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The Moon in Libra

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

  • Moon
  • Libra
Element
Air
Modality
Cardinal
Ruler
Venus
Dignity of the Moon
No essential dignity in the traditional scheme
Last in Libra
until 11 October 2026, 15:21 UTC
Next in Libra
from 5 November 2026, 14:38 UTC
Next visit lasts
about 2.3 days

How common

1 in 12

8.35% of 2,000,000 simulated births have the Moon in Libra.

within noise of an even split of 12

In plain words

  • Moon in Libra

    In Libra, the Moon feels and responds 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 Moon in Libra mean?

  1. What the Moon governs

    The Moon feels and responds

    Astrologers treat the Moon as the body that feels and responds. 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 gives the Moon no domicile, exaltation, detriment or fall in Libra.

  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 12

    Moon in Libra: 8.35% of simulated births, about 1 in 12; within noise of an even split of 12.

How common is the Moon in Libra?

How common is the Moon in each sign?

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

When is the Moon in Libra?

Moon in Libra, last pass
ended 11 Oct 2026
9 October 2026, 08:10 UTC to 11 October 2026, 15:21 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Libra, next pass
from 5 Nov 2026
5 November 2026, 14:38 UTC to 7 November 2026, 22:39 UTC (about 2 days)

Last, current and next passes

  1. Moon in Libra

    9 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  2. Moon in Libra

    5 Nov 2026 → 7 Nov 2026 · about 2 days

    next pass

  • A visit of the Moon to Libra lasts about 2.3 days at the median, from 2.0 to 2.5 days (2,018 visits, 1900–2050).

As of 16 October 2026, 13:56 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 Moon 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

Libra is a masculine, cardinal air sign, and the tradition lists no domicile, exaltation, detriment or fall for the Moon there. Domicile is the sign a planet rules, its home. Libra is the Sun's fall and Saturn's exaltation, so the sign is crowded with strong and weak conditions for other planets and neutral for the Moon. Hellenistic astrologers read the Moon's condition through Venus, the domicile lord, and Venus is a benefic belonging to the night team, the same team as the Moon. Sect is the tradition's way of sorting the planets into a day team and a night team. The Moon, a feminine planet in a masculine sign, is a partial match in gender. Look next to Venus's sign, house and dignity. Venus is exalted in Pisces and in domicile in Taurus and Libra, so those are the placements the tradition treats as strongest for the lord.

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. gender/sect match claims rest on Ptolemy and a secondary source. 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

  • Loeb text of Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I: planet genders (I.6), diurnal/nocturnal planets and Mercury as morning/evening star (I.7), masculine/feminine and bicorporeal signs (I.11–12), houses of Sun, Moon and Saturn (I.17), exaltations and depressions (I.19); Ptolemy does not rank domicile above exaltation penelope.uchicago.edu (opens in a new tab)
  • Riley's translation, Valens Anthology Book I: day/night sect of each planet, and the natures of the signs (house of, masculine/feminine, bicorporeal) skyscript.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
  • table of dignities; Hellenistic authors treated domicile, exaltation, triplicity and bounds as comparably influential, ranking and point scores came later (secondary source) en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
  • masculine signs are diurnal and feminine nocturnal; ancient authors (Dorotheus, Serapio) say planets do better in signs of their own gender or sect; secondary source sevenstarsastrology.com (opens in a new tab)
  • Anthology, ten books, c. 150–175 CE, Riley translation online en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
  • Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune, February 2017, survey of the tradition's techniques goodreads.com (opens in a new tab)

Modern psychological

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

AI-written, checked by AI

1 Oct 2026

Libra is a cardinal air sign opposite Aries, and a Moon placed there carries the emotional function into the element of exchange. Modern psychological astrology reads the emotional need as harmony: calm exchanges, fair treatment and company that steadies mood. Cardinal air is associated with beginning relationships and smoothing friction. The tension authors describe is an inclination to avoid conflict, so that a displeasure goes unspoken until it builds. Hellenistic astrologers give the Moon no domicile, exaltation, detriment or fall in Libra, and look at Venus, the sign's ruler, along with the Moon's phase and aspects. The two traditions meet at a different level: modern authors describe the felt need, while Hellenistic ones describe the structure of the chart around the Moon.

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)
  • Robert Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)

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 confirmed only against a popular secondary description, not the books. Narrowed the Hellenistic "no rank" wording to "no domicile, exaltation, detriment or fall" so the claim matches the four dignities checked.

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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