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Libra is the seventh sign of the zodiac. It is symbolised by a pair of scales or the balance. It is the first of the extensive or expansive signs, vibratory in its action, and volatile or diffusive in its nature. Like all the cardinal signs it marks the beginning of any tendency to vibrate in a particular manner. The fiery signs are connected with energy, the watery signs with mobility and sensation, the airy signs with expansion and mentality. The airy signs are distinctly connected with mind and mental experiences, and the human tendencies apart from the animal are the marked features of all expressions from this triplicity. The sign Libra separates by its mode of motion the mind from the senses, and balances the one against the other, the vibrations between the two tending to equalise and balance the consciousness in this direction. It is also the sign in which neither higher nor lower mind predominates, the subjective and objective mind being equalised and causing the mind to tend more toward comparison and justice than toward any definite bias. Its most distinguishing characteristic is conjugality or unifiableness ‘usually manifesting as the desire to please, or in its highest aspect as devotion.