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Libra is the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans the 180–210th degree of the zodiac, between 180 and 207.25 degree of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, Sun transits this area on average between (northern autumnal equinox) September 23 and October 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Libra from approximately October 16 to November 17. The symbol of the scales is based on the Scales of Justice held by Themis, the Greek personification of divine law and custom. She became the inspiration for modern depictions of Lady Justice. The ruling planet of Libra is Venus. Libra is the only zodiac constellation in the sky represented by an inanimate object. The other eleven signs are represented either as an animal or mythological characters throughout history.
Libra is one of the three zodiac air signs, the others being Gemini and Aquarius. The sign of Libra is symbolized by the scales. According to the Romans in the First Century, Libra was a constellation they idolized. The moon was said to be in Libra when Rome was founded. Everything was balanced under this righteous sign. The Roman writer Manilius once said that Libra was the sign "in which the seasons are balanced". Both the hours of the day and the hours of the night match each other. Thus why the Romans put so much trust in the "balanced sign". Going back to ancient Greek times, Libra the constellation between Virgo and Scorpio used to be over ruled by the constellation of Scorpio. They called the area the Latin word "chelae", which translated to "the claws" which can help identify the individual stars that make up the full constellation of Libra, since it was so closely identified with the Scorpion constellation in the sky....
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Libra is the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans the 180–210th degree of the zodiac, between 180 and 207.25 degree of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, Sun transits this area on average between (northern autumnal equinox) September 23 and October 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Libra from approximately October 16 to November 17. The symbol of the scales is based on the Scales of Justice held by Themis, the Greek personification of divine law and custom. She became the inspiration for modern depictions of Lady Justice. The ruling planet of Libra is Venus. Libra is the only zodiac constellation in the sky represented by an inanimate object. The other eleven signs are represented either as an animal or mythological characters throughout history.
Libra is one of the three zodiac air signs, the others being Gemini and Aquarius. The sign of Libra is symbolized by the scales. According to the Romans in the First Century, Libra was a constellation they idolized. The moon was said to be in Libra when Rome was founded. Everything was balanced under this righteous sign. The Roman writer Manilius once said that Libra was the sign "in which the seasons are balanced". Both the hours of the day and the hours of the night match each other. Thus why the Romans put so much trust in the "balanced sign". Going back to ancient Greek times, Libra the constellation between Virgo and Scorpio used to be over ruled by the constellation of Scorpio. They called the area the Latin word "chelae", which translated to "the claws" which can help identify the individual stars that make up the full constellation of Libra, since it was so closely identified with the Scorpion constellation in the sky....
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The Zodiac, Divided into 12 Star Signs
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Scorpio, 8th Star Sign, October 23 - November 21
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Frederick IV of Denmark
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Ferdinand VI of Spain, The Learned
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Samuel Adams, One of the US Founding Fathers
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Robert Clive of India, Commander-in-Chief of British India
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Henry Cavendish, Discovery of Hydrogen
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Charles X of France
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Horatio Nelson, British Admiral and National Hero
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet of the Romantics
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Louis Philippe, Last King of France
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Jean Lafitte, Pirate in the Gulf of Mexico
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Agustín de Iturbide, Augustine I of Mexico
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Ferdinand VII of Spain, Lost America
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Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Governor of Hong Kong
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Pedro I of Brazil, The Liberator, 1822
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Nat Turner, Slave Rebellion, 1831
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Franz Liszt, Hungarian Composer
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Giuseppe Verdi, Italian Opera Composer
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Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US President, 1877-1881
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Chester A. Arthur, 21st US President, 1881-1885
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Frederick III, German Emperor
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Alfred Nobel, Inventor of Dynamite
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Friedrich Nietzsche, God is Dead
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Ivan Pavlov, Russian Physician
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Heidegger, German Philosopher
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Buster Keaton, Actor and Filmmaker
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, Writer
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George Gershwin, American Composer
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Enrico Fermi, 1st Nuclear Reactor
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Robert Capa, Founder Magnum Photos
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Arthur Miller, Playwright
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Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, 1977-1981
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Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady
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Gore Vidal, American Writer
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Chuck Berry, The Rock & Roll Pioneer
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and song writer. Chuck Berry is an immensely influential figure, and one of the pioneers of rock & roll music. Cub Koda wrote, "Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists,... |
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Michel Foucault, French Philosopher
Paul-Michel Doria Foucault was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic.
Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social... |
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John Lennon, The Beatles
John Winston Lennon was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful and musically influential band in the history of popular music. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a mu... |
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Jack Ma, Founder Alibaba Group
Jack Ma or Ma Yun is a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of highly successful Internet-based businesses. He is the first mainland Chinese entrepreneur to appear on the cover o... |
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George Floyd, Killed during a Police Arrest, 2020
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African American man who died during a police arrest in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Protests in response to both Floyd's death, and more broadly to police violence against other black Americans, quickly spread across th... |
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