Sabian Symbols · Libra
Libra: all 30 Sabian symbols
Every whole degree of Libra has its own Sabian symbol, a small traditional picture first recorded in 1925. Find the exact degree of your Sun, Moon, Ascendant, or any planet in Libra, and read what that degree adds to it.
Libra 1°
A butterfly's wings are pinned into their final, perfect shape by a dart driven straight through its body.
Libra 2°
A whole era's accumulated light converts, in a single moment, into the seed-light of the era just beginning.
Libra 3°
Sunrise breaks over a landscape, and every single thing in it looks different than it did the night before.
Libra 4°
A circle of young people sit together around a campfire, quietly attuned to something larger than themselves.
Libra 5°
A teacher lays out for his students, from the ground up, the inner knowledge a whole new way of living could be built on.
Libra 6°
A man watches an idea he has long held privately finally take on visible, solid form in front of him.
Libra 7°
A woman scatters feed for her chickens while keeping a careful eye on the hawks circling above.
Libra 8°
A fireplace still blazes with warmth inside a house that has been completely emptied of people.
Libra 9°
Three works by old master painters hang together in their own dedicated room of a gallery.
Libra 10°
A canoe, having just come through a stretch of dangerous rapids, glides out onto calm, safe water.
Libra 11°
A professor lowers his glasses to look directly, closely, at the students in front of him.
Libra 12°
A group of miners climbs back up out of a deep coal mine and into daylight.
Libra 13°
A group of children blow soap bubbles, delighted by each perfect, short-lived globe.
Libra 14°
In the full heat of midday, a man stops everything to take a siesta.
Libra 15°
A set of paths curve back on themselves rather than running in a straight line.
Libra 16°
After a storm has passed, a boat landing is left damaged and waiting to be rebuilt.
Libra 17°
A retired sea captain stands on shore, watching ships arrive at and leave the harbor.
Libra 18°
Two men are taken into custody and placed under arrest.
Libra 19°
A group of robbers hides out, waiting for the attention on their crime to pass.
Libra 20°
A rabbi carries out the ordinary duties of his office for his community.
Libra 21°
A large, easy crowd spends a Sunday afternoon enjoying the beach together.
Libra 22°
A child holds a small bird up to a fountain so it can drink.
Libra 23°
A rooster's crow rings out, announcing the sunrise before anyone else is awake to see it.
Libra 24°
A butterfly is seen with an unexpected third wing growing from its left side.
Libra 25°
The sight of a single falling autumn leaf suddenly answers a question a wandering pilgrim has been carrying.
Libra 26°
An eagle and a large white dove are seen transforming into one another, back and forth.
Libra 27°
A small plane sails at altitude through a completely clear, open sky.
Libra 28°
A man realizes, only after the fact, that unseen, favorable forces have been quietly assisting him.
Libra 29°
Across generations, humanity keeps building toward the same unfinished bridge of shared knowledge.
Libra 30°
Three separate mounds of accumulated knowledge sit piled on top of a philosopher's head.
Don't know your exact degree?
A Sabian symbol is specific to the whole degree a planet or point occupies, so you need the exact placement, not just the sign, to find yours. Cast a free natal chart to see every planet's precise degree, then look up its Sabian symbol here.