Definition of Libra the scales

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 Scales

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
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
Libyan Islamic Group

Literary usage of Libra the scales

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

1. The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy : Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Hiram Mattison (1860)
"Virgo was the goddess of justice, and Libra, the scales, which she is usually represented as holding in her left hand, are the appropriate emblem of her ..."

2. The Stars in Song and Legend by Jermain Gildersleeve Porter (1901)
"LIBRA, THE SCALES I bear the scales, when hang in equipoise The night and day. LONGFELLOW — Poet's Calendar, September. LIBRA in classic days marked the ..."

3. Star Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths, Legends, and Facts Concerning by William Tyler Olcott (1911)
"... libra the scales Libra weighs in equal scales the year. THOMSON. OF the zodiacal signs Libra is the only one not ..."

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

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

6. Systematic Science Teaching: A Manual of Inductive Elementary Work for All by Edward Gardiner Howe (1894)
"Libra, the Scales. December ? Scorpio, the Scorpion. January ? Sagittarius, the Archer. February ? Capricornus, the Goat. March ? Aquarius, the Waterman. ..."

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