THE LIBRA
Sep 24-Oct 23

Key Word
Balance
Element Air
Cardinal
Ru;ler is Venus

Blind-folded Venus - Libra- loves a smile;
Loves to attract, allure, charm and beguile.
This seventh zodiacal sign we see
Work for Diplomacy and Harmony.

When seated in the cusp of any house
Well is the bride, and lucky is the spouse;
With Venus ruling, and so close at hand.
To marriage, Libra gives her full consent.

Grace, beauty, and sweet harmony hold sway
Both, judge and juror she's on any day.
Her color, - blue, - her element is air,-
Her counsel sound, her judgment right and fair.

Her mystic Patron, - bright Pallas Athena-
Prompts her to work in any court's arena.
Exert herself, with great diplomacy
Until the bickering litigants agree.

Balancing issues, listening to each side
And after thoughtful weighing she'll will decide.
Each party gets her ear, and she takes care
That every litigant gets his due share.

Important to the Romans, who found out
That Rome was founded by her grace and clout.
The Roman Poet, Virgil, got it right,
When in a circle, like the sun, so bright,-

And in his verses thought it just and meet
To put the Libra at Augustus' feet.
When Cesar woke,- charmed by her Harmonies,
He'd turned into a god and ruled in bliss.

This is the lore. - For cheats she feels disdain,
And smug bamboozlers give her a migraine!.
Sign masculine, whose energy is "Yang" -
That flinches at the lawyer's nasal twang,

But even so, she hears with sympathy
The plaintive "twang", when counsels disagree.
One twang she can't sustain -it sounds too loud,
The twang that issues from the House of Saud

Her glyphs are justice's scales and setting sun
(permits no quibbles, jeux de mots nor pun),
Her flower is the rose,- her Quality
is CARDINAL, her key word HARMONY.
Her Gem the Lace Agate and the Opal,
And brightly plumed birds her animal.

Her blindfold is a fake, - it has a slit;
And with an naughty smile she peeks through it.
And apprehends at once the bum and rake,
Who in her trial has no peace of cake.-
With harmony and justice holding sway.
I end my song, - I have no more to say.

Best Wishes to all Librians!

Elizabeth Dandy