Libra (astrology) September 22. Natives of this sign are said to have an affinity for having balance within their life and are very people oriented. Libra (astrology) Libra (♎) is the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans 180°–210° celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, Sun transits this area on average between (northern autumnal equinox) September 23 and October 23, 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
Ophiuchus (astrology) since at least the 1970s. In 1970, Stephen Schmidt in his "Astrology 14" advocated a 14-sign zodiac, introducing Ophiuchus (December 6 to December 31) and Cetus (May 12 to June 6) as new signs. Within 20th-century sidereal astrology, the idea was taken up by Walter Berg in the form of his book, "The 13 Signs of the Zodiac" (1995). In January 2011, a statement by Parke Kunkle of the Minnesota Planetarium Society repeating the idea of "the 13th zodiac sign Ophiuchus" made some headlines in the popular press. When Berg's "The 13 Signs of the Zodiac" became a bestseller in