Originally posted to Shrubbery, 18 Oct 2003
Poor Libra... no exciting, romantic story. Fact of the matter is, the seventh zodiacal constellation was probably thought to resemble scales because the sun used to be in Libra (this would be thousands of years ago -- things have changed since) at around the time of the Autumnal Equinox. In other words, at a time when day and night were equal or balanced.
There is, I suppose, some connection with the traditional Scales of Justice... but that's not exactly exciting or romantic either.
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