Definition of Libra the Balance

1. Noun. The seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Libra The Balance

Liberty Island
Liberty Party
Liberty Pole
Liberty cabbage
Liberty ship
Libman
Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Libman-Sacks syndrome
Libocedrus
Libocedrus bidwillii
Libocedrus decurrens
Libocedrus plumosa
Liborius
Liborius' method
Libra
Libra the Balance (current term)
Libra the Scales
Libran
Librans
Libras
Libreville
Libritabs
Librium
Libya
Libyan
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Libyan Arabic
Libyan Desert
Libyan Fighting Group
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group

Literary usage of Libra the Balance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry Skies by John Robert Kippax (1914)
"... is the small and inconspicuous asterism Libra, the Balance, or the Scales. It is the seventh sign and the eighth constellation of the zodiac, ..."

2. The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry by John Robert Kippax (1919)
"... (The Scales) Lying south of the equator, east of Virgo and west of Scorpio, is the small and inconspicuous asterism Libra, the Balance, or the Scales. ..."

3. The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry by John Robert Kippax (1919)
"... (The Scales) Lying south of the equator, east of Virgo and west of Scorpio, is the small and inconspicuous asterism Libra, the Balance, or the Scales. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In Libra, the Balance, the day and night balance each other. Scorpio is supposed to have marked the presence of venomous reptiles in October; ..."

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