Sun in Libra sits in a masculine, cardinal air sign, and Hellenistic astrologers treat fall as a condition of reduced standing, not a verdict about the person. Libra also begins at the September equinox, when day and night are about equal; this is astronomy you can verify, not a reading. Libra is where Saturn is exalted and Mars is in detriment. Venus, the domicile lord, is the next planet the tradition consults. A domicile lord is the planet that rules a sign in this tradition. Its sign, house and own dignity can offset or deepen the Sun's reduced standing. Sect adds a further factor. It is the tradition's sorting of planets into day and night teams, the Sun is a day-team planet, and chart type depends on birth time.

A note on “detriment”: the early Hellenistic texts note a planet opposite its own sign without naming it. The term is defined only in late and medieval sources, and scholars disagree on whether the idea was implicit earlier.

Sources

  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I
  • Vettius Valens, Anthology, Book I
  • Chris Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune (2017)

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Checked sign element, modality and gender, domicile, exaltation, detriment and fall against the project data and Ptolemy, plus sect and sign relationships; all consistent. Detriment is stated as a table fact where it appears; its Hellenistic status is disputed (secondary source only). Source works confirmed to exist and to treat the topic (Valens Book I opened; others via secondary pages).

Sources consulted

Modern psychological

The 20th-century Western approach shaped by Alan Leo, Dane Rudhyar and Liz Greene, drawing on Jungian psychology.

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1 Oct 2026

Libra is the seventh sign, a cardinal air sign with positive polarity, and the sign opposite Aries. Modern psychological astrology reads a Sun here as an identity formed in relation to others, with purpose found through balance, fairness and partnership. Cardinal air is associated with starting exchanges and weighing perspectives. The tension described is indecision, and a self that defines itself so much through others that its own preferences are harder to locate. Hellenistic astrologers place the Sun in its fall in Libra, a rule that treats the planet as weakened in this sign. Modern psychological texts mostly leave that weighting aside and describe the placement by the sign's character. This is a clear point where the two traditions weigh one placement differently.

Sources

  • Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas, The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope (1992)
  • Stephen Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements (1975)
  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I (dignities and sect)

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Sign/element/modality, ruler and dignity claims checked against the project reference data and Wikipedia; the per-sign tendencies attributed to modern authors are tradition-level and not confirmed against the books themselves (no secondary page opened for this sign).

Sources consulted

Where they differ

Hellenistic astrology reasons from technique: essential dignity, sect and configuration by sign. Modern psychological astrology reasons from element, modality and the planet's function. They start from different questions, so the same placement can read differently, and neither reading is the verdict. Both use the tropical zodiac here.

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